Recently, we’ve been discussing our Writing Prompts, and how different things may be inspiring to different people. You might have noticed that last week’s Story Starter was written by Fiction team’s Tracey.
So, we’re now going to take it in turns. Every Friday, a different team member will post a Story Starter.
The Women’s Prize For Fiction
Books for the Longlist have been chosen one of which, “The Vanishing Half”, has been featured in our Book Reviews.
And Dawn French’s “Because Of You” is on my own “to-be-read” list!
Good luck to everyone who’s been long-listed!
If not, don’t worry! We have it for you right here.
It was a great afternoon, and a great opportunity for the “Friend” to take part in Dundee Women’s Festival.
Angela was joined by friend of the “Friend” Charlotte Lauder, who has been carrying out some wonderful research into the history of our magazine as part of her PhD.
The two talked about Jessie M. King, who we believe was the first woman to hold a professional, paid position as a journalist in Dundee. Hers is a fascinating story, and is typical of the type of trailblazing the “Friend” has been doing since our very first issue in 1869.
Prue Watson.
Dundee Women’s Festival (DWF) is an annual event celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8, recognising women’s rights, their qualities and their achievements. Twenty-seven countries have a public holiday but Dundee is doing even better with a two-week festival running from March 5 to March 14.
“The theme for the Dundee Women’s Festival 2021 The Power of Women, was chosen some months ago when we were living in much more certain times,” explains Prue Watson, DWF chair.
“We try to theme each year’s festival – something which relates to international or national events. Last year’s, for example, was the Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters so we had Women Making Waves.
Written by Alison McIntosh-Prentice, Visitor Services Assistant
To mark Women’s History Month, we take a closer look at Jane Younger, sister of Anna Blackie of the Hill House, Helensburgh.
Jane Younger (1863–1955) was Anna Blackie’s elder sister and was a student of Jessie Newbery at the Glasgow School of Art between 1890 and 1910. Jessie started teaching embroidery classes in 1894 at 3 Rose Street, Glasgow, before moving to the new Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art in Renfrew Street in 1900. A watercolour of the garden at the Hill House by Jane Younger
Jane Younger was predominantly known for her watercolours and won many awards. Her work was displayed at the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and she exhibited locally and internationally – from the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour – in Paisley, London and Paris. However, with the growing international acclaim of the Gla