THE first 40 British writers and 25 literature organisations participating in this year’s International Literature Showcase (ILS) have been revealed, and include Alex Bellos, Vahni Capildeo, Tessa Hadley, Frances Hardinge, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Howe, Sarah Perry, Max Porter and Malika Booker.

Seven Scottish writers are also taking part, including: Kerry Hudson, Denise Mina, Hollie McNish, William Letford, Jenni Fagan, James Meek, and graphic novelist Karrie Fransman.

Run by Writers’ Centre Norwich and the British Council, the ILS is a ten-month programme offered to selected UK writers and literature organisations to help promote and export their work across the world. Focusing on "emerging and mid-career" writers, the participants were selected from 369 applicants.

In total, 80 writers and 50 literature organisations will be supported through the coming year, with the final selections announced at The London Book Fair next March.

litshowcase.org

A NEW show of Scottish art at the Fine Art Society in London runs from October 17 to November 3.

The show begins in the early eighteenth century, with a rare work by the Scots-Flemish painter Henry Ferguson and a large-scale painting of Roman ruins.

The show includes works by James Cowie and John Byrne (pictured), the Faed family, Waller Hugh Paton, Alexander Johnstone and William McTaggart.

It also includes work by W Y Macgregor, E A Walton, John Quinton Pringle and James Whitelaw Hamilton as well as Sir William Gilles, James McIntosh Patrick, Robert MacBryde, and Joan Eardley.

thefineartsociety.com

GLASGOW Film Festival will mark St. Andrew’s Day this year with a trio of "pop-up" screenings.

These screenings will take place in the Mackintosh Queens Cross, the only church built to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s design. The location has been chosen as a reference to Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016.

Taking place November 26, and sponsored by CalMac, the Hollywood Dreams of Scotland events will include the Pixar film Brave, Annie Laurie, and Highlander.

glasgowfilm.org/festival

THE Out of the Blue Art Centre in Edinburgh is the venue for art show Would I Lie To You: The Art of Politics and Propaganda by Trevor Jones, running from November 4 to 15.

It features a series of large portrait paintings of world leaders to coincide with the US Presidential election. The paintings have been made from rubbish found on the streets of Edinburgh.

The art is also scannable with the app Creativmuse to reveal to the viewer information about the "sitter".

The portraits included in the exhibition include Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch.

trevorjonesart.com