Billy Kay is one of the country’s greatest champions of the good Scots tongue. Here he will celebrate the history, the social history and the brilliant literature in the language from Dunbar through Burns to Lewis Grassic Gibbon and Hugh MacDiarmid. He will also show that Scots is a living literary and spoken language with vigorous and humorous readings from his latest work Born in Kyle: A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood.
This is a great opportunity for people to come together and enjoy the guid Scots tongue in their heid. Gey few scrievers hae duin mair than Billy Kay tae mak fowk awaur o the pouer o the Scots leid an the pleisure its speakers hae in celebratin it’s virr an beauty as pairt o their Scottish identity. Billy’s books Scots The Mither Tongue, The Scottish World, Born in Kyle and Knee Deep in Claret will be on sale at the event (cash sales only).
General admission £7, Trust Members £5.
Fundraiser for St Andrews Preservation Trust. Tea, coffee and shortbreads to follow. Donations kindly accepted.
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