Dougie Strang
@dougiestrang.bsky.social
Argyll-based writer, storyteller, gardener: https://dougiestrang.org/
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Tickets are going fast for our Words of the Wild Book Festival, with some events already sold out! Don’t miss your opportunity to meet some of today’s top nature writers, join our online talks or nurture your creativity at one of our workshops.
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September 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Tickets are going fast for our Words of the Wild Book Festival, with some events already sold out! Don’t miss your opportunity to meet some of today’s top nature writers, join our online talks or nurture your creativity at one of our workshops.
Find out more on our website 📖
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Find out more on our website 📖
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I've been glad to find a home for my writing on Bella Caledonia, one of our most pluralistic and provocative online journals. If you want to support independent journalism with a left/green/pro-indy inclination, then please contribute to Bella's crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bella-cale...
Bella Caledonia 20/20
We are coming up for our 20th anniversary. We are raising £20,000 in 20 days to celebrate and develop our project with all our supporters.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
May 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been glad to find a home for my writing on Bella Caledonia, one of our most pluralistic and provocative online journals. If you want to support independent journalism with a left/green/pro-indy inclination, then please contribute to Bella's crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bella-cale...
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Live Literature: Folklore of Kintyre
26 Feb, online – free
@dougiestrang.bsky.social presents an evening of #folklore from Kintyre & wider Argyll, highlighting aspects of heritage that cannot be easily represented through physical objects alone
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-liter...
26 Feb, online – free
@dougiestrang.bsky.social presents an evening of #folklore from Kintyre & wider Argyll, highlighting aspects of heritage that cannot be easily represented through physical objects alone
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-liter...
Live Literature: Folklore of Kintyre
Storytelling from Kintyre and Argyll, connecting folklore, place, and living heritage.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Live Literature: Folklore of Kintyre
26 Feb, online – free
@dougiestrang.bsky.social presents an evening of #folklore from Kintyre & wider Argyll, highlighting aspects of heritage that cannot be easily represented through physical objects alone
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-liter...
26 Feb, online – free
@dougiestrang.bsky.social presents an evening of #folklore from Kintyre & wider Argyll, highlighting aspects of heritage that cannot be easily represented through physical objects alone
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-liter...
The paperback version of The Bone Cave comes out next spring and the good folk at Waterstones are offering a 25% discount on pre-orders this week only: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bon... You know you wanna...!
The Bone Cave by Dougie Strang | Waterstones
Buy The Bone Cave by Dougie Strang from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The paperback version of The Bone Cave comes out next spring and the good folk at Waterstones are offering a 25% discount on pre-orders this week only: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bon... You know you wanna...!
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NEW: The Scottish community-owned island of Eigg has announced a boycott of Israel
The island of 120 people has backed BDS and its sole shop will stop stocking goods from Israeli firms
www.thenational.scot/news/2533509...
The island of 120 people has backed BDS and its sole shop will stop stocking goods from Israeli firms
www.thenational.scot/news/2533509...
Scottish community-owned island announces full boycott of Israel
The Isle of Eigg has announced a full boycott of Israel amid its genocide in Gaza ...
www.thenational.scot
July 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NEW: The Scottish community-owned island of Eigg has announced a boycott of Israel
The island of 120 people has backed BDS and its sole shop will stop stocking goods from Israeli firms
www.thenational.scot/news/2533509...
The island of 120 people has backed BDS and its sole shop will stop stocking goods from Israeli firms
www.thenational.scot/news/2533509...
RIP Paul Durcan. Here's his fine poem:
May 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
RIP Paul Durcan. Here's his fine poem:
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New issue of Irish Pages - ‘Scotland’ - co-edited by @kathleenjamie.bsky.social & @dharmabam.bsky.social with poems selected by @niallpoetry.bsky.social 📚
"A decade after the Independence Referendum, this vital, expansive issue is a must-read" @irishpages.bsky.social
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
"A decade after the Independence Referendum, this vital, expansive issue is a must-read" @irishpages.bsky.social
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
April 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
New issue of Irish Pages - ‘Scotland’ - co-edited by @kathleenjamie.bsky.social & @dharmabam.bsky.social with poems selected by @niallpoetry.bsky.social 📚
"A decade after the Independence Referendum, this vital, expansive issue is a must-read" @irishpages.bsky.social
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
"A decade after the Independence Referendum, this vital, expansive issue is a must-read" @irishpages.bsky.social
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
A couple of hours to go; a chance to support independent Scottish journalism: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-be...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A couple of hours to go; a chance to support independent Scottish journalism: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-be...
Bella Caledonia is such an important part of the discourse in Scotland, esp amidst the blitz of lies that has infected social media. Generous, thrawn, pluralist, opinionated; all these things & more. A champion for new voices. Please support Bella's work here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-be...
February 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Bella Caledonia is such an important part of the discourse in Scotland, esp amidst the blitz of lies that has infected social media. Generous, thrawn, pluralist, opinionated; all these things & more. A champion for new voices. Please support Bella's work here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-be...
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Knock knock!
Who's there?
Æthelred.
Æthelred who?
Sorry, I wasn't prepared for the follow-up question!
Who's there?
Æthelred.
Æthelred who?
Sorry, I wasn't prepared for the follow-up question!
February 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Æthelred.
Æthelred who?
Sorry, I wasn't prepared for the follow-up question!
Who's there?
Æthelred.
Æthelred who?
Sorry, I wasn't prepared for the follow-up question!
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A positive story to start the weekend www.heraldscotland.com/news/2489707...
Twice as wild: Woodland on Mull peninsula doubles in 30 years
One of Scotland’s pioneering rewilding sites has seen a near doubling of its native woodlands over the past 30 years.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A positive story to start the weekend www.heraldscotland.com/news/2489707...
Very pleased to be supporting this film. Who wants to help it over the line? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/islandness...
ISLANDNESS: help us finish the journey!
Bring a timely documentary on islands, climate and culture to life on the screen!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Very pleased to be supporting this film. Who wants to help it over the line? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/islandness...
The land-year all fresh and new-formed.
January 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The land-year all fresh and new-formed.
Just finished re-siting our lovely bothy on wheels. So glad it has found a new home and fine new owners. A life chapter closes as the year ends; who knows what this next year will bring!
December 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Just finished re-siting our lovely bothy on wheels. So glad it has found a new home and fine new owners. A life chapter closes as the year ends; who knows what this next year will bring!
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Have Labour abolished the House of Lords yet?
I'm sorry, they what? 30?
Gosh, well there's a surprise.
I'm sorry, they what? 30?
Gosh, well there's a surprise.
December 20, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Have Labour abolished the House of Lords yet?
I'm sorry, they what? 30?
Gosh, well there's a surprise.
I'm sorry, they what? 30?
Gosh, well there's a surprise.
Sunset diggering...
December 19, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Sunset diggering...
Phew! Glad to be here and not there.
November 16, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Phew! Glad to be here and not there.