Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events.

Books, talks and poetry events. Glasgow has everything on offer for lovers of literature, including major book festivals, book launches, poetry slams and spoken word open mics.

Plenty to choose from with events showcasing new talent as well as acclaimed writers and poets.

Events and New Books To Watch Out For

Hubert Matiúwàa indigenous Mexican poet with Juana Adcock

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Thursday 21 March, 2024 5 p.m. University of Strathclyde, 51 Richmond Street Glasgow G1 1XU and on Zoom Strathclyde CW & Spanish hosts a special event with indigenous Mexican poet Hubert Matiúwàa alongside his translator Juana Adcock. By Dr. Rodge Glass, Convener of the MLitt in Creative Writing at Strathclyde Strathclyde Creative Writing with Strathclyde Spanish […]

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Monday, March 18, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Book Launch: Leave to Remain: A Snapshot of Brexit

Noni Stacy lecture

Thursday 21 March 2024, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures Stirling Maxwell Centre John Smith’s Bookstore (University of Glasgow), The Fraser Building University of Glasgow, 65 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QF (and Online Register for Zoom ) Dr Noni Stacey  Stirling Maxwell Centre Seminar Art and photography have […]

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Saturday, March 16, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events

Book Launch: For Auld Intensive Purposes by Jim Monaghan

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Sunday 17 March, 2024 New wee book by Jim Monaghan  “For Auld Intensive Purposes”. The Rum Shack,  657-659 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2AB Join Jim Monaghan and friends for the launch of his latest collection of poems For Auld Intensive Purposes. The show features live sets from Jim and guest poet Claire Torrance, a Q&A […]

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Launch: Glasgow City of Music

Glasgow City of Music Anthology

Wednesday, 27 March, 2024 – 7 p.m. Launch of Anthology: Glasgow City of Music edited by Linda Jackson Avant Garde, 34 – 44 King Street, Glasgow G1 5QT Traditional Music: Tuesday International  Blues Music: Gus Munro Special Guest Reader:  Graham Fulton Also Jennifer Carr, Peter Clive, Lesley O’Brien, Douglas Thomson and more  

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow – Byres Road Hub

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Hub Mondays Hub Mondays are a chance for groups to come in and see the space. If you’re new to the Hub, or if you’re already familiar, come and pop in! There will be tea and coffee, an opportunity to chat to Hub volunteers and network, and dedicated time to see the Byres Community Hub […]

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How Do We Talk About Knives – Scottish Writers Centre

How Do We Talk About Knives

7pm Friday 15th March 2024 Contemporary writers in Scotland on names, language and identity CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street,  Glasgow G2 3JD Please join the co-editors Rebecca Sharp, Samina Chaudhry and Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, along with writers Carrie Marshall, Xinyi Jiang, Ngan Nguyen and Christie Williamson, for the Glasgow launch of this new anthology exploring […]

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Born in Kyle – An Afternoon with Billy Kay

Billy Kay

Tuesday 19 March, 2024, 4.30  p.m. – 6 p.m. Room 237C, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Free Event – Book at EventBrite Billy Kay is a well-known writer and broadcaster in the realm of Scottish culture, particularly through his radio and TV documentaries for the BBC and […]

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Book Launch: Two Sisters by Alex Kane

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21 March, 2024, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 153 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW Buy tickets The hugely popular crime writer Alex Kane will be launching Two Sisters in store. Alex will be in conversation and details will follow soon. They tried to forget their past. Now it’s the only thing that can save them. Ever since […]

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

SCAP International Women’s Day 2024

Friday 7 March, 2024, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Creative Writing and Music Street Level Photoworks, 103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Hosts: Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson Music from Aine Currie Guests Lesley Benzie Donna Matthews Julie McNeill Kathryn Metcalfe Women from the Middle East, Japan and Scotland will also be reading. Jenny Matthews, the […]

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Alistair Paul Creative Conversations

Alistair Paul

Monday 4 March, 2024 1 p.m.- 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ From industrial designer to tour guide to gardener; Alistair’s life has taken him through many twists and turns from his origins in Glasgow until he settled in Arran 20 years ago. His interest in local history and culture […]

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Saturday, March 2, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald at Glasgow Film Festival 2024

Kevin Macdonal

Tuesday 5 March, 2024 at 4 p.m. GFF Industry Focus is excited to welcome Glasgow’s very own Kevin Macdonald, the renowned film director of The Last King of Scotland, State of Play and Touching the Void fame. This extra special panel dubbed Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald, will host Kevin as he discusses his career in […]

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Books at the Botanics

book fair at botanics

2nd and 3rd March, 2024 Books at the Botanics Book Fair 10 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. in the Hopkirk Building  (behind the main range), Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Hopkirk Building, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0UE Card and cash payments accepted www.booksatthebotanics.co.uk Books at the Botanics on Facebook

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Sarah Smith World Hearing Day Dennistoun Library

Hear No Evil

Monday, 4 March, 2024, 10.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. RNID Support Session Dennistoun Library, 2A Craigpark, Glasgow G31 2NA Mark World Hearing Day at Dennistoun Library with writer Sarah Smith and RNID. Sarah Smith will be discussing her debut novel Hear No Evil, a historical crime story set in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1817. Sarah will […]

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Thursday, February 29, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Clairmont – Lesley McDowell Book Launch

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Thursday 29th February, 2024  7:00 p.m. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3EW Claire Clairmont – the incredible woman that history tried to forget. But in the year that will mark the 200 year anniversary of Lord Byron’s death, Claire will finally find her voice, and tell her side of the story of that fateful […]

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Glasgow Literary and Music Lounge at The Scotia Bar

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Tuesday, 27 February, 2024 7.30 p.m. Scotia Bar, 112 – 114 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4LW Free Featured Artists Featured musician Jan Brolly and Performers include: Chris Tait, Christie Williamson, Carol Jamnejad, Ray Evans, Gail Winters and Martin Goldie Host Jim Ferguson    

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Seeing Glasgow: An Artist’s View – Avril Patron

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Thursday 14 March, 2024  7-8pm Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 54 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LQ & Online One of Glasgow’s foremost artists, Avril Paton, made the city and its citizens the principle focus of her work. She is best known for her painting ‘Windows in the West’, which is one of Scotland’s favourite paintings. Its […]

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Ajay Close Creative Conversations

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Monday 26 February, 2024 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Ajay Close is a Scottish-based dramatist and writer of literary fiction. Her novels explore the emotional flashpoints of place, politics and family. Her latest, What Doesn’t Kill Us, combines the tension of a police procedural […]

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Maria Fusco – Creative Conversations

Maria Fusco

Thursday, 29 February, 2024, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. John Smith’s Bookshop, 65 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QF Maria Fusco In Conversation with Colin Herd Who does not envy with us is against usis a collection of essays on working-classness that demonstrates Maria Fusco’s exceptional talent for weaving together the analytical and the poetic to […]

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Books at the Green with Chris Dolan

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Tuesday, 27 February, 2024 Partickhill Bowling & Community Club, 46 Partickhill Road, Glasgow G11 5BY Chris Dolan in Conversation with Sarah Smith Chris Dolan will be guest at Books at the Green, along with Gaelic singer Maeve McKinnon. Chat, music, poetry! It’s open to the public as well as club members and is FREE. Waterstones […]

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Creative Conversations: Donna McLean

Donna McLean

Monday 19 February, 2024 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Donna McLean is a writer and activist. Originally from Ayrshire, she spent almost twenty years in London, working in mental health and addictions services. She now lives in Folkestone. Donna began writing again in 2017, thanks […]

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Fundraiser for Medicin Sans Frontieres

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Writers, Speakers,You Sunday 25 February, 2024, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Street Level Photoworks, 103, Trongate, G1 5HD There will be music, a chance to share conversations, hear from MSF representative and writers. Hosts: Linda Jackson and Lizzie Eldridge Performers: Neil Young Jim Mackintosh Jim Aitkin Ruth Aylett Mario Relich Donations very welcome Please use […]

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Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow

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Free & Open to the Public  University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Events 2024 Alistair Paul, Monday 4 March, Memorial Chapel Alistair Paul Creative Conversations Donna McLean,  Monday 19 February 1 p.m. University Memorial Chapel Creative Conversations: Donna McLean   Events 2023 Isis Semaj-Hall, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow Thursday 23 March Creative Conversations: […]

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From Glasgow to Saturn #51

From Glasgow To Saturn

Thursday 8 February, 2024 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Magazine launch – From Glasgow To Saturn Issue 51 Come on out from 7-10pm for creative community, readings, an open mic, and more!’ The magazine will be available to purchase at the event. At The Dram, 232 Woodlands Road, G3 6ND From Glasgow to Saturn is a […]

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Thursday, February 8, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog

Poor Things Screening plus Alasdair Gray Archive Q&A + Exhibition

poor things

Saturday, 17 February, 2024 The Pyramid at Anderston, 759 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8DS The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. Agenda 17:30 – 18:30 Alasdair Gray Travelling Archive Alasdair Gray Archive Explore artworks, manuscripts and books connected […]

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Gray Day 2024

Gray Day

Sunday, 25 February, 2024, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. At OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 8QX with @canongatebooks Hosted by the legendary actor and theatre maker Tam Dean Burn  Tam will also be reading a few Alasdair Gray short stories, you are in for a real treat! Crime writer, playwright and the best dressed […]

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Alasdair Gray Archive – Free Tours

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March 1st, 8th, 15th and 23rd, 2024 at 11am The Alasdair Gray Archive is a free, public resource which was established in March 2020 after Alasdair Gray’s death in late 2019. Free weekly tours of the collection with Custodian Sorcha Gray. @GraySorcha To secure a space please email with your preferred date. 

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Scottish Writers Centre Speakeasy – Fooers fae the fillin station #2

scottish writers speakeasy

Tuesday 6th February 2024, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD Glasgow + Online Words From The Heart From the mind of John Bolland and after a two-year hiatus, the SWC Speakeasy | Fooers fae the fillin station: words from the heart returns! Come and read or […]

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Monday, January 29, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Creative Conversations: Jim Carruth

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Monday, 22 January 2024 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Poet Jim Carruth in Conversation Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Far Field is the third and final book in The Auchensale Trilogy, a series of poetry cycles capturing the changing rural landscape of the West of Scotland. Following on from its predecessors Black Cart and Bale […]

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Close Range Coulport – poem by Finola Scott

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Finola Scott, will be performing alongside other poets, Hugh McMillan, Stuart Paterson and Chrys Salt at Peace Poetry Night – a Burns Night Fundraiser for Nuclear Disarmament.  Host: Gerry Loose. Thursday 25 January, 2024 at The Renfield Centre Glasgow Book tickets

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Peace Poetry Night

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Thursday 25th January 2024  The Renfield Centre, Kirk Lounge, Glasgow, G2 4JP A warming Burns Night of poetry recital, on the theme of Scottish and Peace poems. Funds raised will go towards peacebuilding activities carried out by the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Some of Scotland’s finest wordsmiths will be performing their poetry including Hugh […]

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peace poetry night

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