Bloody Scotland: Toxic: Tove Alsterdal, Ajay Close and Araminta Hall
Saturday 14 September, 2024 at 5.30 p.m. Misogyny and toxic masculinity lie at the heart of three daring, important crime novels from authors with the storytelling skills to voice the fears and rage of a generation – and generations before them. Long-buried memories and uncomfortable family truths are dredged up alongside a body from a […]
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Filed under: Bloody Scotland, Book Week Scotland
West Fest: Talks Programme – Victorian Tenements and The Climate Emergency
10th June, 2024 @ 7:00 pm Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW FREE We’re all aware of the need to improve energy efficiency and decarbonise the heating in existing tenement flats. Chris Morgan will shed light on practical measures to enhance our living spaces while minimising our carbon footprint. Steve Luker will examine the prospects for renewable energy […]
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Sunday, June 9, 2024 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events
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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Charlie Gracie’s Testimonial at Scottish Writers
Tuesday 2 May, 2023 at 7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD An evening of celebration and appreciation for former chair Charlie Gracie’s writing and contribution to the writing life of Scotland. Writers Groups: how they work and how they are vital to Scottish Writing. Charlie Gracie, former […]
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Saturday, April 29, 2023 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Launch of Ruby McCann Writing School – Book Week Scotland 2022
Tuesday 15/11/2022 at 7 p.m. Launch of the Ruby McCann Writing School with Inaugural Tutor Rodge Glass CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Join Scottish Writers for a night they have been looking forward to and working on for a long time. They will have the immense privilege of launching a writing school […]
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Thursday, November 10, 2022 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Week Scotland: Chris Brookmyre and Denise Mina
Monday, 14 November, 2022 6.30 p.m. (chaired by Tariq Ashkanani) Chris Brookmyre’s The Cliff House is set on a luxury getaway on a private island where Jen’s hen party is going to be out of control. . . As well as Jen, there’s the pop diva and the estranged ex-bandmate, the tennis pro and the fashion guru, […]
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Sunday, November 6, 2022 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Week Scotland 2022: The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy:Scotland & Caribbean Slavery with Dr S Mullen
Wednesday 16 November, 2022 at 6 p.m. Dr Stephen Mullen discusses his new book, The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775–1838. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Dr Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow) will be at the Mitchell Library to discuss his new book The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean […]
Monday, October 31, 2022 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events
Book Week Scotland 2022: Paul Smith – The Road to Barcelona
Thursday, 17 November, 2022 at 6.30 p.m. Ibrox Library, 1 – 5 Midlock Street, Glasgow G51 1SL Book Week Scotland 14 – 20 October, 2022 Scottish author Paul Smith is no stranger to spilling Scotland’s sporting stories, having written 18 sport and biography titles charting the stories being the headlines of some of Scottish football’s […]
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Graeme Macrae Burnet at Book Week Scotland 2022
Monday, 14 November, 2022 – 4.30 p.m. – 6 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Award winning Scottish Author Graeme Macrae Burnet returns to the Mitchell Library during Book Week Scotland to delight and inspire current and potential book group members. Graeme will be discussing his Booker Longlisted new novel, Case Study- […]
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Sunday, October 30, 2022 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Week Scotland 2022: Scotland’s Stories –Tales from the people of Scotland with Sally Magnusson
Monday 14 November, 2022 7 p.m. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Join Sally Magnusson to celebrate stories from four vibrant Scottish communities as part of Book Week Scotland 2022. Book Week Scotland runs 14 – 20 November, 2022. Whether it’s the tales from childhood that captured our imagination, the larger than […]
Friday, October 28, 2022 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
