My Beautiful Laundrette and Desi Queers Book Launch
31 July, 2025, 8 p.m. Come along to GFT for the launch of Desi Queers, a landmark book on South Asian queer communities in Britain and how they have helped to shape LGBTQ+ movements since the 1970s, written by Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta and DJ Ritu. The book launch will be accompanied by a […]
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Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Poetry Lunch with Len Pennie
Friday, 26 September, 2025 – 12.30 p.m. — 2.30 p.m. Andiamo Milngavie 1 Glasgow Road, G62 6AQ ‘Pinch us – are we dreaming?!’ No, it’s true the wonderful, acclaimed poet Len Pennie will be at Andiamo in Milngavie for a lunch of tasty Italian treats and “poyums annaw”! A formidable follow up to her award-winning […]
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Monday, July 14, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Book Launch: The Good Father – Liam McIlvanney
A stunning psychological thriller by the award winning writer. ‘Heart-stopping and heart-rending, this is Liam McIlvanney’s best novel yet’ VAL MCDERMID Liam is on tour launching The Good Father. You can catch him at various Scottish locations right up to Bute Noir 1 – 3 August. The Good Father is available to buy at Waterstones and […]
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Friday, July 11, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Book Launch:’She Wakes Me Up” – Willy Maley
Thursday, 24 July, 2025, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 351 – 355 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AU Launch of Willy Maley’s first book of poetry. Free entry Book a spot – Phone 0141 357 4759 or Email
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Monday, July 7, 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
Marginalia – The Stand Comedy Club
Wednesday 9 July, 2025 7 p.m. Kevin Gilday and Nasim Rebecca Asl The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow 333 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6NG Buy tickets Marginalia is Scotland’s boutique cultural showcase. Bringing together big names from the worlds of stand-up comedy, spoken word, literature and music; each expertly curated bill promises to provide the perfect midweek night […]
Coorie Club #003, Scottish Writers Centre
1 July, 2025, 7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, Clubroom, CCA, 350 Sauchhall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Come along to SWC’s Coorie Club! A relaxed social session offering gentle encouragement, a compassionate environment and peer support for writers. Whether you are “sick of sittin’ ’round here tryin’ to write this book,” seeking out advice, looking to […]
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Sunday, June 22, 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
The Future is Now – Poetry Workshop with Tom Murray
Thursday 19 June, 2025, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Creative Lab, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD By Scottish Writers Centre Join poet Tom Murray in a workshop that explores how we live today in the age of technology, and how it affects our work and life. Is it a good thing, or bad, […]
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Thursday, June 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
Joint Book Launch: Stephen Watt and Spencer Mason
Tuesday 1 July, 2025, 7 p.m. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Seahorse Publications is pleased to launch collections of poetry by Stephen Watt and Spencer Mason. With music provided by the Linda Jaxson Trio and open mic opportunities, this promises to be an exciting, dark, and curious evening of macabre wit and […]
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Monday, June 16, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Breaking the Cycle: Escaping Diet Culture, Embracing Food Freedom – Luisa Mannering
Breaking the Cycle is a deeply personal exploration of Luisa Mannering’s experience growing up immersed in diet culture and the lasting effects this had on her. In her book she shines a light on the powerful influence of diet culture and the beauty industry, revealing how their messages, both blatant and subtle, shape our relationships […]
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Love Loss Data – Lacunas Music Society
Thursday, 26 June, 2025, 8 p.m. Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Beautiful songs and evocative music, complemented with spoken word and arresting visuals, love loss data is presented by Lacunas Music Society. Part of WestFest Actress Blythe Duff – best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the long running crime show Taggart – […]
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, WestFest 2025, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Liam McIlvanney, The Good Father – Aye Write 2025
Thursday 31 July, 2025, 6.30 p.m. The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN The Long Shadow of Scottish Gothic: Liam McIlvanney Aye Write ‘s first event of 2025, welcoming award winning crime author Liam McIlvanney in conversation with Scottish literature expert Dr Valentina Bold. A unique discussion of Scottish Gothic inspired by Liam’s new […]
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Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Partners in Life and Art?
The Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ Thursday, 5 June, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. A talk by curator Joseph Sharples, which will consider the extent of the couple’s artistic relationship. Followed by a Q&A. Tickets “In all my architectural efforts you have been half if not threequarters […]
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Professor Gordon Gibb Talk on Fires at the Mack
Monday 2 June, 2025, 7 p.m. Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Saltoun Street/Observatory Road, Glasgow G12 Professor Gordon Gibb, a former student and lecturer in architecture at Glasgow School of Art, shares his insight into the fires that led to the loss of “the Mack”, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterwork. Fascinating insight into one of the nations’s […]
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Charity Book Launch for Elephant by Gillian Shirreffs
Saturday, 14 June, 2025, 12 noon – 2 p.m. Fundraiser for Beatson Cancer Charity. Hosted by Laura Boyd (reporter for STV News) with special musical guest, Matt Hickman (Brownbear) Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue Glasgow G12 8LX Fundraising book launch in aid of Beatson Cancer Charity. Hosted by Laura Boyd (entertainment reporter for STV […]
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dharma gadelica: readings for Gerry Loose at the Kibble Palace
Sunday 25th May, 2025 at 3.30 p.m.- 4.30 p.m. The Kibble Palace, Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0EU Readings in memory of Gerry Loose, who died on 30 April 2024. The memorial renga composed earlier in the day will by those who knew Gerry, including Sukhema Butler, dogo (greum maol stevenson), Gerrie […]
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Robots and Oranges – Alan Windram
Saturday, 21 June, 2025, 2.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Join Alan Windram, award-winning author, in this highly interactive, fun-filled children’s event with his latest One Button Benny picture book. ‘One Button Benny and the Dinosaur Dilemma’ plus his brand new book ‘Kevin The Orange’. Come along […]
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Book Launch: Elephant by Gillian Shirreffs
Saturday 7 June, 2025 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Gillian Shirreffs in conversation with Elissa Soave Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW One in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime, yet it so often remains the elephant in the room. In this unprecedented book, talented novelist, Gillian Shirreffs, collects and […]
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Friday, May 23, 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
A Poetical Meander Through The Hebrides
Wednesday, 14 May, 2025, 7 p.m. An Evening With Ann MacKinnon Community Hub Helensburgh, 116 E Princes St, Helensburgh G84 7DQ Free entry and Refreshments About Ann MacKinnon Ann MacKinnon writes in both Scots and English. A New Scottish Writers’ Award led to a pamphlet called Nae Flooers being published by Tapsalteerie. She is widely published in […]
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Free Talks at WestFest
2 – 26 June, 2025 WestFest Kelvin Hall1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW Part of Glasgow 850, join WestFest & Friends of Glasgow West for a series of free and fascinating talks at Kelvin Hall. All talks are fully illustrated and start at 7pm, lasting approx. 1 hour. Please arrive early to be sure of […]
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow 850th Celebrations, Pat's Home Page Blog, WestFest 2025, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
A Conversation with Andrew O’Hagan, University of Glasgow ARC
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · 6 – 7:30pm A conversation with Honorary Professor Andrew O’Hagan, chaired by Prof Gerard Carruthers (Scottish Literature) By College of Arts & Humanities, University of Glasgow At: Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW A conversation with Andrew O’Hagan – novelist, essayist, and Honorary […]
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Rachelle Atalla – Books at the Green
Tuesday 29 April, 2025, doors 7 p.m. starts 7.30 p.m. Rachelle Atalla in Conversation with Sarah Smith Partickhill Bowling and Community Club, 46 Partickhill Road, G11 5BY
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Monday, April 28, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
ARC Conversations and Identities Journal: Global Dignity and Seeing Others
Monday, May 12, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Professor Michèle Lamont from Harvard University reflects on how we equip ourselves to think across different levels of analysis. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Global Dignity and Seeing Others How can we equip ourselves to think across different levels […]
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Michael Pedersen in conversation with Nicola Sturgeon
Sunday 25 May, 2025, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Waterstones, 153 – 157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW Join the award winning writer and poet, Michael Pedersen, as he launches his debut fiction title, Muckle Flugga, in conversation in store. ‘Life on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger’s arrival, testing bonds […]
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Tuesday, April 22, 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
Scottish Writers’ Centre: Hand on the Baton
Tuesday, 22 April, 2025 , 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. ‘Break out your poetry, fiction and song…We’re back.’ SCW will present a night of thanks, celebration and looking forward. It would be impossible to thank Scottish Writers Centre’s outgoing co-chairs Sheila Wakefield and Christie Williamson enough but they’ll give it a good go! Sheila and […]
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Thursday, April 17, 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
Weaving Song Workshop
Tuesday 22 April, 2025 6 p.m – 8 p.m. Discover songs and poetry from Paisley’s mill heritage – create a song to remember Paisley’s mill workers. Come along and help write a radical weaver’s song with poet Jim Ferguson and musician Rebecca Maria Witherspoon Building, 10 Stone Street, Paisley PA1 2AR To book email […]
Chris McQueer and Michael Pederson – Paisley Book Festival
Saturday 26th April, 2025, 6:30-7:30pm Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Cl, Paisley PA1 1JF Tickets – £10/£12 Hear from two of Scotland’s most popular and exciting writers about their latest and upcoming work. Glasgow-based Chris McQueer is a writer, performer, and social media sensation best known for his darkly funny Scots-language short story collections Hings and HWFG. He returns for his […]
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Paisley Book Festival 2025
Paisley Book Festival is returning from April 25th to 27th, 2025, with the inspiring theme “The Lives We Live.” This year’s festival promises an engaging exploration of contemporary life through the lens of literature, featuring an exceptional line-up of authors and events. See the full Paisley Book Festival Programme Some Highlights Unforgiving Times – A.L. […]
Neil Bartlett Creative Conversations
Monday, April 14, 2025 · 1 – 2pm University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Neil Bartlett has been making rule-breaking theatre and performance since 1983. After a controversial early career he was appointed Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London in 1994; since leaving the Lyric in 2005 major cultural […]
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Free Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kittlin plus open mic at Avant Garde
Tuesday 1 April, 2025 You’d be an April fool to miss it…Tuesday 1st April, 7pm for a 7.30pm start at Avante Garde; making merry with music, words and wine ( tea and coffees optional) Kittlin gig with an Open mic invite…looking forward to hearing your songs, poems, jokes, stories… Host: Lesley O’Brien Bi-monthly event. Tuesdays, […]
Marginalia Launch Night
Wednesday 2 April, 2025 The Stand Comedy Club 333 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow G3 6NG Marginalia is Scotland’s boutique cultural showcase. Bringing together big names from the worlds of stand-up comedy, spoken word, literature and music; each expertly curated bill promises to provide the perfect midweek night out. Taking over the legendary Stand comedy club in […]
