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Neepie Lantern Competition Winner 2023
Winner of the 2023 Neepie Lantern Competition is Gareth Dunnett with his super scary creation. Gareth will receive his prize of The College Boy CD, plus The Living Doric publication. There are two runners up: Ali Gardiner and Amy Brown who both receive their prizes of a copy of The Living...
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Toulmin Prize 2023 - Winners Announced
Congratulations to the Toulmin Prize winners for 2023. Tracy Geddes and Rachel Matheson share the prize this year, as the judges felt that the standard was so high they could not choose between them. Tracy and Rachel are pictured with Martin Reid, grandson of John Reid (aka Toulmin). Their stories, A Silent...
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Toulmin Prize 2023, Prize-giving Event
Come along and listen to Sheena Blackhall read the winning story, at King's Pavilion on Friday 22 September, 12:00-1:00pm, as part of the WayWORD Festival at University of Aberdeen. Book your free place here
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Toulmin Prize - Extended Deadline
Due to the upcoming bank holidays on 1 May, and 8 May, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions until Monday 15 May 2023. The Toulmin Prize, established in 2008 and awarded annually, is a short-story prize commemorating the work of one of north-east Scotland's finest exponents of written Doric....
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Doric/North-East Scots Evening Class 2023
Tuesdays 7pm to 8.30pm (online) starting 31 January 2023 for 9 weeks. Cost £90.00.
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Toulmin Prize 2023 - 1 May 2023 Deadline
The Toulmin Prize, established in 2008 and awarded annually, is a short-story prize commemorating the work of one of north-east Scotland's finest exponents of written Doric. There is a cash prize of £500 for the winning entry. The award for the best entry will be made at the University of Aberdeen,...
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North-East Scots/Doric Anthology
We are pleased to be supporting a project to curate a North-East Scots/Doric anthology of new writing, a collaboration between Jo Gilbert, The Friends of Elphinstone, and the Elphinstone Institute which is funded by Aberdeen City Council Creative Funding.
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Neepie Lantern Competition 2022 - Winner
Alistair Clark won first prize in the Neepie Lantern Competition 2022 at the Elphinstone Institute. He won a copy of The College Boy CD plus The Living Doric book. Runner Up prizes of The Living Doric go to Elodie de Groot, and Corrie Cheyne.
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Frances Wilkins publishes article on the precarious position of Gaelic Psalmody for The Conversation
Frances Wilkins publishes article on the decline of Gaelic Psalmody for The Conversation
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RMA Conference: 'Women and Sea Shanties'
On Saturday 10th September 2022, Mollie Carlyle presented her paper entitled 'Sally Brown and Sailor John: Women and the Shanty Tradition' at the Royal Musical Association annual conference, hosted by Durham University.