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Aboot us

The Scots Leid Associe wis fundit i 1972 wi an anely brief: tae promuive the Scots leid and leitratur bi furthsettin the anely magazine dedicatit til new Scots scrievin.

Ower five decades later, that is oor meission else. Asides Lallans, we rin an annual Scots-leid scrievin competition, the Sangschaw, an we forby hae furthset an anely ingaitherin o Scots-leid recordins in our Scotsoun series o CDs.

Mairfortaken, we hae annual Collogues, whaur we ingaither oor memmers an hear talks on Scots-leid cultur an hear Sangschaw winners readin their nain wark.

Meet the Commattee

Mair details comin shuin!

• Rab Wilson | Preses

  Rab Wilson is a poet wha scrieves predominantly i the Scots leid. He wis born an aye-an-oan bides i New Cumnock, East Ayrshire. He is forby a playwreicht, newspaper columnist an commentator on the Scots leid.

• Joe Carstairs | Secretar, Wabmaister

  Joe haes been i the Associe syne 2019. He is a Scots leid lairner an believes eydent at the Scots leid belangs awbody. He is frae Perth but bides eenou i Embro, at he haes bidden in syne 2018.

• Tony Beekman | Thesaurer

  Tony pits in a shift in the day job as a Community Lairnin an Development Warker for a central Scottish cooncil. He is also a trade union shop steward. Tony is a lifelang lairner o philosophy an likes tae reflect on it in the pub ower a pint or a dram. This helps him scrieve cutty tales whit he is chuffed tae see in Lallans occasionally.

• David Bleiman | Ordinary Memmer

  David bides i Cramond on the Embro Riviera. He is a makar, an is the winner o the 2020 Sangschaw Prize an 2023 McCash Prize fur poyums in Scots. He sells buiks on poetrykilt.bigcartel.com .

• Michael Everson

• William Hershaw | Lallans Eiditor

  William Hershaw is the praisent eiditor o Lallans. He is a weill-kent poet and singer . Brocht up as a native Scots speiker in a Fife mining community he trowes that ‘the Scots leid is for aabody’ and “gin ye tint your leid ye tint your sel’. Aa Scots leid has a feir in Lallans. William can be contacted at w.hershaw678@btinternet .

• Derrick McClure

• Elaine Morton | Ordinary Memmer

  Elaine is a past editor o Lallans an bides on the Commattee tae owersee the Sangschaw competeition. Edinburgh is hame an she haes been wi the Associe sin 1998. She wad be blithe o mair weemen on the Commattee, sae, lasses, dinnae be blate tae come forrit!

• Colin Robertson

• Jack Stuart

• George T Watt | Memmership Secretar

  George T Watt is a writer in Scots poesie, cutty tales and airticles. This cheil haes been published in mony anthologies an magazines as weel as Lallans. He haes produced seiveral recordings fur Scotsoun anaa.

Furthsettins

We ar ane o the foremaist furthsetters o new Scots leitratur. Oor maist important furthsettins ar Lallans an Scotsoun.

Jyne

Why jyne the Scots Leid Associe?

Bi jynin us, ye ar helpin us tae heize up the Scots leid, maistly bi giein Scots scrievers a place tae lairn frae anither an finnd their ain Scots vyce.

Forby, memmers get biannual issues o our aesome Lallans magazine gratis, an hae the richt tae atten our Annual Collogues, whaur we haud our AGM an enjoy talks frae kenspeckle spikkers on thochtie maiters effeirin til Scots leid an leiteratur.

Gin whit ye ar seekin is a community o prose-scrievers, makars, pleywreichts an owersetters, aw wi muckle care fur the Scots leid, the ar nae peer wi hus, the auldest Scots-leid activist organisation that’s about eenou an the anely fully dedicatit til the forderance o new Scots leiteratur.

Hou can A jyne?

Fur individuals, memmership costs £20 per annum. Fur institutions, the stent is £25 per annum.

Fur tae become a memmer, simply get in titch wi us at lallans@hotmail.co.uk an we’ll provide ye wi our bank details; or ye can jyne bi sendin us a cheque made peyable til The Scots Language Society. See Contact us fur our address.

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