<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions and gets us to look at, when it feels so much less painful to look away… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>Available now from all good bookshops!</p><p>@bookstodon <br>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newwriting/" rel="tag">#newwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
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<p>WRITERS!</p><p>Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, Gaelic, & Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p>Submit free via Submittable 👇</p><p><a href="https://nws.submittable.com/submit" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>nws.submittable.com/submit</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/iamwriting/" rel="tag">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>
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<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>The latest & best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, & Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>He blinks upon the hearth-rug,<br>and yawns in deep content,<br>accepting all the comforts<br>that Providence has sent…</p><p>—Alexander Gray, “On a Cat, Ageing”</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/aging/" rel="tag">#aging</a> <a href="/tags/ageing/" rel="tag">#ageing</a></p>
<p>Something for friends in Scotland! I’ve followed so many this last year—Glasgow,architecture,history, geology, landscape photography, and more. I hope you like this screenshot from Reddit and a link if you want to read the story from OP, credited. <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a>, <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/rockhound/" rel="tag">#RockHound</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#Map</a> <br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/gzzjLRNZe9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/gzzjLRNZe9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/gz</span><span class="invisible">zjLRNZe9</span></a></p>
