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
Creative Conversations Sara Sheridan
Monday 7th October, 2019 1 p.m. Free Event University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Sara Sheridan has written over 20 books but is best known as the creator of the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries. She also writes adventure novels set in the period 1820-1845. One of these, ‘On Starlit Seas’, based […]
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Tuesday, October 1, 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
Professor J. Edward Chamberlin National Poetry Day University of Glasgow
Come Back To Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies Wednesday 2 October, 2019 – 6 p.m. Yudowitz Room, Woolfson Medical Building To celebrate National Poetry Day, the University of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme in association with the Scottish Poetry Library are delighted to present this very special event with Professor J. Edward Chamberlin introduced by […]
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Monday, September 30, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Poets Tony Walsh and Stephen James Smith at Cottiers
Sunday, 27 October, 2019 Poets Tony Walsh & Stephen James Smith visit Glasgow on their autumn UK Tour … Tickets are £13.50, including a £1.50 booking fee which is applicable on all tickets. Please note, the box office voicemails and e-mails are picked up at least once a day Tuesday-Saturday. Box Office 0141 357 5825 […]
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LUX Scotland presents: where did we land Fi Dem 1 and 11
2 October, 2019 – 3.30 p.m. CCA London-based curator and artist Rabz Lansiquot screens their new moving image essay where did we land, an ongoing experiment interrogating the effect of images of anti-black violence produced and reproduced in film and media, and parts 1 and 2 of artist Zinzi Minott’s Fi Dem Series, a continued […]
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, LGBT Glasgow
Bearing Witness: the state of journalism and press freedom across the globe
15 October, 2019 Sogo Gallery, 82-86 Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5LY The Exhibition will run until November. Exhibition and Panel Discussion will take place on 15 October, 2019, 6.30 until 9 pm. Journalists and photographers bear witness to the changing world around us and challenge power on our behalf, but across the globe they are threatened […]
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Tidelines Book Festival 2019
Irvine Harbourside 26 – 29 September, 2019 Harbour Arts Centre 114-116 Harbour Street Irvine, KA12 8PZ 01294 274 059 info@tidelinesbookfest.com Great Writers Making Waves Tidelines aims to bring a book festival to the Firth of Clyde which caters for various literary tastes and for all age groups. The festival is planned and organised by a […]
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Thursday, September 26, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Behrouz Boochani with Scottish PEN, Creative Conversations
Journalist, Human Rights Defender, Poet and Film-Maker Monday 30 September 2019, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations Behrouz Boochani is an Iranian-Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, poet and film producer. He was born in western Iran. He was held in the […]
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Hunterian Poems at Kelvin Hall – National Poetry Day 2019
2 October, 2019, 6 p.m. Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8AW Some of Scotland’s finest poets will come together at the Kelvin Hall to celebrate National Poetry Day and to read their poems inspired by the University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Collection. Professor Alan Riach will be hosting this exciting evening of poetry readings drawn […]
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Festa Dos Anos De Álvero De Campos Cheeky Besom Productions
Tuesday 15 October, 2019, 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm Calton Bar 415 London Road Glasgow, G40 1AG Free event for all SUMMER WRITING CHALLENGE – You’ve got a cute way of talking, You got the better of me, Just snap your fingers and I’m walking, Like a dog hanging on your lead, I’m in a […]
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Friday, September 20, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Poetry Launches CCA – Stephen Watt, Derek Parkes and Mandy Haggith
Tuesday 24 September, 2019 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Scottish Writers’ Centre, Club Room, CCA Launch of new poetry from three dynamic poets. FSB Makar Stephen Watt’s groundbreaking crime novel in verse, ‘Fairy Rock’, the debut pamphlet from SWC favourite, Derek Parkes, ‘Cherry Blossom’ and Mandy Haggith’s stunning […]
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Monday, September 16, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Tannahill Arts Festival Paisley
14 – 28 September, 2019 New festival with an exciting and diverse festival Featuring: Art, Drama, Jazz, Opera, Classical Music, Spoken Word and more. Building audiences in Paisley and encouraging audiences from further afield to visit Paisley’s historic attractions, places to eat and drink, and of course to see and hear the best in the […]
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
The Glasgow Guild Talks 2019
Events run 17 – 21 September, 2019 The Glasgow Guild, 265 Renfrew Street, G3 6TT Lauren Dyer Amazeen – The Kitchen and the New York avant garde scene Tuesday 17 September 2019, 7pm The former Chair of CCA Glasgow & Director of The Kitchen, NY in the 1990s gives a talk on the avant garde […]
Meet the Author, Angela Robb, Fruin Farm
Thursday, 19th September, 2019, 10.30 a.m. Fruin Farm, Glen Fruin, Nr Helensburgh G84 9EE Free event. Angela Robb is a writer of children’s books packed with humour, adventure, and heart. Originally from Dumbarton, she now lives in a village between Glasgow and Stirling. She loves exploring Scotland’s landscapes and cities soaking up ideas for settings […]
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Joint Book Launch: Tracy Patrick and Fiona Lindsay
Friday 4 October, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m. Paisley Arts Centre New Street, PA1 1EZ Paisley The event is a co-launch, ‘Blushing is for Sinners’ by Tracy Patrick ‘Do Not Disturb’ by Fiona Lindsay. An evening of readings, music and literary entertainment in the bonnie environs of Paisley. ‘Blushing is for Sinners’ Clochoderick Press, (2019) […]
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Monday, September 9, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Vincent Price: Master of Menace, Lover of Life + The Abominable Dr Phibes GFT
Sunday 8 September, 2019 Author and inspirational speaker Victoria Price presents ‘Master of Menace, Lover of Life’ – an intimate glimpse at her famous father’s life and career. As Vincent Price’s daughter and biographer, Victoria will share rare photos and stories about the King of Horror, who was a true Renaissance man. Victoria will have copies of […]
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Friday, September 6, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Book Launch: The Siren Awakes by Linda Jackson
4, November, 2019 (note change of date) Avant Garde The first of three memoirs – with Special Guest Charlie Gracie Music Linda Jackson Band: Featuring Morph on Guitar, Gordon Dickson on Saxophone, Steve Buchanan on Bass and Stevie Reilly on Piano. Call and book your seat. This should be quite a night. These guys are […]
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Margaret Atwood – Live in Cinemas
10 September, 2019 GFT On Tuesday, September 10th, the wait is over…. The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast, as Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor. The publication of Atwood’s The […]
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Script to Stage Renfrewshire
Wednesday 25 September, 2019 Stow Brae Kirk, 82 Causeyside Street, Paisley PA1 1YP Script to Stage Renfrewshire presents a night of short plays as part of the Tannahill Arts Festival Submissions Wanted Seeking submissions by deadline at midnight on Friday 13th September, 2019 Email your script to script@tannahillarts.com following the submission guidelines on our Facebook […]
Memorial Evening for Janet Paisley CCA
3 December, 2019, 7 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Memorial Evening for the late Janet Paisley Tickets: £9 Phone 0141 352 4900 for tickets Performers celebrating this wonderful Scottish Writer Sheila Templeton Janet Crawford Liz Niven Christie Williamson Alan Riach plus more to be announced Music from Wendy Weatherby Band and Linda Jaxson […]
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Tuesday, September 3, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
