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People are also being urged to change their social media avatar to a picture of Gray on the day. Sorcha Dallas, of The Alasdair Gray Archive, said: “Gray Day was born of a desire to foster a continued dialogue with Alasdair through the rich and multi-faceted works he has left behind. “Alasdair was an incredible man and we hope this tribute will allow his admirers a chance to reminisce while bringing his work to many more who have still to discover it.” It is hoped the event will become an annual commemoration of Gray’s life and work. Organisers said: “25th February 2021 is the first...

SOME of Scotland's most well known authors are to pay tribute to the life of Alasdair Gray. The first ever Gray Day is to take place today celebrating one of the country's most important literary and artistic talents. Today is the 40th anniversary of the publication of Gray's novel Lanark and a special, one-off evening hosted by Neu Reekie at Oran Mor is to take place. Sorcha Dallas, of The Alasdair Gray Archive, said; “Gray Day was born of a desire to foster a continued dialogue with Alasdair through the rich and multi-faceted works he has left behind. "Alasdair was an incredible...

Gray died in December 2019 a day after his 85th birthday following a short illness. In his final interview before his death - conducted on the day of the 2019 General Election - Gray was critical of the SNP for not taking a stronger line on independence in Holyrood. He told The National: "In the past, I wrote a number of pamphlets supporting the Scottish National Party, and if I were to write a pamphlet now, which I thought of doing, it would be highly critical of the Scottish National Party. I am a big supporter of independence but I rather regret the fact that the party in Holyr...

You might not know it yet, and lock-down means your opportunity to explore it fully will be sadly limited when you do, but Thursday is the inaugural Gray Day, the first of what organisers hope will become a significant annual event celebrating the life, work and legacy of Alasdair Gray. The iconic author, illustrator, poet and artist died aged 85 in 2019 and the plan is for Gray Day eventually to assume the same stature as its sort-of-namesake, Bloomsday. Named for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce’s 1922 Modernist masterpiece Ulysses, it’s held in Dublin every June and se...