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Mary Wollstonecraft : Mary and Maria. Mary Shelley : Matilda. Edited by Janet Todd. Coll. « Pickering's Women Classics ». 1991Sophie von La Roche : The History of Lady Sophia Sternhaim. Éd. by James Lynn. IdemDelarivier Manley : The New Atlantis. Idem
No full textThomson Ann. Mary Wollstonecraft : Mary and Maria. Mary Shelley : Matilda. Edited by Janet Todd. Coll. « Pickering's Women Classics ». 1991Sophie von La Roche : The History of Lady Sophia Sternhaim. Éd. by James Lynn. IdemDelarivier Manley : The New Atlantis. Idem. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°25, 1993. L'Europe des Lumières. pp. 540-541
Mary Wollstonecraft : Mary and Maria. Mary Shelley : Matilda. Edited by Janet Todd. Coll. « Pickering's Women Classics ». 1991Sophie von La Roche : The History of Lady Sophia Sternhaim. Éd. by James Lynn. IdemDelarivier Manley : The New Atlantis. Idem
No full textThomson Ann. Mary Wollstonecraft : Mary and Maria. Mary Shelley : Matilda. Edited by Janet Todd. Coll. « Pickering's Women Classics ». 1991Sophie von La Roche : The History of Lady Sophia Sternhaim. Éd. by James Lynn. IdemDelarivier Manley : The New Atlantis. Idem. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°25, 1993. L'Europe des Lumières. pp. 540-541
Belonging: natural histories of place, identity and home
No full textCanongate's synopsis:
"Reflecting on family, identity and nature, Belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy – home to standing dead trees known as snags, which support the overall health of the forest.
Belonging is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves.
Beautifully written and featuring Amanda Thomson’s artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are."
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize, 2023
Some of the reviews...
Outstanding - ROBERT MACFARLANE
Amanda Thomson’s new book manages to carve out a distinctive niche for itself . . . This is a passionate book and infused with a sense of rootedness - STUART KELLY, The Scotsman
In recent years rural landscapes have turned into battlegrounds, and nature writing has become increasingly polemical. Belonging is a quiet book of questions in a genre full of answers, but it is all the more powerful and beautiful for this - PATRICK GALBRAITH, TLS
One of the best things I have read in ages . . . Quiet and beautiful and powerful - ALYS FOWLER
Thomson writes of the natural in a way I have yet to encounter before. There is no real hoo-haa, no flowery description of which to speak yet somehow, I came away with that ache inside me — that renewed obsession with the world that is only borne of a very particular kind of writing — poetic, loving, raw . . . Like no other - KERRI Ní DOCHARTAIGH, Caught by the River
In strikingly original takes on Scottish history, environmentalism, Black feminist theory, artmaking, list-making, memory, and memoir, Thomson crafts a cadence that is as wise as it is vitally alive. - MARGOT DOUAIHY, author of Scorched Grac
Kathleen Jamie, Chitra Ramaswamy & Amanda Thomson: Antlers of Water - Live Event
No full text‘When we read and write, when we love our fellow creatures, when we walk on the beach, when we just listen and notice, we are not little cogs in the machine, but part of the remedy.’ These luminous words by Kathleen Jamie form part of the introduction to Antlers of Water, an outstanding collection of contemporary Scottish writing about nature and landscape.
The generosity of Jamie’s approach as editor of the collection goes beyond the stellar selection of contributors such as Amy Liptrot, Karine Polwart and Malachy Tallack: she also invokes the agency of readers to make a difference. ‘If, by reading, you are encouraged or confirmed in your love of the natural world, if you’re inspired simply to… look outside, then our job is done.’
In a discussion led by the BBC's Clare English, Jamie is joined by award-winning journalist Chitra Ramaswamy as well as visual artist and writer Amanda Thomson – both contributors to the anthology – to discuss Scotland, landscape and the more-than-human world around us.
This is a live event, with an author Q&A.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Making Climate Change Personal festival theme
2002 Commencement
No full textLynn University President Don Ross and Lynn First Lady Helen Ross pose with Honorary Doctoral degree recipient Leonora P. Thomson at Lynn University\u27s 2002 Commencement.https://spiral.lynn.edu/commencement-photos-2002/1167/thumbnail.jp
2002 Commencement
No full textLynn University President Don Ross and Lynn First Lady Helen Ross pose with Honorary Doctoral degree recipient Leonora P. Thomson at Lynn University\u27s 2002 Commencement.https://spiral.lynn.edu/commencement-photos-2002/1166/thumbnail.jp
Storytelling, women's authority and the 'Old-Wife's Tale': 'The Story of the Bottle of Medicine'
No full textThe focus of this article is a single personal narrative – a Shetland woman’s telling of a story about two girls on a journey to fetch a cure for a sick relative from a wise woman. The story is treated as a cultural document which offers the historian a conduit to a past that is respectful of indigenous woman-centred interpretations of how that past was experienced and understood. The ‘story of the bottle of medicine’ is more than a skilful telling of a local tale; it is a memory practice that provides a path to a deeper and more nuanced understanding of a culture. Applying perspectives from anthropology, oral history and narrative analysis, three sets of questions are addressed: the issue of authenticity; the significance of the narrative structure and storytelling strategies employed; and the nature of the female performance. Ultimately the article asks what this story can tell us about women’s interpretation of their own history
2002 Commencement
No full textBoard of Trustees Member Ray C. Osborne hoods Leonora P. Thomson as Lynn University President Don Ross looks on. Leonora Thomson is receiving the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the 2002 Commencement.https://spiral.lynn.edu/commencement-photos-2002/1106/thumbnail.jp
'Trojan Drills' memo to Lynn Frank
No full textA memo on the Trojan Drills prepared by Gerry Thompson reporting to Lynn Frank, Director of Department of Energy, on November 23, 1983. This report covers topics including the Trojan Nuclear Plant drilling and Lieutenant Lon Holbrook's availability to the Governor in a case of an emergency. This is one document from a binder containing selected daily reports to the Governor, which was compiled by Gerry Thompson
Figures of Speech: Place - Amanda Thomson and Roseanne Watt
No full textEvent as part of Scotland's Year of Stories 2022, Edinburgh City of Literature & the Scottish Storytelling Centre present figures of speech. " ... Our hosts Amanda Thomson and Roseanne Watt take us on a tour through nature, landscape, community and the language of place, whilst also discussing their own experiences of writing and working in Scotland."
Figures of Speech: place. One of a series of events covering six universal themes (music, friendship, future, love, place, big ideas), each event explores literary blockbusters, hidden gems and modern classics.
Our expert guides will take us on a journey through Scotland’s iconic books and stories, navigating the dazzling array of new voices, and presenting newly commissioned work by artists responding to each theme.
'Let us take you on a journey across the curious contrasts and contradictions that define Scottish literature.
In our first season (May - July), we'll be covering Music, Friendship and Future. On May 20th writer and broadcaster Nicola Meighan and author Arusa Qureshi will be exploring Music, and presenting a newly commissioned dance piece from poet and performer Katie Ailes. Poet Michael Pedersen and author Val McDermid will be diving into Friendship on June 24th, with music from Kim Carnie. And on July 22nd, poet Russell Jones and writer T.L.Huchu will be looking to the Future, with new poetry from Jeda Pearl.
The second season of Figures of Speech (September - November) will take in Love, Place and Big Ideas. On September 23rd Gaelic poet Peter Mackay will talk love with romance writer Jenny Colgan. Visual artist and writer Amanda Thomson will drop a pin in the literary map with a discussion on Place with poet and film maker Roseanne Watt on October 21st (postponed to February '23). The season concludes on St. Andrew’s Day (November 30th) with some Big Ideas from Professor David Farrier with activist and author Jessica Gaitán Johannesson.
We want to welcome as wide an audience as possible and extend this conversation across Edinburgh, Scotland and the world. All the events will be recorded and made available online a week later, and both the live and recorded events will be supported by BSL interpretation.
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