Reading: Essays and Essayists

View our Wakelet for teaching The Essays of Hilary Mantel

Poor by Caleb Femi

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Genre Fiction: Westerns

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The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

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Download comprehensive learning resources on this brilliant non-fiction text.

First Level Reading: MS Forms Link

Looking for ideas for an interesting and contemporary Advanced Higher Dissertation topic using Scottish texts? Read our Sway on Scottish Life Writing.

Listening to Podcasts

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Writing: Memoirs

Model City by Donna Stonecipher

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Download an introduction to Stonecipher and prose poetry as well as a Set Text paper featuring Glasgow’s own Edwin Morgan.

The Actual by Inua Ellams

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Click below to download a teaching resource using Inua Ellams’ brilliant debut poetry collection, The Actual.

The poetry of Warsan Shire

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Poetry: ‘Fury’ by David Morley

A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson

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Download a note pack on a selection of poems from A Portable Paradise.

Poetry: Nadine Jassat, Dean Atta, and Imtiaz Dharker

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Coming Soon…

Resources on Jackie Kay’s stage play/epic poem The Lamplighter and materials for teaching short stories in the BGE!

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