Kirsty Strang-Roy

Grief as Alchemy: Kirsty Strang-Roy on Play, Place and Creative Practice "I think it’s a beautiful kind of alchemy to turn something so shitty into something so positive...

A brilliant time chatting with Scott on the Creative Resistance podcast ✨️🌱

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I've got a few spaces left for this one-day affordable writing retreat on 20.09.25

These one-day 'Play Days' offer a creative, nurturing and playful space to work on some words as we move through energising writing sprints and prompts.

1-1 editorials available. Lunch and refreshments included!

NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025. Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.

WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
#writers #writing
Pls RT 👇
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A joy! Loved chatting about this book.

Looking forward to chatting about The Good Father with Liam in Newton Mearns next week!

Glasgow Day Retreat 20 Sept Glasgow Play Day Retreat Saturday 20th September House of Toad Booking a writing retreat is self-care. You’ll be surrounded by welcoming and...

Last up is my one day writing retreat on 20th September. The cost of your place covers tea, coffee, snacks and a catered lunch as well as 1-1 editorial session to go over some words.

All held in the beautifully creative House of Toad.

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Ignite Glasgow 2 Oct - 6 Nov IGNITE GLASGOW first level course Dates: Thursdays 2 Oct-6 Nov (skipping 16th Oct) (five weeks) Venue: Milk Cafe G42 7DF ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩✮...

Level 1 also makes a return in September and October. The OG of Write Like a Grrrl courses, this nurturing and relaxed workshop is a great introduction to character, dialogue, setting and community.

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Inspire Glasgow 14 Aug-Sept 11 Inspire Glasgow Thursdays, 7-9pm 378 CATHCART ROAD G42 7DF August 14th, 21st, 28th, September 4th & 11th ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡...

My new Glasgow-based courses with @writelikeagrrrl.bsky.social are online and bookable! First up is Level 2, featuring peer-feedback workshops and a Q&A with writer and editor Heather Parry of @extrateethmag.bsky.social

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Comfort & Disturb: A Creative Writing Workshop with Kirsty Strang-Roy | Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Join writer Kirsty Strang-Roy for a two-hour creative writing workshop, where writers of all levels can explore the 2025 festival theme of Comfort & Disturb in preparation for this year's writing comp...

A Creative Writing Workshop with @kirstystrangroy.bsky.social
15 July, online, free/pay what you can

Explore how stories can both soothe & unsettle. How words can offer comfort, & how they can resist, provoke, & rewrite the narrative in times of uncertainty
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Looking forward to chatting with Liam during his launch tour next month in Newton Mearns - I think we're on to waitlist only but do get in touch if you'd like to be added to the list.

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I was lucky enough to receive a proof copy of Robert Macfarlane's new book.

It has all the depth and expansive reach of Underland with all the tenderness of Landmarks.

All the juicy stuff is there -- deep time, poetry, music and lore. Mushrooms, forests, ghosts and glaciers.

Out 01.05.25

Hybrid Forms Workshop Hybrid Forms Workshop 28 May 7-9pm Online via Zoom ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡ Join Kirsty Strang-Roy for an immersive two hour workshop...

I'm running an online workshop on 28th May. We'll explore what's to be gained by fragmenting our drafts and looking to organic and cyborg structures for inspiration. Perfect for speculative writers or anyone looking for a nudge outside of their comfort zone.

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Hopefully one day! 🍃

I've had the pleasure of reading this one and it's going to be gooooooood 🪶💻🦴

Hi Team,

If you're a trans author, could you drop a link to your novel, short story collection, etc in our replies? Also, suggestions of your favourite reads by trans authors are very welcome too!

We want to boost more authors for #transrightsreadathon and find some new reads 🌟

EQUINOX.

A sparse poetic novella untangling themes of sibling loss and inter-generational trauma through seasonal shifts and excavations of deep time. A love letter to moss, myth, mother-daughter complexities and the power of place.

Lucas Rijneveld meets Megan Hunter.

#scotwriterpitch2025

Scotland-based writers! I've got some spots left on this one-day retreat on 7th June. Re-energise your words with space to write and play and meet some brilliant creative folk.

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Equinox (Novella)

We follow teenage Cora on a magical realist fable to untangle themes of sibling loss, grief and inter-generational trauma through seasonal shifts and excavations of deep time.

Told in sparse, poetic prose.

Rocks. Mummy Issues. Mushrooms.

#scotwriterpitch2025

HI friends.

Tentatively emerging over here to see what's happening.

Hello to anyone interested in chatting arts and literacy education, bookselling (/ galley bragging) and seeing that first book over the finish line.