The James Hogg Society was founded in 1981 to encourage the study of the life and writings of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd (1770-1835), and to bring together all those interested in him. The Society holds bi-annual conferences, bringing together international admirers of Hogg to reassess his work.

Hogg Society members at the Hogg monument,
by St Mary's Loch, Scotland. All photographs on the
Hogg Society website are courtesy of Ms. Jean Moffat, past Society Secretary