Winters' Tales : Films for the Season

The weather outside may be frightful, but we’ve put together an evening of winter-themed film, words and music that promises to be truly delightful!

Winters’ Tales: Films for the Season is a specially curated selection of silent films from the National Library’s Moving Image Archive. These films depict aspects of winter, from snowy weather and winter sports to Christmas lights and presents from Santa. This event showcases the breadth and depth of the Moving Image Archive collection. It includes films from as far back as the 1930s and from locations throughout Scotland.

The films will be accompanied by live piano music by Esther Hamilton-Keith and winter-themed poetry and prose selected and performed by Susi Briggs. Susi is currently Scots Scriever at the National Library of Scotland.

So, if you want to coorie in and reminisce about winters past, then this special seasonal screening promises to get you in the festive spirit.

Esther Hamilton-Keith is a music graduate and pianist who now works in the Whittaker library, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as well as the Moving Image Archive at the National Library of Scotland. She recently composed and performed music for an International Women's Day event celebrating Isobel W. Hutchison films at Kelvin Hall in March.

Susi Briggs is an author, poet, storyteller, songwriter and musician. She has long been an advocate for Scots language literacy and has dedicated most of her career to encouraging children to enjoy reading, writing and performing in Scots.

Her work has been shortlisted for Scots Language Awards and she is a listed author and storyteller with the Scottish Book Trust and the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

A seasoned performer of poetry, story and song, Susi co-hosts, writes and performs with Alan McClure on the Oor Wee Podcast show, which was also shortlisted for a Scots Language Award.

Susi is currently Scots Scriever for the National Library of Scotland, which is a year-long residency run in partnership with Creative Scotland. It aims to support the creation of original writing in Scots, as well as the promotion of the language with communities throughout Scotland.

Host or Publisher The National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall