The literature of Scotland, a guide to websites; novelists and poets

Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Supporting the teaching, study, writing and reading of Scottish literature and language, past and present.

Writers

Scottish Writers By Name
A list of the Scottish authors, writers and poets featured on Books from Scotland. Interviews with Scottish authors about their books.

Scottish Authors
A list from Information and Libraries Scotland (SLAINTE)

List of Scottish writers. Wikipedia.

Edinburgh Review
Edinburgh’s oldest literary journal and released three times a year.

Glasgow University, Department of Scottish Literature

International Journal of Scottish Literature

Libraries in Scotland

National Library of Scotland

Poetry

The Scottish poetry page. Holyrood Festival

Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council is actively involved in developing Scottish literature through its support for writers, writing and the publishing industry across Scotland.The SPL is one of three poetry libraries in the UK, but the only one to be independently constituted and housed. It is the only poetry house in the world to have an extensive lending library at its core.

The Scottish Poetry Library
The Scottish Poetry Library is a national resource and advocate for the art of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular. They are committed to bringing the pleasures and benefits of poetry to as wide an audience as possible.

Scottish Authors
Biographical information on prominent Scottish writers.

Scots-Online
A comprehensive guide to the history and linguistic characteristics of the Scots language.

Theatre

Scottish Theatre Archive
This website aims to help preserve and promote interest in Scotland’s theatrical heritage. The Special Collections department, University of Glasgow

Word Power. Scotland’s radical bookshop, based in Edinburgh.