Aye Write 2013
Glasgow’s 8th Book Festival takes place at the Mitchell Library from 12th – 20th April, 2013.
Tickets for Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival now on sale.
Glasgow is a city with an abundance of literary talent and many local writers will participate in the city’s eighth book festival along with internationally acclaimed writers.
The programme includes workshops, readings and discussions and takes in a wide range of genres: poetry, prose, screen writing, fiction, crime and children’s books. There is also a special schools’ programme.
Some of the authors participating this year include: Louise Welsh, Maggie O’Farrell, Sandi Toksvig, Alasdair Gray, Alan Bissett, Christopher Brookmyre, Chris Dolan, Caro Ramsay, Jackie Kay, Laura Marney, Denise Mina, William McIlvanney, Pankaj Mishra, Zoe Strachan and many, many more. See full programme of participating authors
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Denise Mina: The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo: 14th April, 6 p.m.
Mark Millar: Kick-Ass Monday 15th April 6 p.m.
Howard Marks: In Conversation, Monday 15th April 7.30 p.m.
Ken McCluskey and Clare Grogan: Celebrating Harry Papadoplous Wedneseday 17th April: 6 p.m.
Tickets: http://www.ayewrite.com
Phone 0141 353 8000
In Person at The Mitchell Library.
The Familiar Detective Workshop
Explore the composition and creation of a fictional detective.
Thursday, April 18, 2013 2:00pm – 3.30 p.m.
Part of the Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival Creative Writing Programme in association with University of Strathclyde, Caledonian University and University of Glasgow
Writers have always used and re-used certain tropes when creating fictional detectives. Explore these tropes and see how the greats of the genre have used familiar plot twists and stereotypes that we so often associate with crime fiction to create truly great characters. Discover how some recent authors have made these”cliches” their own in new and surprising ways. Then we’ll apply the conversation to a few detectives of our own.
£10 plus booking fee
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Sceptre Awards with University of Glasgow
7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
The best writers from University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Programme
Three short-listed authors have their work read by actors and by podcast by Outside Thoughts.
There will be a discussion between the writers with contributions from the audience.
Free
Graphic Novels
Aye Write celebrates the world of Graphic Novels this year with two events from Scottish writers.
Denise Mina talks about her graphic novel adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Sunday 14 April. Denise, known for her crime novels such as Resolution and The End of The Wasp Season, jumped in at the deep end of Graphic Novels by writing for the Hellblazer series and now presents her adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s smash hit novel.
The legendary Mark Millar needs no introduction – the Superman, Avengers, Spiderman and X-Men series have all benefitted from his writing but he comes to Aye Write! to talk about his own Kick-Ass and Hit Girl series on Monday 15 April.
Celebrating Harry Papadopoulos
Ken McCluskey of The Bluebells is joined by Clare Grogan to celebrate the work of Glasgow photographer Harry Papadopoulos.
Harry’s work was ubiquitous in the late 70s early 80s and his shots of bands and musicians have been collected by Ken McCluskey in the book, What Presence.
If you’ve admired photos of Altered Images, Orange Juice or Aztec Camera from this era then chances are it was Mr Papadopoulos behind the camera.
Ken and Clare present an evening filled with nostalgia, pictures and music on Wednesday 17 April.
New Event
The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature
20 April 3-4pm
In this special event we celebrate a brand new publication, The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature, (edited by Gerard Carruthers and Liam McIlvaney) which takes a fresh look at Scotland’s writers and writing, from ‘pre-Scottish’ literatures to the present day. The book covers all the major periods – the Dark Ages, Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment, the ‘Age of Scott’, Victorian, Modernism, post-Modernism and the ‘post-Nation’ era – and the big names in Scottish Literature (including Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh MacDiarmid and Muriel Spark), but also considers areas that may have not been associated with Scottish Literature previously; Gothic writing, Crime Fiction and writing in other parts of the English and Scots-speaking world.
Find out more and buy tickets here.
Neil Forsyth: On Bob Servant
Did you catch Brian Cox’s incarnation of the indomitable Bob Servant recently on BBC TV Comedy Bob Servant Independent?
If you’re unfamiliar with Neil Forsyth’s dogged creation, the self-styled Hero of Dundee, come along on 13 April to hear from Neil Forsyth on his creation’s rise to infamy from his early days of challenging the world’s Internet spammers to his recent political efforts as the independent candidate for Broughty Ferry.
Families and Kids Programme
Reading and fun activities for children and families is always important here at Aye Write! and this year we present a programme of events every Saturday and Sunday of the festival.
Highlights include Chae Strathie the author of Jumblebum, The Loon on the Moon and The Fabulous Flapdoodles on Sunday 14 April and stand by to be astounded by The Magic Man with his crazy puppet sidekick Robbie on Saturday 20 April.
Find out more about the full Families and Kids programme here.
The Aye Write! Book Quiz
Everyone loves a good quiz and we here at Aye Write! are no exception.
We’ve teamed up with QuizFactor to challenge your knowledge of the writers at Aye Write! this year and all things literary!
Take our quiz here and then let us know how you fared on Facebook.
You can also sign up with QuizFactor after you’ve taken the quiz to be in with the chance to win a Kindle Fire.
Tickets for Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival now on sale.
The Mitchell Library, North Street, G3 7DA
Full programme Creative Writing Workshops
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