Wednesday 12 June

10:00pm

Headlining our new Literary Lates series at the Cottier Theatre, The West End Festival is delighted to present:

A unique late night cabaret event with The Scots’ Makar – Scotland’s National Poet – Liz Lochhead. In the special atmosphere of the intimate Cottier Theatre, Liz will perform a selection of her poetry, character monologues and funny writing pieces laced with a bitter-sweet edge. An unmissable festival highlight!

Organisers:

www.cottiers.com

booking and ticket info:

Tickets £7

Available from the Cottier box office.

Cottier Theatre

93-95 Hyndland Street Glasgow

G11 5PX

0141 357 4000

boxoffice@cottiers.com

Venue link

www.westendfestival.co.uk

Scottish Writers’ Centre:
Unstated: Writers on Scottish Independence

Wednesday 19 June 2013

7pm – 8.30pm, FREE

Ages: 16+

No booking required

Unstated (Word Power Books, 2012) features the work of 27 writers based in Scotland, and sets the debate of Scottish independence within the radical horizons that have informed their works. These pieces open a space in which the most difficult, most exciting prospects of statehood can be freely stated.

Three of the book’s contributors – Jenni Calder, Magi Gibson and Ken McLeod – and editor Scott Hames will discuss the topic of Scottish independence and the role of writers within the debate.

Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD
United Kingdom

+44 (0)141 352 4900

 

Laydeez do Comics

CCA

Tuesday 25 June 2013

4.30pm – 7pm, FREE

Ages: 15+

No booking required

Laydeez do Comics is the first UK graphic novel forum led by women, open to all. LDC focuses on drama of the domestic and the everyday. Join the inaugural Scottish LDC with Gillian Hatcher, Hattie Kennedy, Nicola Streeten and Sarah Lightman and more! Supported by The International Graphic Novel and International Bande Dessinée Society Glasgow 2013 Conference.

laydeezdocomics.com

Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD
United Kingdom

+44 (0)141 352 4900

Launch of All the Little Guns Went Bang, Bang, Bang

Neil Mackay’s Debut novel

Mono

Thursday, June 27, 2013 – 6:00pm

Neil Mackay he is a multi-award winning investigative journalist, newspaper executive, non-fiction author, radio broadcaster, film-maker and playwright. He has won around two dozen national and international awards for his newspaper journalism. Mackay was a launch editor of the Sunday Herald newspaper, and has subsequently been the paper’s Crime Editor, Investigations Editor and Head of News.

All the Little Guns Went Bang, Bang, Bang is darkly comic novel about two normal eleven year-olds meeting one summer in small town Antrim, Northern Ireland, in the early 1980s. They have little in common except a shared experience of violent, abusive parents. They form an unlikely alliance and as their games and shared fantasies spin out of control their friendship becomes something much darker, with theft, arson, sickening brutality – and eventually murder – all lying ahead.

The launch is free, and Neil will be giving a reading and answering any questions you’d like to put to him, as well as signing copies (we’ll have copies for sale if you haven’t managed to pick one up by the day).

Mono Cafe Bar, 10-12 King’s Court, King Street, G1 5RB

Glasgow Comic Con

Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July

The amazing Frank Quitely is returning to GCC because the fans asked. The artist behind many fan favourites including X-Men, All Star Superman and Flex Mentallo, plus his new work written by Mark Miller ‘Jupiters Legacy’ and coloured by fellow GCC guest Peter Doherty.

We’ve also just released the new poster art for GCC 13, the ‘reading couple’ was created by Jason Mathis and will feature across all of GCC

http://www.glasgowcomiccon.com/

Neu! Reekie! 34 – Glasgow – The Poetry Club Summer Storm

The Poetry Club, Glasgow

Listings coming soon.

Neu! Reekie! Facebook

Margins Book and Music Festival

Various Venues Glasgow

17th October – 19th October 2013

Back again for year three, this hip young festival spreads its wings a new city for Margins Aberdeen. Set over two weekends, confirmed acts so far include Robert Newman, FOUND, Alasdair Gray, Christopher Brookmyre, Janice Galloway and more for six days of music, books and debate.

www.marginsfestival.com

Glasgow Botanics Book Fair

Open 10am to 4.30 pm

Browse at your leisure through an excellent selection of rare and second hand books.

Books bought, sold and valued.

Admission Free

Every month

Hopkirk Building, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow

For more information and/or to be on our emailing list email

www.booksatthebotanics.co.uk

Launch of new online literary magazine

Zest – Issue 1 Launches April 1st

‘Two ladies, one from Boston and one from Glasgow, get together in a creative writing class in Glasgow and…’ Sound a bit like the beginning of a bad joke? Maybe, but it’s not! It’s actually the beginning of a new literary online journal.

This is how Zest came into being. We have since put our hearts into creating a space that is meant to be warm and inviting to readers and authors alike. Our aim is always to respect, listen to, care for and be amazed by all the authors, artists, and readers we have the pleasure of interacting with.

Zest on Facebook

From Glasgow To Saturn Issue #30

Issue 30 Download PDF

Our milestone 30th issue is now available to download.We chose the theme of independence, not because we wanted to conduct a straw poll among writers, but because the word itself means so much to so many. As you’ll see from reading this issue it is a word that can inspire as much as it can provoke. There are stories here of fraternal bonds, of men who will commit unspeakable acts to regain some semblance of independence, of those who cannot give up their independence, or those who cannot control it. There is undoubtedly a more political edge to this issue, and as a politically neutral magazine, it is a pity we saw so few submissions highlighting the perceived benefits of remaining part of the Union. That in itself tells us something of the mood of Scottish writers though.

Whatever happens to our country next year, our literature has a bright future and this issue encompasses the work of some of Scotland’s most talented writers.

Shaunagh Jones | Calum Maclean | Kevin Scott

 glasgowtosaturn.com

Every Monday and Thursday / 2 – 5pm / FREE
The Scottish Writers’ Centre Writers’ Hub in the SWC 1st floor base at CCA is a space for discussion and time to have a look at the library to find out what is available for borrowing.

Contact Jacqueline Smith.

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD

www.scottishwriterscentre.org.uk

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD

Scottish Screenwriters

Call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900

Scottish Screenwriters was formed in 2005 by John McShane and Jerry Brannigan to continue the work started in the various screenwriting courses they had attended. The Glasgow screenwriting group continues to grow and has links with the Edinburgh screenwriting group as well as having contacts worldwide and almost 500 online members.

Meetings are usually on the second Monday of each month and the first half normally consists of a short talk and Q&A from an industry based guest, followed by workshopping of member’s scripts.

The aim is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for screenwriters of all levels of experience to meet and discuss their work with fellow writers.

For full details see www.scottishscreenwriters.co.uk

Glasgow Botanics Book Fair

Every monthOpen 10am to 4.30 pm

Browse at your leisure through an excellent selection of rare and second hand books.

Books bought, sold and valued.

Admission Free

Hopkirk Building, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow

For more information and/or to be on our emailing list email

www.booksatthebotanics.co.uk

Books, Reviews, Groups and Projects

The Obree Way

Scottish cycling legend Graeme Obree has recently published a new book, “The Obree Way.” Referred to as a secret training manual, it is packed full of useful advice for any cyclist.

Graeme shot to fame in 1993 when he smashed the world 1 hour record on a home-made bike, and also held the world 4000m pursuit in 1994. Despite considerable success he has battled with inner demons, well documented in the book and film “The Flying Scotsman.”

He describes writing The Obree Way as “something of an epiphany. Having to delve so deeply into my own mind and experiences has been sometimes a profound journey, like travelling through time, to get to the route of my understanding.”The book delves into every aspect of cycling from bike choice and set up, through nutrition, training and pedalling. There is even great detail on his special breathing technique which is already causing a stir in the cycling community.

As Sir Chris Hoy observes:
”Graeme is a genius in the true sense of the word. His uncanny ability to tackle problems from an angle that no-one else could have thought of, makes him a one-off. An original. He sees the world in a different way to us mere mortals and comes up with ideas and solutions which make you laugh, shake your head and say ‘why didn’t I think of that?!’”

You can get a free chapter from The Obree Way at launch.theobreeway.com and it is available to buy at:
Obree iTunes
Amazon Kindle
Google Play

Anywhere’s Better Than Here

by Zoe Venditozzi

Sandstone Press Ltd (18 Oct 2012)

Laurie’s life is going nowhere. She lives with a computer game-obsessed boyfriend and has a meaningless job. The highlight of her week has become finding a new snack food on the supermarket shop. When Laurie meets an older, mysterious man things veer suddenly out of control, and she needs a plan fast.

Buy on Amazon

Zoe reads from her novel ‘Anywhere’s Better Than Here’ YouTube

Never Seconds by Martha Payne

Schoolgirl Martha Payne, whose blog Never Seconds about the state of her school dinners, is releasing her book to help feed African pupils.

Jamie Oliver supports Martha’s Mary’s Meals campaign:

“Martha is amazing. To be just nine-years-old and to keep the fight for better school dinners alive is really incredible and it was great to finally meet her.

”Not only that, but to help children in poor countries get the food that they need to continue their education is inspirational. I wish her luck and I hope you all support this campaign in any way you can.”

Buy the Book – every copy sold feeds 25 children in Malawi.

Elsewhere

Fifty authors, 4 books, 3 publishers, 1 magical collection. Elsewhere is here.

Brand new writing from world leading authors including Roddy Doyle, Amy Bloom, Julia Donaldson, Michael Morpurgo, Alasdair Gray, Louise Welsh, Jackie Kay, Alan Warner and many, many more. Preorder-save 20%

youtube Elsewhere Artwork, Lineup

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Co-published by Cargo, McSweeneys and The Edinburgh International Book Festival.

http://www.elsewherebook.org/

The Lit Parade at Glasgow West End Festival 2012

Writers from Glasgow and beyond presented an evening of poetry andprose. Participants in Glasgow University’s prestigious MLittprogramme performed a variety of pieces, from the humorous to theserious, the intriguing to the entertaining.’

Special guests at the event included Zoe Strachan, the award winning author, who teaches on the MLitt Course, and Mark Buckland, Publisher with Cargo Publishing.

Organisers: James Carson, Josianne Azzopardi Mamo, Mo Blake and PatByrne.

More about the writers and examples of their work

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2012

Twenty authors have been shortlisted to win 30,000 in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2012, in partnership with Creative Scotland.

Categories include: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and First Book the Awards recognise and reward the literary talent of authors from or resident in Scotland, or those whose book is of particular Scottish interest.

Details and shortlist

Launch of Tip Tap Flat

University of Glasgow – Glasgow School of Art Anthology

Tip Tap Flat: A View of Glasgow is the new anthology of writing by staff and students from the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art instigated by former writer-in-residence Louise Welsh.

Buy at Amazon

Orange Prize Winner

Libraries in Glasgow – Hillhead, Langside and The Mitchell – have copies of all this year’s books to borrow.

Weegie Wednesdays

CCA, Glasgow

Monthly forum offering writers, poets, publishers, booksellers, librarians, creative writing students or anyone else with a literary interest the chance to get together socially to talk about books and publishing.

weegiewednesday.org

CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD

Clockworks is an anthology of poetry, flash fiction and short fiction, promoting new writing on the theme of Glasgow. The anthology is designed specifically to be read on the Glasgow subway as a literary alternative to free magazines and newspapers.

Each of the seven sections of ClockWorks offer a selection of writing timed to fill your exact time spent on the subway, whether you are going on a one-stop journey or travelling a full seven stops.

More information

On the Mormon Trail

With the selection of Mitt Romney as the Republican hopeful in America’s Presidential election in November 2012, the USA has its first ever Mormon candidate for the White House, and many people are curious as to what Mormonism represents.

Here we print an extract from the chapter On the Mormon Trail from Ian Mitchell’s forthcoming book, Encounters in the US Mountain West, (The In Pinn, September) based on his several trips to the Mormon heartland of Utah and the surrounding states.

On The Mormon Trail

The early Mormon settlers who came to Utah from the 1840s onwards had a harder time of it in getting there, than I had had. Indeed the establishment of Deseret in the desolate Great Basin area by the Latter Day Saints stands, ungainsayable even by their detractors and critics, as one of the great epics of courage and endurance in human history. The Exodus of the Jews from captivity in Pharaoh’s Egypt to seek the Promised Land, and the Great Trek of the Boers from the Cape to Transvaal are possibly better known examples of religiously inspired migrations, but it is doubtful if even those experiences can compare with the hardships and sufferings which were experienced by those on the Mormon Trail. Only the Long March of the Chinese Communists in the 1930s can surpass, in heroism, hardship and suffering, the rigours of the Mormon exodus.

Read the complete article

Fremont

By Elizabeth Reeder

Fremont, is Kohl Pubishing company’s debut title and Reeder is their debut author. Her acclaimed debut novel Ramshackle was published by Freight Books in February, 2012.

Fremont: “When Rachel Roanoke sees Hal Fremont across a diner counter, she claims him as her own. Their first date takes place in the registry office, and they set out for the small, suspicious town Hal calls home.

There, in the crumbling hallway of that mock-antebellum house, Rachel and Hal consummate their marriage and start to build their rambunctious brood.”

Against their parents’ ill-starred fairytale romance, the Fremont children fight for their territory within the shifting, bitter bonds of family. In this tale of prejudice, identity and desire, Fremont becomes a map of survival.”

Buy Fremont at Kohl Publishing
Available soon at Amazon

from Encounters in the US Mountain West; A Sinner amongst the Latter Day Saints, by Ian R. Mitchell – to be published by NWP Publishing in September 2012

The cowboy, and the outlaw with whom he is generally associated, assumes a large part in the American consciousness. Though the period of the “Wild West” was relatively short (from about 1865- 1895) it has nevertheless formed certain fixed iconic images in the mindset of the USA. The cowboy and the outlaw symbolise that anti-industrial romanticisation often attributed to people living outside, and to some extent against, the encroaching power of the modern state and capitalist economy. Somewhat paradoxically the state – represented by the lawman, and to a lesser extent the cavalry – stand for those who make things safe for women, kids and cherry pie, by going out and – quite simply, killing the bad guys. In High Noon the reluctant sheriff is forced to finally see that the only way to deal with outlaws, is to gun them down. (Even his more reluctant, pacifist, wife comes to this viewpoint, by shooting one of the baddies in the back.)

This resolution of social problems not by trying to understand and tackle them, but by going out with a gun and mowing down their social consequences, runs through the Western, the US detective novel, and the US war movie. It does not take a great stretch of the imagination to see US foreign policy as motivated by a similar mind-set, vide Bush Jr.’s “Dead or Alive” response to the 9/11 Twin Towers attack. Obama did more for his popularity than by any healthcare legislation he implemented, by assassinating Bin Laden in the best Western movie (it was even filmed) tradition to the joy of millions of Americans, who failed to share the rest of the world’s realisation that this changed precisely nothing. The same millions of Americans believe that the right to carry arms (being your own cowboy) – which gives them a murder rate 10 times that of the UK – makes them safe against the bad guys.

Book preview – read the whole chapter.

Following Our Fathers: Two Journeys Among Mountains by Linda Cracknell.
(best foot books)

Review by Maggie Graham

Following Our Fathers is the story of two walks undertaken by the author. The first is the story of the flight on foot across Norway to Sweden, taken by her friend Yulis father when he escaped from the Germans in 1944. Sven Somme was active in the resistance movement before his capture and kept journals and detailed maps during his trek.

Linda Cracknell, although the history is not hers, takes pleasure in re-enacting it. Throughout we share her pleasure as the story seems to come alive, and she enjoys the sense of walking a storyline

See full review

Dear Miss Landau

James Christie (Author)

Dear Miss Landau recounts the improbable friendship, conducted via e-mail, between a Rain Man from Glasgow and a Hollywood star resulting in their eventual rendezvous in Sunset Boulevard. The epistolary exchange is just one aspect of a multi-layered autobiography by James Christie.

Further details

In 2010, James, who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome, took a Buffy-themed Greyhound bus trip across America with the support of the National Autistic Society Scotland, the story,which includes with descriptions of his difficulties living as an autistic adult in a neuro-typical world, has been published by Chaplin Books under the title Dear Miss Landau.
Buy on Amazon

Outside Thoughts

The Best Short Stories in Scotland Read Live

www.outsidethoughts.com

Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland

Stage to Page

Stage to Page is a voluntary collective of writers, directors and actors who meet monthly to conduct short public workshops of scenes from brand new plays.

This lively exploration of new writing is an opportunity for writers to be actively involved in an exciting, short workshop process, hear their work being read and get feedback from directors, actors and audiences.

Stage to Page is led by a different guest each month, drawn from Scotland’s prominent writers, directors or theatre practitioners .

Stage to Page more info.

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD

Telephone: + 44 (0) 141 332 4403
E-mail: info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk
www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk

Twitter for charities, non profits and the voluntary sector book launch

Twitter for Voluntary sector, charities and non-profits book by Jim Byrne and Jeremy Webb.

Twitter for charities, non profits and the voluntary sector – Everything you need to unlock the power of twitter for good

“Essential reading for those in the Third Sector who need to know how to harness the power of Twitter.” Tom Alcott, The Social Network Company.

You’ll learn why social networks are special, detailed Twitter mechanics as well as advanced strategies to grow a huge and dedicated following. Also of advantage to anyone using Twitter to promote their business.

Further information and free chapter

Buy on Amazon

Scottish Writers’ Centre Volunteer Board and Management Members

SWC are expanding and need some additional members to strengthen the organisation as we move forward.

We need someone experienced in book-keeping and busness accounts to be our new Treasurer and who must be eligible to become a board director. We need someone with some experience and knowledge of Events Management and a further individual with experience in funding applications etc. We have a full Volunteer Policy in place. More details on the new website under Membership Menu.

Please contact: Jacqueline Smith

Scottish Writers Centre,CCA, 350 Saucehall Street, G2 3JD

ALHAMBRA Glasgow

Graeme Smith’s book about the famous and iconic Alhambra Theatre, is now available in bookstores including +Waterstones, Hyndland Bookshop and Milngavie Bookshop and directly, post free, from www.glasgowalhambra.co.uk. There is also a special offer on the website.

As with its companion volume The Theatre Royal:Entertaining a Nation this is a not for profit book, a contribution to our social and architectural history !

Graeme will be at the Aye Write Festival in 2012

Scottish Writers’ Centre Events:

CCA, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

cca glasgow

The programme reflects our desire to be international in outlook. All events are FREE – and will be held at the CCA in Glasgow.

The Scottish Writers’ Centre is grateful to the CCA and to Culture & Sport Glasgow for their generous support of its work.

Full programme

”The Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature”

The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies have launched this new series.

The volumes are:

• The Edinburgh Companion to Robert Burns ed. Gerry Carruthers
• The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature, ed. Ian Brown and Alan Riach
• The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry, ed. Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson series

The Leningrad Albums

Wilma Stark

Less than two and a half months after June 22, 1941, when the Soviet Union was attacked by Nazi Germany, German troops were already approaching Leningrad. The Red Army was outflanked and on September 8, 1941 the Germans had fully encircled Leningrad and the siege began. It lasted for about 900 days, from September 8, 1941 till January 27, 1944. 2,887,000 civilians (including about 400,000 children), plus troops didn’t even consider any calls for surrender. Food and fuel stocks were very limited (1-2 months only). All the public transport stopped. By the winter of 1941-42 there was no heating, no water supply, almost no electricity and very little food. In January 1942, in the depths of an unusually cold winter, the lowest food rations in the city were only 125 grams (about 1/4 of a pound) of bread per day. In just two months, January and February 1942, 200,000 people (!!!) died in Leningrad of cold and starvation. But some of the war industry still worked and the city did not surrender. In January 1943 the Siege was broken.

Full feature

Review of Bob Dylan’s autobiography, Chronicles Volume One

Bob Dylan Chronicles Volume One. If you worship at the altar of Dylan this book will definitely have you on your knees, hands crossed, eyes closed and bathed in the celestial Bobness light. For Bob Dylan fans it will be like an intravenous drip of … the drug of your choice. But is it a good book?

Yes, Bob Dylan can write prose as well as songs – which isn’t enough of course – but thankfully he can also tell a story.

Read the review by Jim Byrne

From Glasgow to Saturn

From Glasgow to Saturn+is an+online literary magazine based in+the University of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme.+We publish short stories, poetry, novel extracts and lyrical essays, and will accept submissions from any student, graduate or employee of Glasgow University.

We aim to publish 5-6 issues a year, and are always on the look out for well-crafted, interesting work from writers who fit our submission criteria. Much of the work we publish (although by no means all) is from Creative Writing students and graduates, so standards are high. We count ourselves very lucky to have such fabulous talent to drawn on when were putting together an issue of the magazine.

Now in its fourth year, From Glasgow to Saturn has an impressive list of past contributors, including Karen Campbell, Zo Strachan, Alan Bissett, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Elizabeth Reeder, JL Williams, Kirsty Logan and John Jennett. You can+find their work, along with lots more, in the+archives+of previous issues, and to see our latest issue click here.

Were always delighted to hear from writers who haven’t submitted to From Glasgow to Saturn +before. Anyone interested in submitting, or in reading the magazine, should subscribe to our website to keep up to date with submission deadlines, publication dates and news on literary events.

You can also find us on Facebook and (occasionally) on Twitter. So come and say hello!+

+

Siobhan Staples+|+Megan+Primrose+| Paul DeatonEditors – From Glasgow to Saturn
glasgowtosaturn.com

Writers’ Groups – in and around Glasgow

Artists in Exile (Glasgow)

8-10 Osbourne Street, Glasgow G21 5QD

0141 552 7668
email

All Writers Easterhouse Group

Pauline Hope, c/o Easterhouse Library
5 Shandwick Street, Glasgow G34 9DP

email

Barmulloch Writers’ Group

Flat 0/1, 2 Oatfield Street, Balornock, Glasgow
0141 558 2672
email

Barrhead Writers’ Groups

Walter Wilson
18 Craighead Way, Barrhead, Glasgow
0141 881 1315/ 0141 881 9065

email

Barrhead Writers’ Groups meet every Wednesday from 7pm – 9pm.

Craigdhu Writers

Morag Thomson
36 Roselea Drive, Milngavie, G61
0141 942 6431

email

Eastwood Writers

Pamela Duncan
Woodfarm High School, Rasbee Road, Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire
0141 639 6438

email
Eastwood Writers meet at Woodfarm School, every Monday at 1.30pm.

Erskine Writers’ Group

Mandy Sinclair,Bargarran Centre, North Barr, Erskine, Renfrewshire
0147 554 0655

email

Gatehouse Writers Workshop

Gavin Nicol, Gatehouse, Spenser Street, Glasgow G13 1EA
0141 950 1771

Glasgow Writing Group

Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
0141 332 1658

email

Landsdowne Parish Church SF Writers

Mr Stuart, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 8HA0141 339 2678

Landsdowne Parish Church SF Writers meet on Mondays from 7pm – 9pm.

Larkfield Writers’ Group

Larkfield Centre, 39 Inglefield Street, Govanhill, Glasgow G42 7AY
Sean Clerkin 0141 424 1797

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Maryhill Writers’ Group

c/o Maryhill Library. 1508 Maryhill Road, Glasgow
0141 946 2348

email

Maryhill Writers’ Group meets on Wednesdays at 10am.

Neighbourhood Writers

Ruth McGregor

Ibrox Library, 1 Midlock Street Glasgow G51 1SL
0141 632 5769

email

Mitchell Poetry Group

The Mitchell Poetry group meets at 6pm the first Thursday of every month in Level 5’s Literature Centre for lively and informal discussion on everything poetry!

The Mitchell Library. North Street Glasgow G3 7DN

0141 287 2999

libraries@glasgowlife.org.uk

Neighbourhood Writers meet ever Friday from 10am – 12noon.

Strathkelvin Writers’ Group

Irene Lebeter

5 Melrose Court, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 3DB
0141 589 9136

email

Tollcross Park Writers Group

Derek Read

Courtyard Buildings, 274C Wellshot Road, Glasgow G32 7AX
0141 763 1863

email

Thursday 1 – 4 p.m.

Women Writing Southside

Valerie Clements

Pollockshields LIbrary,, 30 Leslie Street, Glasgow G41 2LF
0141 423 3231

Women Writing Southside meet on Tuesdays from 1.15pm – 3.15pm

Glasgow Women’s Library

It’s on the move. Find out all about the library and what it has to offer. Glasgow Women’s Library

Group for aspiring local writers

All welcome
Maryhill Library
1508 Maryhill Road
Glasgow
G209AD
Bookings: 0141 946 2348

Book Groups

Love reading and discussing books. Why not join one of the Book Groups in Glasgow Libraries. Hillhead Library has a range of groups, who meet to discuss all types of literature. Something for everyone.

Mitchell Library, North Street

Brand new Mitchell brand new Cafe…check it out!

The Mitchell has a lending service with fiction and non fiction titles available
called Mitchell Express
it is located near the main Kent Road entrance
also Scottish fiction can be borrowed from the Literature Centre on level 5
The Mitchell is a Wi-Fi ‘hotspot’ see Hillhead Library below

Hillhead Library

Welcome to Wi-Fi
FREE wireless access
Glasgow library members can use their laptop to connect to the internet using Wi-Fi ‘hotspots’
Hillhead is a ‘hotspot’ (we knew that anyway!)
for technical support 020 8423 2244
more info: 0141 287 2999 or lil@cls.glasgow.gov.uk

Full list of Glasgow West End Wifi hotspots here

Volunteers!

Home Library Service
-Can you spare just 3 hours a week?
-Would you like to meet new people?
-Can you help deliver books to people?<
Make a real difference in the community!
Find out more, have a chat with Lynne Healy
at the Mitchell Library, North Street
Phone 0141 287 2869 or email lil@cls.glasgow.gov.uk
Full training will be given

Lapidus

Literary Arts in Personal Development
Writing Well Seminars
more info from Larry Butler, 14 Garrioch Drive, G20 8RS
Tel 0141 946 8096 or butlerlarry@hotmail.com
or visit http://www.lapidus.org.uk

Book Discussion Groups

Hillhead Library 1st Thurs of the month 2.30pm
contact: Jean Kavanagh 0141 287 2923
or Catherine McInerney 0141 287 2838
1st Thurs 7.30 contact: Brenda Rankine 0141 287 2923
or Kay Scruton 0141 353 3943
Partick Library (Poetry Group) 2nd Thurs 6.30
contact:Catherine McInerney 0141 287 2838
or Ronnie Campbell 0141 287 2863
Whiteinch Library last Thurs 7pm
contact: Wilma Moore 0141 353 3943 or Carmela Vezza 0141 550 4849

Storytelling in Glasgow

at the Better Crack Club
Glasgow’s only storytelling club for adults meets
3rd Fri of each month at 7.30pm in the
Tchai Ovna Teahouse
42 Otago Lane (off Gibson Street)

Hillhead Library

Go and hear some Monstrously Good Stories
every Fri at 3.30pm

Poetry in the Palace

from Survivors Poetry Scotland
1 -2pm last Fri in every month in the Kibble Palace at the Botanic Gardens
more info on 334 2422/3354

Did You Know?
Residents living in residential or nursing homes or sheltered housing can get large print books, tapes and videos delivered to their door from the Council!
telephone 0141 287 2869 for this service