{"id":6259,"date":"2023-08-28T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=6259"},"modified":"2023-08-27T14:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:17:34","slug":"scots-language-awards-2023-matthew-mackie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2023-matthew-mackie\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2023: Matthew Mackie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Matthew Mackie wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Bairns\u2019 Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Government in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https:\/\/handsup.link\/SLA-BuyTickets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

We askit Matthew Mackie o Matthew Mackie thae speirins. <\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nAh bide in Perth wi ma wife Emma an twa laddies, John an Jacob. Ah'm a schuil teacher at Perth High whaur Ah\u2019ve taught for ower twenty year.
\nAh\u2019m guid pals wi the team at Tippermuir Books, wha aye champion the Scots leid.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nTippermuir Books published The Tale o the Wee Mowdie that wantit tae ken wha keeched on his heid, that was nominatit for Scots Bairns Buik o the Year.<\/p>\n

Why dae ye feel it is important tae use Scots in everyday life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dae ye hae a favourite Scots phrase or saying?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there a Scots speaker who inspires you?<\/strong>
\nAye. Tam Cowan fae Off the Ball on Radio Scotland. He disnae miss a beat; he\u2019s aye juist hissel an Ah admire that.<\/p>\n

Do you hear Scots spoken regularly in your local area? Have you noticed any changes over time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nThe success o the Tale o the Wee Mowdie haes been a real jey. Kennin that young bairns (an auld bairns!) are haein a lauch thegither readin a buik that Ah translatit maks me gey happy. An Ah aye get a kick seein the Wee Mowdie \u201coot in the wild\u201d in buikshops and veesitor centres aw ower Scotland.<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nGuid Mornin! an Guid Nicht! are aimed at younger readers an reflect the diversity o modren Scotland. Ah think that can anely be guid tae see in the range o Scots buiks for bairns an Ah Luik forrit tae promotin them ower the neist wee while.<\/p>\n

Read more about Matthew Mackie<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/tippermuirbooks.co.uk<\/a>
\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<\/a>
\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tippermuirbooks<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Johnstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/handsup.link\/SLA-BuyTickets<\/a> There wull be some grand entertainmint oan the nicht tae, includin a recital fae Renfrewshire\u2019s poet laureate Shaun Moore,wha wis appointit as the region\u2019s Tannahill Makar last year. talks fae weel regairdit Scots scrievers Cat Cochrane an Shane Strachan, alang wi musical performances fae celebratit multi-instumentalist brithers Euan and Lewis McLaughlin, an sangster Iona Fyfe. <\/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":"

Weel duin tae Matthew Mackie wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Bairns\u2019 Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Government in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https:\/\/handsup.link\/SLA-BuyTickets. We askit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2023","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2023\/08\/Matthew-Mackie-Guid-Mornin-Guid-Nicht-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1CX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6282,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions\/6282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}