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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two long poems by 18th-century Scottish Gaelic poet, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, revived & reintroduced for 21st century Anglophone readers. Dares Paradise, edited & translated by @taylor-strickland.bsky.social, is now available! Learn more: buff.ly/qTueVRa #Poetry #Literature

Dares Paradise: Poems by Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair by Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, edited and translated by Taylor Strickland

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Joining our new Celtic issue are two poems by Aonghas MacNeacail. Translated from Scots Gaelic by @taylor-strickland.bsky.social these pensive poems evoke emotions through the beauty of the Scottish landscape. Read “A Sapling Grafted to Fury: Two Poems” here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

An image of white crumpled sheets, above it is white text that reads “woke up i did from
shell membrane a wee shirt & wished mi that saffron shirt my people’s celebrity ”
A Sapling Grafted to Fury: Two Poems by Aonghas MacNeacail, translated from Scots Gaelic by Taylor Strickland The Beating Heart: New Celtic Writing

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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Leavin Meta slowly for the Sky, as we all will in time. Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎤 NEW PODCAST! The latest Nothing But The Poem podcast is a Norman MacCaig special. @samueltongue.bsky.social takes a deep dive into two of the most famous poems by one of Scotland's most beloved poets to see what lay beneath the bonnet. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...

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Nothing But The Poem - Norman MacCaig

In this episode of Nothing But The Poem podcast, our usual host Samuel Tongue goes in deep on two weel kent poems by Norman MacCaig, one of Scotland’s most loved and influential poets. Norman MacCaig ...

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#ScottishPoetryEvents Paisley Book Festival kicks off on Friday. POEMS ON PARENTING is our pick of the poetry events, Sun 27th at 1pm, featuring: 💥 Nuala Watt 💥 Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social 💥 Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...

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The Small Hours: Poems on Parenting - Paisley Book Festival

Sunday 27th April, 1-2pm

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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

THIS SUNDAY I share some new work and some (likely spurious) parent-writer insights with these guidfolk! 🤩✊ Come along! We can all bemoan the restless mornings… 😵‍💫🌅 paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th... @nualawatt.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Cover reveal for my new book! Out in November with @tapsalteerie.bsky.social ‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The latest comfort blanket ‘imminent downfall’ article on Trump. I’ve been delving into this stacked genre over the last decade with declining degrees of enthusiasm and I’m pretty much done with it now.

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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

So the train sped on with all its might, And Bonnie Dundee soon hove in sight… 😎🚞 #Dundee #McGonagall

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 01/03/2025

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A lovely rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem (its name in English: "The Glory and Will of Ukraine Have Not Yet Perished"). In blue is Olav Luksengård Mjelva playing a Norwegian hardanger fiddle; in red is Erik Rydvall on a Swedish nyckelharpa. See you around.

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National Anthem of Ukraine 🇺🇦 played on 🇸🇪 nyckelharpa and 🇳🇴 hardangerfiddle

YouTube video by Erik Rydvall - Nyckelharpa

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Sheri Benning @sheribenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

from Field Requiem @carcanet.bsky.social

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Tarn MacArthur @tarnnation.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

My poem ‘Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice’, which is an homage to my late mentor John Burnside, has just been published in the Times Literary Supplement. Please have a read. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...

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'Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice' by Tarn MacArthur

i.m. John Burnside No one knows what calls us, days like this that seem to stretch all sense of reason: the hillside scrub abuzz with silver-washed and dark green fritillary, the red grouse and hare, ...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 12/02/2025

Translating Gaelic Poetry 24 Feb @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free Niall O’Gallagher, Garry Mackenzie, & @taylor-strickland.bsky.social will discuss their methods & approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, & how it interacts with other languages www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

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Translating Gaelic Poetry

An in-person conversation between Niall O'Gallagher (Gaelic Writer in Residence) and writers Garry Mackenzie and Taylor Strickland.

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Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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