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
Bookface Sip and Swop with Gillian Shirreffs
Saturday 25 October, 2025, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Saints of Ingram, 158 Ingram St, Glasgow G1 1EJ Come along for a fun and cosy afternoon at Saints of Ingram in Glasgow on Saturday 25th October from 3-6pm. when Bookface is hosting a luxury raffle to support Beatson Cancer Charity. Following the success of her […]
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Andrew O’Hagan In Conversation with Kirstin Innes
Thursday, 16 October, 2025 7 p.m. Waterstones Sauchiehall St 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW Glasgow From the bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road, a heart-enriching celebration of what makes us great: our friends. If we are lucky, in our lives, our friendships will be rich and varied. They will be shared with those with […]
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Friday, September 26, 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
Love Letters To A Murder – The Mythology of Madeleine Smith
Saturday 18th October, 2025, 3:00pm The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Kirsten MacQuarrie and Lesley McDowell The love letters which Madeleine Smith wrote to Emile L’Angelier during their clandestine affair of 1855-57 were essentially a work of Victorian fiction. That is not to say they were fabrications of letters. But they were performances […]
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Tuesday, September 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
Reclaim the Clyde – Poetry and Music to celebrate our river
Thursday, 25th September, 2025. 7pm Event by Glasgow Branch CND The Wee Dram, 232 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6ND FREE Poets: Alan Riach, Amy Rafferty, Ellen McAteer Readings of new works by the above and selected readings of works by a range of modern Scottish and international poets. Music: Traditional Scottish music from fiddlers Karen Barber […]
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Monday, September 22, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Falling Out and Fighting Back
Thursday, October 2 , 2025, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Listen Gallery, 60 York Street Glasgow G2 8JX Dean Spade and writer Hannah Proctor in conversation with artist Winnie Herbstein as they discuss collective strategies for working together through conflicts past and present, personal and organisational. This event marks the launch of two new publications: […]
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Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
A Kick Up The Arts – In Conversation with Denise Mina
Thursday 9 October, 2025 – 2.30 p.m. The Stand Comedy Club, Websters, 420 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ Nicola Meighan, A Kick Up The Arts will be chatting with award winning author, Denise Mina. “Well then. I always love chatting with Denise Mina, and I can’t wait to have a blether with her about […]
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Saturday, September 20, 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: Isabel Stilwell
Friday 19, September, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. A co-hosted event with Portuguese Studies and Creative Conversations, historical novelist and journalist Isabel Stilwell is in conversation. University Chapel, Main Building University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Isabel Stilwell is a journalist and a writer, dedicated to investigating and writing about the impressive lives of women […]
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Wednesday, September 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
Magi, Ali and Ian at The Stand at Websters
Sunday, 21 September, 2025 , 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Discombobulate with poets Magi Gibson and Ali Whitelock plus author and comedian Ian Macpherson The Stand at Websters, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ Poets Magi Gibson & Ali Whitelock of The Magi & Ali Poetry Show join award-winning standup and novelist Ian Macpherson for a Sunday […]
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Sirens Calling and On the Scent of the Honeyed Hive, Linda Jackson and Lesley O’Brien
Saturday, 13th September, 2025 1:00pm to 3:30pm Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP Telephone: 0141 550 2267 Seahorse publications presents a GWL launch of Siren Calling by Linda Jackson and Lesley O’Brien’s debut collection, On the Scent of The Honeyed Hive. Linda Jackson writes songs, prose, poetry and publishes poetry. Her recent work – the Siren Project includes an […]
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
A Kick Up The Arts – Nicola Meighan in conversation with Ambrose Parry at The Stand at Websters
Thursday 11 September, 2025 , 2.30 p.m. The Stand, 416 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HZ To celebrate the legendary Stand in Glasgow moving to its new venue (the old Webster’s Theatre), Nicola Meighan has been invited to bring some guests along for a blether once a month, on a Thursday afternoon. The first event […]
BLOODY SCOTLAND 2025
Bloody Scotland 12 – 14 September, 2025 Full Bloody Scotland Programme and Tickets Friday 12th September – 12:30 – Setting the Crime Scene Opening event with Lin Anderson, Simon Toyne, Allan Gaw Albert Halls, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2QL Making a deep incision into the world of crime fiction and science fact, talking forensics with […]
“The Pride o’ Scotland”: Scots Language Awards 2025
The winners of the Scots Language Awards 2025 have been announced at a celebration of Scotland’s indigenous language held at Discovery Point in Dundee. Figures from literature, education, business, and the community were honoured for their outstanding contributions to the Scots leid in everyday life. The seventh annual awards saw writers, teachers, businesses, charities and […]
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