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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just had a lovely discussion with David Graham & Kirsty Gunn – the founders of North House Press, a new publishing house based in the northern Highlands. We spoke about their love of Sutherland, about the Scottish publishing scenes, and about Neil Gunn, the great Highland writer from the 1920-40s🎙️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Check out the latest from @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, hosted by our member, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social . It features Garry MacKenzie, the poet, translator from Gaelic, who also joined IASSL's recent webinar on "Environmental Scotland". The link to the webinar is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xX...

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

More from UHI Institute for Northern Studies Dr Paul Malgrati latest @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That’s the latest episode of The Carrying Stream out! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍 This episode’s guest is Garry MacKenzie — the award-winning, ecologically attuned poet and scholar, Fifer, Glaswegian, and translator from Gaelic. Link: pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Braw News! The Carrying Stream has been nominated for The Scots Language Award’s Scots Media o the Year — to support the podcast, vote via the link in comments 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The new episode of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast, hosted by our EC member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social, focuses on the poetry of Dundee and features Taylor Dyson and Erin Farley.

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Dr Paul Malgrati, lecturer @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies hosts new @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

New Episode Out! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏭🖋️ pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

New Episode Out! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏭🖋️ pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just had a fantastic double interview with Dr Erin Farley, Dundee’s best literary historian, and Taylor Dyson, Dundee’s best young poet & performer in Scots. New episode on “Dundee poetry: Past and Present” coming out in the next few days.

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Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies @uguelphscottish.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Featured article in the latest issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies @edinburghup.bsky.social! FREE to access!

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Dr Clément Guézais discussing and analysing the medieval Franco-Scottish treaties and how these represented an ideal of friendship in diplomacy: a partnership of equals, separate entities but united by a common purpose. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 For more insight on the Auld Alliance, listen to Episode 7 (link in bio).

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Dr Paul Malgrati Lecturer at UHI Institute for Northern Studies new episode of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social features Dr Clément Guézais, a French historian, lecturer at the University of Arras, and scholar of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France. pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

New episode out, featuring Dr Clément Guézais and his cutting-edge reworking of the medieval Auld Alliance 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pod.link/1865430519

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Two Frenchmen talking in English about Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

New episode out, featuring Dr Clément Guézais and his cutting-edge reworking of the medieval Auld Alliance 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Prof Robert Crawford discussed his view of Scottish cultural identity and his lifelong attempt to disrupt the cliched, two-dimensional conception of Scotland (sometimes referred to as Caledonian Antisyygy). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Listen to the whole episode by following the link: pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

New episode out — with Robert Crawford, Emeritus Professor at the University of St Andrews and distinguished poet, whose work over the last 40 years did much to reshape in more multilingual and multicultural terms. Hope you enjoy it! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

New episode out! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Follow the link: pod.link/1865430519

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The new episode of the podcast @thecarryingstream.bsky.social, hosted by IASSL member @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social, interviews poet and scholar Robert Crawford. Available on all podcast platforms.

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A few days ago, I spoke to Robert Crawford – the distinguished poet, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Literature at St Andrews. We talked about Robert’s lifelong effort to celebrate the diversity of Scotland’s tradition as well as his love for Burns, Eliot and Japanese haïku! Episode coming soon.

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Episode 5 of The Carrying Stream, ‘Gaelic Revival: From Czechia to the Gaìdhealtachd’, recently came out, featuring @poncarova.bsky.social Follow the link to access the full episode: pod.link/1865430519

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Check out this video from @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies lecturer @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @thecarryingstream.bsky.social

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Alex Linklater @alexlinklater.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Wonderful - unique - conversation between a French scholar-poet who writes in Scots and a Czech scholar-poet who writes in Gaelic. Paul and Petra provide a fresh European perspective on c20th Scotland, with beautiful recordings of Derick Thomson reading his poetry, and Petra hers

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Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

A video drop from @thecarryingstream.bsky.social by @paulmalgrati.bsky.social. The full episode (and other conversations with Paul's brilliant guests) available at: pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Dr Petra Johana Poncarová discussing how researching Gaelic literature inspired her own poetry in the language, mixing elements of Gaelic and Czech cultures and places. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿 Listen to the full interview by clicking on the link: pod.link/1865430519

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

New podcast from @thinkuhi.bsky.social Institute for Northern Studies lecturer Dt Paul Malgrati....

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Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Chatting to @paulmalgrati.bsky.social is a pleasure always, this time a special treat to do so for his podcast for Scottish words & ideas, @thecarryingstream.bsky.social. The episode features a new Gaelic poem of mine, 'Na Crainn', which took shape between Daoulaz in Brittany, Aberdeen, and Prague.

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This episode’s guest is Dr Petra Johana Poncarová, a native speaker of Czech who has become a distinguished scholar of Gaelic literature and an award-winning poet in Gaelic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿 Petra’s perspective is totally unique, and I’m very glad to share this conversation with you. pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Just had a fantastic discussion with Dr Petra Poncarová. Petra is one of the very few Europeans who’s mastered Gaelic to the point of writing both sound scholarship about it & award-winning poetry in it. She’s got a unique perspective and I can’t wait to air the interview to you all soon! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇿

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Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A fair dook in the @thecarryingstream.bsky.social in bonnie Dunblane with @paulmalgrati.bsky.social - the resulting episode coming soon 🎧🌊

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Episode 4, “Scottish Folksong and European Music” recently came out. Follow the link to catch up on our conversation: pod.link/1865430519 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Episode 4, “Scottish Folksong and European Music” recently came out. Follow the link to catch up on our conversation: pod.link/1865430519 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Episode 4 is out: Scottish Folk and European Music with Kirsteen McCue, Professor of Scottish Literature and Song Culture at @glasgow.ac.uk We discuss the history of Scottish folk music and particularly its influence on the birth of modern music — from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. 🎼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Link⬇️

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The lastest episode of the podcast @thecarryingstream.bsky.social features two IASSL members: @paulmalgrati.bsky.social as the host and Kirsteen McCue as the guest, discussing Scottish folk song and European music: pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Just had a fantastic interview with Prof Kirsteen McCue in Glasgow about Scottish song culture and folk music and the instrumental role they played in changing the fate (and sound) of Western music, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. The episode will come out in a few days… 🎼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The perfect podcast episode for Burns Night: “Robert Burns and Mental Health” where Moira Hansen analyses the poet’s letters, marked by waves of elation and depression akin to Bipolarism. She also covers Burns’s poetry and legacy, as a symbol of masculinity. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 open.spotify.com/episode/5PWw...

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hosted by @thinkuhi.bsky.social INS Lecturer Dr Paul Malgrati, episode 3 of @thecarryingstream.bsky.social podcast now out.

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Dr Moira Hansen discussing the “Hollywood” moment in Robert Burns’s life, when he suddenly found fame and success in 1786 Edinburgh – a pivotal point but which took its toll on the poet’s mental health. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Listen to the rest of the podcast here: pod.link/1865430519

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The Carrying Stream @thecarryingstream.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Episode 3 is now live! It’s about Robert Burns and Mental Health, featuring Dr Moira Hansen, whose PhD research diagnosed Scotland’s poet as subject to bipolar disorder. It’s a thoughtful conversation about literature, mental health, and how we read figures like Burns today. Copyright of OneRen

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 11/01/2026

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

If you’re interested in Scots, Scottish identity - political and cultural - the Scots abroad, the auld alliance and wine, you’ll enjoy this conversation with @paulmalgrati.bsky.social and I. Lug in when ye can. open.spotify.com/episode/2wjK...

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2. Scots Language and Scottish Worlds – with Billy Kay

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