{"id":5029,"date":"2019-09-02T16:26:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2019-09-02T16:26:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:26:34","slug":"scots-language-awards-2019-stuart-paterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2019-stuart-paterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2019: Stuart Paterson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Congratulations to Stuart Paterson who has been nominated in Scots Speaker o the Year in the Scots Language Awards 2019. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We asked Stuart Paterson the following questions.<\/p>\n

Tell us about yourself<\/strong>
\nI work full-time as a poet & writer & have heavily promoted Scots across the UK & beyond through my work in TV, online, in print & in the classroom. My first collection entirely in Scots, ‘Aye’, sold out in 2016. The CD of my works by noted Scots language archivists Scotsoun is currently on sale. I live in Galloway & visit schools through the Scottish Book Trust’s Live Literature scheme, much of this work focused on getting young people to write & express themselves in their own Scots. I also collaborate with other artists in music, painting, theatre & recently glasswork. Poetry, to me, should be accessible without being dumbed down, relevant without having to be jokey, for people and not AT people. Scots very nuch involves the poetry & music of people & place. It’s a privilege to be part of that.<\/p>\n

Why are you involved in Scots language?<\/strong>
\nI was brought up & educated as a young working class guy in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire & consider Scots to be my first language. It’s the language we spoke in the house, in the playground, with family & pals, at work & in the howffs. It’s not English or ‘a dialect of English’ or slang. It’s a language, my language, our language. I work hard to promote its use not just in the arts but in everyday life, which I believe was one of the reasons I became BBC Scotland Poet in Residence in 2017. And I love working with young folk to let them know that their Scots is valid, treasured & a part of who they are. I’m not just involved in Scots language – it’s a big part of who I am.<\/p>\n

Any particular career highlights?<\/strong>
\nThe UK National Poetry Day 2017 theme was ‘Free The Word’ – I wrote ‘Here’sThe Weather’ & made this film for the BBC about Scots language – so far, it’s had over 300,000 hits & a brilliant worldwide response. Watch it here! https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p05hdvgd<\/a>
\nThis summer, as part of the UNESCO Internarional Year of Indigenous Languages, I spent a month in South Africa working with hundreds of young people in university, schools & township & learning about their own native language, isiXhosa, & telling them about Scots. An amazing experience. We’ve plenty in common! Read more about it here! https:\/\/www.grocotts.co.za\/2019\/06\/20\/scots-meets-isixhosa-the-power-of-language\/<\/a><\/p>\n

What are your plans for the future?<\/strong>
\nI was overjoyed that renowned Scottish publisher Chapman recently received a Scottish Government grant to produce ‘Wheen’, my new & selected poems in Scots. And Tippermuir Books from Perth will be publishing a big, illustrated collection of my poems for weans, ‘A Squatter o Bairnrhymes an ither daftness’. I’m very excited to have started work as a SQA External Verifier in schools throughout Scotland on the SQA Scots Language Award, which raises the standing & profile of Scots as a subject of increasing academic recognition. I’ve lots of upcoming work with schoolweans & teachers in Scots through the Scottish Book Trust & have started developing a play about the amazing Isobel ‘Tibbie’ Pagan of ‘Ca’ The Yowes’ fame. And I’ll continue to advocate, wherever & whenever possible, for Scots as a language. A language of the everyday & everywhere, not just one day annually in January. Haud furrit!<\/p>\n

Read more about Stuart Paterson<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk\/poet\/stuart-paterson\/<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patersonpoetry\/<\/a>
\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/StuartPoet<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

If you wish to attend the Scots language awards, tickets are available to buy via: https:\/\/www.ticketsglasgow.com\/Pages\/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=8fd8b867-811e-4bfc-a2c0-aab900efc42b<\/a> For box office call 0141 353 8000 or email box@horsecross.co.uk<\/a>. Performing on Friday 27th September include Iona Fyfe Trio, Susi Briggs, Steve Byrne and more to be announced.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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