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Join us, at the University of Stirling, to celebrate James Hogg, a Scottish writer of international standing, on his 250th birthday. Stirling University hosts the Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of The Collected Works of James Hogg, published by Edinburgh University Press, and is delighted to support this event. We will hear why James Hogg is still important, 250 years after his birth -- so much more than the celebrated writer of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.

The celebration is hosted by Dr Valentina Bold, writer of James Hogg: A Bard of Nature's Making and Dr Adrian Hunter, senior lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling and editor of James Hogg's Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. We will be in the best of company, delighted to be joined by a wonderful group of eminent writers, singers, performers and academics, to mark Hogg's 250th Jubilee.

Coming together to toast Hogg. From Ettrick to Edinburgh, Dundee to Fife, Europe, the USA and New Zealand, confirmed speakers include:

Award-winning writers James Robertson and Liam McIlvanney; Scots-language authority and broadcaster Billy Kay; legendary singer Sheena Wellington; academic experts Prof Ian Duncan, Prof Penny Fielding, Prof Silvia Mergenthal and Dr Daniel Cook; the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress; Vicky Davidson, of Ettrick & Yarrow Community Development Company; Jim Mitchell of Henderland Farm, descended from Hogg's favourite inn-keeper, Tibbie Shiel; Donald Smith, Chief Executive of Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland and Bruce Gilkinson, author of 'Walking with James Hogg' and a direct descendant of the Ettrick Shepherd.

These special guests will each offer a toast to Hogg, explaining why he is important to them and why his work still matters in 2020 and beyond. There will be a chance, too, to comment and ask questions of this panel, as part of what is sure to be a sparkling celebration. We look forward to seeing you, on the 1st of December, and to raising a virtual glass together then.