Then And Now & What Could Be: Housing Rights & Solidarity CCA
Monday 11 November 2019 7.30pm, Free (unticketed), Cinema 14+ accompanied by an adult 0141 352 4900 From 1915 Rent Strikes to Living Rent, what can we learn from the history of rent strikes in organising for fair rents today? An evening of recollection on historical and contemporary housing activism in honour of tenant solidarity, war resisters, […]
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Friday, November 8, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Libre / To the Four Winds Alliance Francaise Glasgow
13 November, 2019 As part of this year’s French Film Festival, we’re inviting you to a competitive debate followed by the screening of the documentary Libre on 13th November. Alliance française, 3 Park Circus, Glasgow G3 6AX Libre / To the Four winds, Michel Toesca (2018) In the Royal valley located between France and Italy, thousands of migrants try […]
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The Siren Awakes Book Launch – Linda Jackson review by Pat Byrne
What a Night! There was a fantastic turn out at Avant Garde on Monday for the launch of The Siren Awakes – the first of three memoirs about life as a young singer, growing up in Paisley by Linda Jackson. I had been really looking forward to the even as I had already caught a […]
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Publishing Scotland: Book Week Scotland 2019
19 November, 2019 at 6.30 p.m. Publishing Scotland Showcase Event Waterstones Sauchiehall Street We’re thrilled to be hosting a very special evening with Publishing Scotland, as they bring TWELVE authors to our store for a Scottish Showcase for Book Week Scotland! This is a free event but please register via the link. Publishing Scotland is […]
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Book Week Scotland 2019
18 – 24 November, 2019 Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across the country. Celebrate Books and Reading Wherever You Are See full Book Week Scotland Programme 2019 Mary Irvine Recommends Book Week Scotland Events in West Dunbartonshire Kerry Hudson – Dumbarton Library 22 November, 2019 Book […]
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Write Lines with In Motion Theatre. Book Week Scotland 2019
Tuesday 19 November 2019 6:30PM – 7:30PM Write Lines Short Play Readings in Association with In Motion Theatre Co. Book Week Scotland Full Programme in Glasgow The Mitchell Library has been delighted to host Write Lines with In Motion Theatre. Write Lines was an opportunity for writers to attend workshops with producer and playwright Lisa […]
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Ghost Signs of Glasgow, Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Guided Walk Saturday 9th November | 11am | Free, but booking essential Meeting point: George Square, in front of the Robert Burns Statue Ghost signs are the fading remains of old painted signs on buildings, which offer an invaluable window into the past.With the help of our great volunteers we have created engaging and informative walks […]
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Monday, November 4, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Walks and Tours Glasgow
Words and Music: The Sound of Young Scotland
21 November, 2019 7 p.m. Dick Institute, Elmbank Ave, Kilmarnock KA1 3BT An evening full of some of the finest young Scottish talent in Chris McQueer, author of Hings and HWFG; Julie Rea, author and scriptwriter of the David Bowie inspired play John, I’m Only Dancing and Stephen Watt, the current Makar for the Federation of […]
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Express Yourself Halloween Party 2019 Project Cafe
31 October, 2019 – 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST Tell It Slant Halloween Party Get your costumes ready because we are throwing an Express Yourself Halloween party. Halloween 3 course meal, live music, fancy dress, poetry, byob, fun, games and laughter Free event Details on Facebook
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Launch: The Siren Awakes by Linda Jackson
4th November, 2019 Avant Garde Linda Jackson launches the first of three memoirs – The Siren Awakes With special guest Charlie Gracie and music by Linda Jaxson Band Free entry – book will be available to buy on the night. Show starts 7.15 p.m. Book table for dinner at 6 p.m. (2 course plus glass […]
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Scottish Writers’ Centre Dove Tales: Dia de los Muertos
Tuesday 5 November 2019 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900CCAWith readings from Dove Tales members, the event will be hosted by writer Jean Rafferty of Dove Tales. Readers include: AC Clarke, Ray Evans, Lesley Benzie, Caroline Johnstone, Allan Cameron. Music: Linda Jaxson and Jim Byrne Dove Tales was formed by a group of […]
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Night of Scripts, Music and Song
Friday 15 November, 2019 With Host Linda Jackson Finns Place, 167 Ledard Road, Glasgow G42 9QU Further details on Facebook
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Penetrate: Translate Reading Group: Five Measures of Expatriation by Vahni Capildeo CCA
(Performance for Ban: Loveland Colorado, Bhanu Kapil 2012) Monday 11 November 2019 CCA 6.30pm – 8.30pm, Free but ticketed, Clubroom 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Five Measures of Expatriation by Vahni Capildeo is a piece of prose-poetry that speaks about the complex alienation of the expatriate, finding solace in language and ‘not one particular language’. Penetrate: Translate is […]
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Adura Onashile: Artist and Playwright, Creative Conversations
Monday 04 November 2019, 1 – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Adura Onashile is an award winning Glasgow based artist. She has been a part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase and has worked with companies such as Untitled Projects, […]
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Monday, October 28, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Short Story Collection with Adam McNelis, Glasgow Literary Lounge
Tuesday 29 October, 2019 – 7 p.m. The Calton Bar, 415 London Road, Glasgow G40 1AG CALLING ALL CREATIVES– Open Mic Calton Bar Theme for the night is the ‘Feast of Samhain’ ‘We still have a couple of slots left for our Open Mic – Speakeasy Style after McNelis’s presentation! Our theme for the night […]
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Webinair: How to talk to children about Climate Change
Tuesday 5 November 2019 1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Tuesdays4Climate Online:How2talk to children abt climate change This WEBINAR is for parents who would like space to explore + think with others about how we listen and speak to our kids on climate change. This 90 minute call will make space for 6-10 parents to share […]
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Miller, Author, on Jane Haining – a life of love and courage
24 November, 2019 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Jane Haining – a life of love and courage Titwood Bowling Club, 77 Glencairn Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow G41 4PS Local author Mary Miller will talk about Jane Haining, subject of her recent book, who lived in Pollokshields. Jane worshipped at Queens Park Govanhill Church of Scotland, and […]
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Monday, October 21, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
An Evening with Mary Irvine – ‘My Greek Love Affair’
Living, working and writing about The Land of the Hellenes Wednesday, 23rd October, 2019 – 7 p.m. Helensburgh Library, 59 W King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB Free entry/refreshments
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Friday, October 18, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Creative Conversations: Abir Mukherjee – Crime Novelist
: Monday 21 October 2019 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Sam Wyndham series of crime novels set in Raj era India. His debut, ‘A Rising […]
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Woodlands Community Gardens, Storytelling Circle ‘Tell A Story’ Workshop
Sunday 17 November, 2019 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Have you ever wanted to tell stories to your child without the book? Maybe you already do this, or you have told them their favourite story so often, that you really could put the book down and tell the story, eye to eye, mind to mind […]
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Monday, October 14, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Irene Lebeter, Meet the Author, Fruin Fam
Thursday 17th October 10.30 a.m. Tea, coffee, soft drinks available from 10.00 a.m. Fruin Farm, Glen Fruin, Helensburgh G84 9EE
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‘A Place for the Work and the Human Being’ Kelvin Hall
7. Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme The Common Guild Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW 24 October 2019 6 p.m. Thursday 24 October 2019, 6pm ‘A Place for the Work and the Human Being’ runs throughout 2019 and takes place in a range of venues, new and old, around Glasgow. The series explores […]
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Sunday, October 13, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
From Lens to Pen, Finnieston
1 – 3 November, 2019 The Vacant Space The proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to Glasgow City Mission. Why not come along and have a look. 184 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow
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Friday, October 11, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: Robert Alan Jamieson – Shetlandic Poet and Translator
Monday 14 October 2019, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Alan Jamieson was born in 1958 in the crofting community of Sandness on Shetland. After publishing two novels and a collection of poetry, ‘Shoormal’, during the […]
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Sloot – it’s Oot!!! – Book Launch with Ian Macpherson
Friday 25 October, 2918 Waterstones Byres Road, 351-355 Byres Road, g12 8au Where Comedy, Literature and Ian Macpherson Collide Ian says: Ahead of publication of my forthcoming novel by Bluemoose Books, I keep getting asked what exactly sloot means. Does it refer, for instance, to a deep South African gully eroded by rainfall? No, it […]
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Glasgow’s Welcome University of Glasgow
Tuesday 15 October, 2018 – 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Hunter Halls. Gilbert Scott Building. University of Glasgow. Glasgow G12 8QQ. Join Louise Welsh and the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir, as they celebrate Glasgow’s Welcome, a children’s book about the arrival of a refugee family to Glasgow. (Prof Louise Welsh) Louise Welsh will be in […]
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Bearing Witness: the state of journalism and press freedom across the globe
Tuesday, 15 October, 2019, 6.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Sogo Art Gallery EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL NOVEMBER Panel Discussion Join David Pratt and Scottish PEN exploring issues around conflict, journalism and press freedom across the globe. Journalists and photographers bear witness to the changing world around us and challenge power on our behalf, but across the […]
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James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture Black History Month 2019 University of Glasgow
Black History Month Glasgow 2019 Tuesday 15th October, 2019, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. This year’s James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor David Blight. David is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, […]
Monday, October 7, 2019 | Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Black Abolitionists in Scotland, Black History Month 2019
Talk & Film Screening Thursday 10 October 2019 5.30pm, Free/£2/£4/£6 + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages / F-rated Book online / 0141 3524900 Professor Bernier, from the University of Edinburgh, will discuss the African American “struggle for liberty” in Scotland by tracing the transatlantic tours of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Josiah Henson, Sarah Parker Remond and […]
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PURGATORY Dante’s Divine Trilogy Part Two by Alasdair Gray
Purgatory: Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray ALASDAIR GRAY & DANTE ALIGHIERI ‘In part two of La Divina Commedia, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, must enter and traverse Purgatory and the seven deadly sins in their quest to reach Heaven. In this sublime […]
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Sunday, October 6, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
