Jackie Kay reads Maud Sulter
6 November, 2022 Pollok House Pollok Country Park 2060 Pollokshaws Road Glasgow G43 1AT Jackie Kay, award-winning writer will be at Pollok House on 6th November to discuss the significance of Maud Sulter’s cultural legacy and how Sulter has inspired her own work. This event is part of the programme for the new special exhibition Maud […]
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Filed under: 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
Mary Irvine’s Blog: ‘Blackbird Singing’ – an evening with Graham Morgan
‘Blackbird Singing’ – a review Thirty souls came along to the latest ‘An Evening with…’ event at the Helensburgh library, last Thursday. This time the author was Graham Morgan, who was in conversation with Robin Lloyd-Jones. Under discussion was Graham’s second book, ‘Blackbird Singing’, a sequel to his debut book ‘Start’. Pictures in words In […]
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Monday, October 24, 2022 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
A Mixter O Makars: Scotland’s City Makars
November, 1, 2022 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Scottish Writers, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street G3 2JD The Glasgow leg of the A Mixter o Makars event series! As well as Scotland’s National Makar there are also Makars for many of Scotland’s cities too. For the first time, all five City Makars will perform live […]
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Sunday, October 23, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
An Evening with Mary Edward, Helensburgh Library
Thursday, November 24th at 7 p.m Helensburgh Library, 59 West King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB Mary will talk about her latest book, Gallowgate, the author’s third historical novel. She will talk about the book, the research required and writing in general. Gallowgate is a story about three Irish sisters fleeing poverty and starvation in Wicklow, […]
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C.J. Cooke – Creative Conversations
Monday 31 October 2022, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, UniversityAvenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free event – Register at Eventbrite CJ Cooke, also known as Carolyn Jess-Cooke, grew up on a council estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the height of the Troubles. She started writing at the age of 7 and […]
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Friday, October 21, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
An evening with Graham Morgan – Helensburgh Library
Thursday 20th October, 2022 7pm Helensburgh Library, 59 W King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB Free entry and refreshments Black Bird Singing’ is Graham’s second book. In his first, ‘Start’, published by Fledgling Press in 2018, he writes honestly about the breakdowns in his life and the torn relationships with those nearest him. But he also […]
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Black Cuban Short Films: A Contemporary Wayward Selection
Havana Glasgow Film Festival – Wednesday 9 November, 2022. 5.50 p.m. – 8 p.m. Event by CCA Glasgow and Havana Glasgow Film Festival CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Purchase Tickets BLACK CUBAN SHORT FILMS: A CONTEMPORARY WAYWARD SELECTION (N/C 18+) What are you expecting from Black Cuban Cinema? It is probably not here. This event […]
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Scottish Writers: Launch of Lost Eden
EVENT CANCELLED – NOW OPEN MIC IN CLUB ROOM, CCA Tuesday 18 October at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ‘Lost Eden ’(Zagava Press) a collaborative ‘quartet of quartets’ co-written with Margaret Elphinstone, Mandy Haggith, Douglas Thompson and D.P. Watt. The book consists of a ‘quartet of quartets’ on the theme of the formal garden as a metaphor […]
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Creative Conversations: Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Monday 10 October 2022 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, University Avenue G12 8QQ Register at Eventbrite YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER grew up in South London. Her first novel, Stubborn Archivist, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 and the Desmond Elliot Prize 2019. Yara was named one of […]
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Saturday, October 8, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Book Launch: Celine’s Salon – The Anthology
Thursday 13 October, 2022 at 7 p.m. Event by Wordville Press, Minerva Wakes and The Twistettes Free entry TIME Event Space 96B Maxwell Street, Glasgow G1 4EQ Celebrating the grand book launch of Celine’s Salon The Anthology – Vol 2!! Expect poetry, comedy, performance and wonder as La Celine guides you on a fantastical journey at Time Event Space. […]
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Book launch: The Last Woman Born on the Island (poetry) by Sharon Black
Tuesday, 1 November, 2022, 7.30pm to 9.30pm The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS – (opposite Soba restaurant) LAUNCH of The Last Woman Born on the Island, Glasgow author Sharon Black’s latest poetry collection. With a reading of poems from the book, as well as readings by guest poets Michael Brown and Penny […]
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Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
In Person Talk: Legacies of Slavery and Empire in Glasgow’s Architectural Heritage
Wednesday 26 October, 2022, 6.30 p.m. Glasgow City Chambers, George Square; G2 1DU Free – – Donations welcome Register for event Event by Glasgow City Heritage Trust Join Dr Anthony Lewis from Glasgow Life to hear how legacies of slavery and empire in Glasgow are manifested in its architecture from the 17th and 18th centuries. Dr […]
Friday, September 30, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events, West End Festival Glasgow, Zoom and online events
Special Evening with A C Clarke at Scottish Writers
Tuesday 2 October, 2022 Discussing the Creative partnerships and the idea of the muse: Gala Éluard/Dalí and her circle CCA, Club Room, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD A C Clarke: Creative partnerships and the idea of the muse: Gala Éluard/Dalí and her circle The idea of the muse is ancient and in classical times […]
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Christie Williamson at Creative Conversations
Monday, 3 October 2022, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Christie Williamson is the author of Oo an Feddirs (2015), and Arc o Möns (2009), a pamphlet of translations of poems by Federico Garcia Lorca into Shetlandic which won the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. Oo an […]
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Byres Road Book Festival 2022
23rd – 26th, September 2022 After five-years the Byres Road Book Festival is back with an exciting four day programme of over 20 events. Meet the Author These events include acclaimed authors: Lin Anderson, Graeme Macrae Burnet and Chris Brookmyre Lin Anderson, author of The Party House, a newly released psychological thriller set in the […]
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Friday, September 23, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Byres Road Book Festival – George Paterson & David Ross at Waterstones
Saturday 24 Sep 2022 6:00 – 8:00 pm Waterstones 351 – 355 Byres Road, G12 8QZ George Paterson is a writer, DJ and musician from Glasgow’s Southside who, as a member of the bands, White and DMP, released a number of well-received albums on the Poco Alto Label. His work can be found in a […]
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Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Filed under: 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
In Our Shoes Poetry Showcase – ARCadia Festival
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 3 – 4 p.m. The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6EWThis exhibition and poetry showcase offers an opportunity for you to hear experiences of everyday life for migrant, local and refugee women. About this event This exhibition and poetry showcase offers a unique opportunity for you to […]
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Creative Conversations: Barbara Jenkins
Monday 26 September 2022, 1 pm – 2 pm College of Arts Creative Conversations University Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Free Event – Register at Eventbrite Barbara Jenkins was born in Trinidad. She began writing in her seventies, and is the author of a novel and a collection of short stories. She has […]
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Monday, September 19, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: Gwendoline Riley
Thursday 22 September 2022, 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm College of Arts Creative Conversations Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical Building, Wolfson Medical School Building, University Ave, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free – Register for tickets at Eventbrite GWENDOLINE RILEY was born in London in 1979 and has been hailed as one of the most significant young British […]
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Bloody Scotland 2022 – The McIlvanney Prize & Debut Prize Announced
WINNERS REVEALED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2022 & THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE Sponsored by The Glencairn Glass Bloody Scotland is delighted to announce the winners for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize! The finalists for both prizes led a torchlit procession from Stirling Castle to the Albert Halls this evening […]
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 | Filed under: Bloody Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations – Olivia Laing
Thursday 15 September 2022, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. St Andrews Building, Lecture Theatre 213 Lecture Theatre 213, St Andrews Building, Eldon Street, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G128QQ Olivia Laing is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. She’s the author of six books, including To the River (2011), The Trip to Echo Spring (2013) and The […]
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Bloody Scotland 2022: Compulsive Page-Turners
Elly Griffiths, Imran Mahmood and Denise Mina Friday 16th September from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Albert Halls, Stirling £10 £9 concession Buy tickets There are now 14 books in Elly Griffiths’s hugely popular Norfolk-set series about forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway. The latest, The Locked Room, cleverly utilises lockdown and makes it central to the enthralling plot. In Imran Mahmood’s All […]
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Bloody Scotland 2022 – Debut Prize
Debut Prize Panel Tolbooth Stirling, 15th September, 5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. The authors shortlisted for the coveted Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year award will discuss their novels and their route to publication, in conversation with Arusa Qureshi. This year’s winner has some tough acts to follow but will undoubtedly be a […]
Chris Brookmyre – Meet The Author, Byres Road Book Festival 2022
26 September, 2022, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Hillhead Library – Main Hall, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP It is 25 years since multi-award-winning Sunday Times bestseller Chris Brookmyre’s first book was published. Since then, he has established himself as one of the most popular crime writers in the UK. His enthusiasm for hurling himself […]
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Kerry Hudson, Byres Road Book Festival 2022
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Saturday 24 September, 2022 – 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Byres Road Book Festival: Meet the Author – Kerry Hudson Hillhead Library – Main Hall, 248 Byres Road, G12 8AP Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen. Her first novel, TONY HOGAN BOUGHT ME AN ICE-CREAM FLOAT BEFORE HE STOLE […]
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Scottish Writers: Douglas Thompson ‘Stray Pilot’ Launch
20 September, 2022, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. SWC, Club Room, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Join Scottish Writers for a special evening with Douglas Thompson on Tuesday 20th September. Former Chair of the SWC, Douglas Thompson, has been ploughing his own quiet furrow as a writer for the last 33 years. His […]
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Sunday, September 11, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
