Aye Write 2025: The Pen is Mightier: Edward Tudor Pole with Teddy Jamieson
Saturday 15 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. The Mitchell Library, Norh Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Edward Tudor Pole takes to the Aye Write stage to discuss his autobiography, The Pen is Mightier. In a series of amusing, nostalgic and sometimes outrageous stories, all told with candour and wit, Tudor Pole recounts his pre-punk youth, the time […]
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Alasdair and Others: Willy Maley at ARC University of Glasgow
18 November, 2025, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW By The Alasdair Gray Archive Announcing the First Event in the New Themed Programme: Alasdair & Others The Alasdair Gray Archive is delighted to launch the first event in their brand new themed programme, Alasdair […]
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‘That famed place of aquatic gamboling’ : Swimming in Victorian Glasgow
Tuesday November 18, 2025 7.30 p.m.- 9 p.m. Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT Part of the Arlington Talks collection Overview How stories and poems are revealing the watery world of the 19th century residents who enjoyed swimming in Glasgow’s rivers. On sunny days in 19th century Glasgow, city-dwellers flocked to the Clyde and […]
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Friday, November 14, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Chiels and Quines – A Tribute to Sheila Templeton
Tuesday, 2 December, 2025 at 7 p.m. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Host: Linda Jackson Seahorse Publications launch a new collection of poetry, Chiels and Quines, by Sheila Templeton, AC Clarke and Maggie Rabatski. There will be memories, music and poems. Performers include: Lesley Benzie, Ann MacKinnon and Keeks Mc
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mirrorball Showcase CCA
Thursday 20 November, 2025, 7 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. St Mungo’s Mirrorball presents: Another great night of poetry with renowned Scottish poet Robert Crawford joined by Vicki Husband, David Kinloch, Finola Scott and Eloise Birtwhistle Tickets CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, GlasgowG2 3JD
Living With Rain – Planning for Everyday Life in Glasgow
Launch of Report by Andrew Hoolachan 3 December, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Collective Architecture, 13 Bath Street, G2 1HY Overview Launch of Dr Andrew Hoolachan’s report ‘Living with Rain: Planning for Everyday Life in Glasgow’ You’re walking through Glasgow in the height of summer. A heavy rain shower leaves behind a soaked urban […]
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 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
Book Launch: The Great North Road – Stuart Campbell
Saturday 22 November, 2025, 2 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8AP The Great North Road manuscript that Robert Louis Stevenson left unfinished at his death has now been completed by the noted Stevenson scholar and novelist Stuart Campbell. Acting as a literary sleuth he has located a list of twenty-five intended chapter […]
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Battlefield Writers Book Launch – Glasgow Tales
Part of Book Week Scotland 17 – 23 November, 2025 17 November, 2025 – 6 p.m. – 7p.m. plus Second date on 13 November at 6 p.m. Couper Institute Library presents the launch of Glasgow Tales. Join the Battlefield Writers for the launch of their new collection Glasgow Tales – A Collection of Short Stories and […]
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A Kick Up The Arts Sanjeev Kohli in conversation with Nicola Meighan
Thursday, 13 November, 2025, 2.3o p.m. (Doors 1.30 p.m.) The Stand Comedy Club, 420 Great Western Road, G4 9HZ Join writer and BBC broadcaster Nicola Meighan for a late lunch live recording of her Scottish arts and culture podcast, A Kick Up The Arts, with some of our best loved actors, musicians, artists, comedians and […]
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Monday, November 10, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write: Blitz: Robert Elms with Stuart Cosgrove
Tuesday 11 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Acclaimed author and broadcaster Robert Elms makes his Aye Write debut to discuss his new book, Blitz: The Club That Created the 80s. The short-lived Blitz club in London’s Covent Garden was more than just a place to hang out […]
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Aye Write 2025 – Jeanette Winterson
On Aladdin Two Lamps Friday 14 November, 2025, 6 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont Street, G2 3NW Literary trailblazer Jeanette Winterson at Aye Write for the first time. Forty years on from her era-defining debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette returns with One Aladdin Two Lamps. Weaving together fiction, magic and […]
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2025, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Marginalia – The Stand Comedy Club
Thursday 6 November, 2025 7 p.m. Kevin Gilday and Nasim Rebecca Asl The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow 333 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6NG Buy tickets This month with comedy colossus Darren Connell, who headlined the esteemed King’s Theatre as part of this year’s comedy festival; chatting about gruesome crime with bestselling author of The Malt Whisky Murders, […]
Action Time Vision: Grant McPhee, Katy Lironi & Douglas MacIntyre with Nicola Meighan
Thursday, 13 November, 2025, 9.15 p.m. The Mitchel Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Aye Write 8 – 16 November, 2025 Broadcaster Nicola Meighan discusses the development of the DIY aesthetic in the Scottish music scene with three authors who’ve been there, done that, and got the band t-shirt. Douglas MacIntyre cut his teeth […]
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2025, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations: Akshi Singh
Monday 3 November, 2025 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free event – Register at Eventbrite Writer Akshi Singh, author of In Defence of Leisure, in conversation about her work. This week’s Creative Conversations guest is Akshi Singh, who is an associate editor atParapraxis and deputy editor atCritical Quarterly, […]
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Woody’s – Nora Guthrie: Scottish Huntington’s Association
Thursday, 23 October, 2025, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. The Clutha Bar – 167-169 Stockwell Street, Glasgow Grammy winner Nora Guthrie, daughter of US folk singer Woody Guthrie, and her friends will be at The Clutha, when Nora will be retracing her famous father’s footsteps. Woody played an impromptu set at The Clutha while on […]
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: Gutter and Alasdair Gray Archive
Monday 20 October, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Showcasing the work of Lucy Lauder and Joey Simons University Chapel, Main Building University of Glaagow, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Lucy Lauder (she/her) is a writer originally from the Scottish Borders now living in Glasgow. Lucy studied at the University of Glasgow from 2019-2024, gaining an […]
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Sunday, October 19, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write 2025: Happy, Healthy, Sober – Janey Lee Grace with Frankie Burr
Sunday, 9 November, 2025, 12.45 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN With her signature blend of honesty, humour, and holistic wisdom, former WHAM! backing singer Janey Lee Grace discusses her book, Happy Healthy Sober, with host Frankie Burr. Since ditching the drink in 2018 and stepping into a life of energy, clarity, and […]
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Thursday, October 16, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2025, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Aye Write: Huey Morgan – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal
Thursday 6 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Memoir, Music, Non-fiction – Aye Write 6 – 16 November, 2025 Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman and 90s icon Huey Morgan joins co-founder of Glasgow City Music Tours, Fiona Shepard to talk about his aptly named memoir, The Fun Lovin’ Criminal. […]
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Autumn Voices – An Online Reading with Moria Forsyth
Wednesday 15 October, 2025 – 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. To kick start the Letting Go programme, you are invited to an online reading by Highlands-based author Moira Forsyth Moira Forsyth grew up in Aberdeen, lived in England for nearly twenty years, and now lives in the Highlands. She has published five novels, as well as short […]
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Aye Write: Who Will Be Remembered Here – Queer Spaces in Scotland: Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh, Lewis Hetherington with Carrie Marshall
8 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Social & Cultural History, Historical Events, LGBTQIA+ Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh, and Lewis Hetherington are just some of the authors who contributed to Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland. In this special discussion, author and journalist Carrie Marshall sits down […]
Aye Write 2025: Graeme Macrae Burnet and Francine Toon with Alistair Braidwood
Thursday, 6 November, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime & Mystery The host of the Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Ali Braidwood, chairs a discussion between two masterful mystery writers, each with their own tale set in rural Scotland. In Benbecula, Booker-shortlisted author Graeme Macrae Burnet writes […]
Maybe I’m Amazed – John Harris with Nicola Meighan
Saturday, 8 November, 2025, 9.15 p.m. Glasgow Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite, Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW Award-winning writer, journalist, podcaster and presenter John Harris joins BBC Radio Scotland’s Nicola Meighan in conversation about his extraordinary memoir, Maybe I’m Amazed: A Story of Love and Connections in 10 Songs. The book tells the touching story of how […]
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Graham Morgan at Daydreams Bookshop
Thursday 12 November, 2025 7 p.m. Daydreams Bookshop Unit 2, 38 Stewart St, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 6BY Graham Morgan will be at Daydreams Bookshop to talk about life and schizophrenia. All profits of any sales to Jeans Bothy do come along! Daydreams Bookshop on Facebook
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Monday, October 13, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: Theresa Muñoz
Monday, October 13, 2025, 1 – 2pm Poet Theresa Muñoz in Conversation Gilbert Scott Lecture Theatre, Lecture Room 225, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Theresa Muñoz was born in Vancouver, Canada and lives in Edinburgh. She is a poet, researcher and creative producer. She has a PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of […]
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Saturday, October 11, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Free & Open to the Public University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Creative Conversations from January 2026 Rachelle Atalla, 20 January, 2026 1 p.m. Memorial Chapel Rachelle Atalla – Creative Conversations Creative Conversations from January 2025 Theresa Muñoz in Conversation, Monday 13 October 1 p.m., University of Glasgow Creative Conversations: Theresa Muñoz […]
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Friday, October 10, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Old Glasgow Club – The People’s Palace: Talk by Peter Mortimer
Thursday 9 October, 2025, 7.00 p.m. Renfield St Stephens Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP Old Glasgow Club‘s connections with The People’s Palace, which opened in 1898, go back to the formation of the club with at least three of its curators being Club Directors. So, what better connection for us to make than […]
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Peoples Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green
Kittlin at Avant Garde
Tuesday 7 October, 2025 Music, Spoken Word and Open Mic with Lesley O’Brien Free Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5Q
Book Launch: Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Thursday 9 October, 2025 at 7 p.m. In Conversation with Sara Sheridan Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW Event by Graeme Macrae Burnet Graeme Macrae Burnet launches the latest book in Polygon’s bestselling and critically acclaimed Darkland Tales series in conversation with Sara Sheridan. The series includes Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid, Rizzio by Denise […]
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Friday, October 3, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write 2025: Scottish Fiction
9 November, 2025, 4.15 p.m. Scottish Fiction, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime & Mystery Margaret McDonald, Callum McSorley and Tom Newlands The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Author Martin Stewart chairs a discussion between three talented young Scottish writers, each with an award-winning debut novel to their name. Tom Newlands Tom Newlands won […]
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Thursday, October 2, 2025 | Filed under: Aye Write Book Festival 2025, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Mental Health and Bigger Bodies – Byres Road Hub Mondays
Monday 6 October, 2025 (and fortnightly) University of Glasgow, School of Health and Wellbeing Byres Road Community Hub, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road. G12 8 TB If you’re new to the Hub, or if you’re already familiar, come and pop in! Free event. 10am: Tour of our Hub and Clarice Pears building 10.30am: Networking […]
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
