{"id":3568,"date":"2022-09-15T13:20:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:46:45","slug":"meeting-places-a-gathering-to-celebrate-85-years-of-the-saltire-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/meeting-places-a-gathering-to-celebrate-85-years-of-the-saltire-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85 Years of the Saltire Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What makes Scotland\u2019s culture vivid and important? Today \u2013 and in the future?<\/p>\n<p>A brand new publication of creative writing inspired by the archives of The Saltire Society was launched at a special event at the Society\u2019s Headquarters last month.\u00a0Released as part of the long-running Saltire pamphlet series, <em>Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85 Years of the Saltire Society<\/em> brings together writers from unexpected places, old and new to spark fresh thinking, ignite debate and challenge our ideas of what Scotland is and where we are going.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3571\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/Moss-Pepe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/Moss-Pepe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/Moss-Pepe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/Moss-Pepe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/Moss-Pepe-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/Moss-Pepe.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The publication was edited by Ellie Julings, a University Alum and includes a host of Dundee students and Alumni. Ellie says &#8220;Meeting Places is a celebration, but it is also a reminder to do away with tired stereotypes about Scotland\u2019s creative output and listen to its people. The stories, poems and creative essays in this collection are at turns moving, funny, thought-provoking and beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video which explains the project and includes some readings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meeting Places: A creative gathering to celebrate 85 years of the Saltire Society\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-0uJZtQtP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Meeting Places<\/em> grew out of a number of creative writing workshops, including: Students of Lochaber High School in Fort William; Dundee International Women\u2019s Centre; Hot Chocolate Youth Centre; University of Dundee and a special event for Book Week Scotland focusing specifically on queer voices. Accordingly, the pamphlet is a vibrant snapshot of creative thought from across generations and communities in Scotland. The pamphlet is introduced by Clare Hunter, author of Sunday Times bestseller \u2018Threads of Life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3570\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/IMG_2189-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/IMG_2189-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/IMG_2189-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/IMG_2189-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/IMG_2189-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/09\/IMG_2189.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltiresociety.org.uk\/\">Saltire Society<\/a> seeks to encourage everything that might improve the quality of life in Scotland.\u00a0It works to preserve all that is best in Scottish traditions and to encourage new developments which\u00a0can strengthen and enrich the country\u2019s cultural life. It acts as a catalyst, celebrant and commentator\u00a0through an annual programme of awards, lectures, debates and projects. Founded in 1936 is a non-political independent charity with membership branches throughout Scotland. Membership of the Saltire Society is open to all individuals and organisations who support the aims\u00a0of the Society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes Scotland\u2019s culture vivid and important? Today \u2013 and in the future? A brand new publication of creative writing inspired by the archives of The Saltire Society was launched at a special event at the Society\u2019s Headquarters last month.\u00a0Released as part of the long-running Saltire pamphlet series, Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":3569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-literature"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6220,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions\/6220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}