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Association for Scottish Literature
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Scottish educational charity
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies (ASLS) is a Scottish educational charity, founded in 1970 to promote and support the teaching, study and writing of Scottish literature. Its founding members included the Scottish literary scholar Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996). Originally based at the University of Aberdeen, it moved to its current home within the University of Glasgow in 1996.2 Its revenue was £90,704 in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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- HeadquartersGlasgow1
- Websiteasls.org.uk
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The Association for Scottish Literary Studies (ASLS) is a Scottish educational charity, founded in 1970 to promote and support the teaching, study and writing of Scottish literature. Its founding members included the Scottish literary scholar Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996). Originally based at the University of Aberdeen, it moved to its current home within the University of Glasgow in 1996. In November 2015, ASLS was allocated £40,000 by the Scottish Government to support its work providing teacher training and classroom resources for schools.2
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In May 2010, in partnership with the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, ASLS published an illustrated edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, to mark the 200th anniversary of the original publication.
In June 2011, with financial support from the Gaelic Books Council, ASLS published a new edition of Sorley MacLean's An Cuilithionn/The Cuillin.
In February 2013, ASLS hosted the inaugural Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship, set up by Creative Scotland "to enable a writer to take time out of their usual environment to embark upon a year-long literary adventure to develop their practice". Kirsty Logan was selected to be the first recipient of the Fellowship, and on 10 August 2015 ASLS published her collection of short stories A Portable Shelter.
In June 2023, ASLS published two volumes of plays by Michel Tremblay, translated into Scots by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay.
From Wikipedia’s article on Association for Scottish Literary Studies, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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Timeline
- 1970Founded Founded1
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- Websiteasls.org.uk1
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- WikipediaAssociation for Scottish Literary Studies
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