THE Scottish publishers 404 Ink and BHP Comics are to bring out a graphic novel anthology to mark the centenary of woman gaining the power to vote in the UK.
We Shall Fight Until We Win will celebrate a century since 1918, and the "many pioneering women who have been, and are part of the ongoing fight".
The publishers said the book will focus on suffragettes like Emmeline Pankhurst and Sophia Duleep Singh, as well as Nancy Astor, the first female member of Parliament to take her seat, and Diane Abbott, the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons.
The anthology will be published in June 2018.
The publishers are still compiling their list of contributors and are open to submissions from comic creators.
Submissions of example work can be sent to subs@bhpcomics.com.
Pre-orders for the project will be launched on Kickstarter in January 2018.
www.404ink.com
Deveron Projects of Aberdeenshire is to stage events looking at community, pacifism and peace.
It is to hold a weekend of events later this month called Practices of Peace which will explore community, pacifism and peace.
Starting at 10am on18 November and running until 19 November the event includes talks, walks, food and music.
Among the speakers who will be appearing in the event are Simon Walker, who will talk about pacifism during the First World War; Val Ross, an English teacher at The Gordon Schools, who will look specifically at the advent of peace in Huntly, and art historian and writer Cornelia Offergold.
Deveron Projects Director, Claudia Zeiske, will talk about her recent 1500km art walk from Huntly to Munich and in particular the many people she met on route who have been affected by past and current wars in Europe.
Artist Stuart McAdam will present his project about WW1 trenches of the western front.
www.deveron-projects.com/events/practices-peace/
THE Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries, Fife by Richard Murphy Architects has been awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2017.
From a shortlist of twelve projects the judges selected the Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries as a "clear winner."
The award was presented at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland.
The winner of this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award receives a gold medal cast by internationally renowned Scottish Goldsmith, James Brent Ward and a cheque for £25,000, the richest architectural prize in the UK.
www.rias.org.uk
SHETLAND Arts has introduced a new team of community programmers to boost their rural programme, launching with a tour of rural halls by exciting local bands Beltane Ree and Fjanna.
They will be performing at Quarff on November 30, Sandness on December 1, Delting on December 2 and Symbister on December 3.
Beltane Ree is a newly formed Shetland band playing a mix of contemporary and traditional music from Shetland, Scotland, Ireland and further afield as well as their original compositions.
The band line up consists of Alison Anderson and Helen Whitham on fiddle, Pauleen Wiseman on fiddle/piano, Terry Irvine on banjo/mandolin, Maurice Jamieson on bass, Adam Johnson on guitar and Steve Anderson on drums.
Young Shetland trad band Fjanna include Mike Laurenson on accordion, Jodie Smith on fiddle , Anya Johnston on fiddle and piano and Arran Philip on drums and bagpipes.
This tour is the first of a series of specially selected tours to local communities, selected by our community promoters from across Shetland. www.shetlandarts.org
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