Arts, culture and heritage

The longlist for the Highland Book Prize 2024 has been announced by the Highland Society of London and Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre.

This year’s longlist includes poetry from the late Aonghas MacNeacail, new fiction from Inverness-born Ali Smith, and Saltire Award winner Jen Stout’s experiences as a journalist in war-torn Ukraine.  

Engage Scotland and the Culture Heritage and Arts Assembly, Argyll and Isles (CHARTS) are pleased to be working in partnership to gather information from visual artists working in a participatory Gaelic language and/or culture context in Scotland. 

The red carpet will be rolled out across Scotland next week for one of the UK’s wildest living landscapes and all its fantastically boggy inhabitants.

In only six months time Orkney will host the 20th International Island Games, an event that promises to be a celebration of sport, culture, and community.

The north-east farming community is set to come together for a night of music, laughter, and fundraising at The Farmers’ Choir Concert, hosted at ANM Group’s Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, in aid of agricultural charity RSABI

Nearly 1000 people have already attended the 30-plus public consultation events and online sessions about the proposed National Park in Galloway.

The Scottish Festival of Real Bread, a one-day celebration of community, sustainability, and local food systems, is back for its third year.

The Scottish Land Fund (SLF) has awarded 10 grants across the country totalling nearly £2m this year to community groups.

The Fund supports rural and urban communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets.

This years Scottish Agritourism Conference took place in Perth over the 18 and 19 of November. 

A range of sessions took place over the two conference days including, a wide variety of speakers and panellists all relevant to the Sector. There was a real buzz around the venue as delegates connected and networked with exhibitors, sponsors and each other.

Steps to support Gaelic entrepreneurs and assess the benefits of the language to Scotland’s visitor economy have been announced by Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.

A report on Economic and Social Opportunities for Gaelic was commissioned as part of the Government’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation.

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