Kavya Prize New Writers Award Ceremony
Thursday 16 November, 2023 6.15 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/2/kavya-prize Join some of Scotland’s best new writing talent: the shortlisted authors for the 2023 Kavya New Writers’ Award! Hear readings from the authors, plus there will be a chance to network with the judges (including literary agents) and […]
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Book Week Scotland=2023, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Celebrating Leela Soma and Murder at the Mela
Sunday 19 November, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Book Week Scotland 2023, Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP Every November during Book Week Scotland we celebrate books and their talented authors, as well as the joy of reading for pleasure and writing creatively. This Book Week Scotland marks our first without Leela […]
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Story Cafe Milton Library, Book Week Scotland 2023
Friday 17 November, 2023 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Milton Library, 204 Liddesdale Road, Milton, Glasgow G22 7QR This year’s Book Week Scotland celebrations are all about sharing Scotland’s stories of adventure – big and small. For some people our greatest adventures are those inextricably linked to when were young and our memories of […]
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Beyond The Battlefield Book Launch
Thursday, 16 November, 2023, 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Event by Battlefield Collective, Alex Meikle and Palma McKeown Langside Library, 2 Sinclair Dr., Glasgow G42 9QE Free event – Writers will be reading from Beyond the Battlefield, a new anthology of short stories and poems. Battlefield Writers are delighted to announce the launch of the second volume of an […]
Book Week Scotland 2023 – Zoe Strachan
Wednesday 15 November | 18:30-19:30 Zoe Strachan – Catch the Moments as They Fly Book Week Scotland iscelebrating Scotland’s Stories and the talented people who write them. Zoe Strachan, award winning author and Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow at Whiteinch Library. 14 Victoria Park Drive South, Whiteinch Glasgow G14 9RL discussing […]
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Stuart Cosgrove: HEY AMERICA Tidelines Book Festival
23 September, 2022, 7.30pm – 9.45pm Tidelines Book Festival 2022 Opening Event Harbour Arts Centre, Harbour St, Irvine KA12 8PZ Stuart Cosgrove – HEY AMERICA! The Epic Story of Black Music and the White House Tickets Writer and presenter Stuart Cosgrove explores how successive presidents have recruited musicians to boost their election campaigns and help […]
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Monday, August 22, 2022 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland=2023, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
GWL – Walking Tour with Denise Mina
15 November, 2021, 12.30 – 1.30 p.m. Part of Book Week Scotland 2021 This event is part of the 2021 Book Week Scotland Digital Festival. It is a pre-recorded film. Join Crime writer Denise Mina and Glasgow Women’s Library volunteer Melody House on this special, conversational tour of the Glasgow Garnethill area. Denise’s debut novel Garnethill was […]
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Friday, November 12, 2021 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland=2023, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Book Week Scotland: Writing Trumpet with Jackie Kay
17th November, 2021 Film Jackie Kay’s debut novel Trumpet was first released in 1988 and received high critical acclaim. It won the Guardian First Fiction prize, the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Inspired by the life of Billy Tipton, the novel explores the fallout left in the wake of the death […]
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Book Week Scotland – Built Upon the Rock SWC
16 November,2021 – 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Stephen Watt – Poet in Residence Dumbarton Football Club Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Amongst his many other achievements, Stephen Watt has been Dumbarton FC’s Poet-in-Residence since 2016. This special Book Week Scotland Event by Scottish Writers Centre is supported by the […]
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