Story Cafe Milton Library, Book Week Scotland 2023
Friday 17 November, 2023 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Milton Library, 204 Liddesdale Road, Milton, Glasgow G22 7QR This year’s Book Week Scotland celebrations are all about sharing Scotland’s stories of adventure – big and small. For some people our greatest adventures are those inextricably linked to when were young and our memories of […]
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Filed under: Book Week Scotland, Book Week Scotland=2023, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Beyond The Battlefield Book Launch
Thursday, 16 November, 2023, 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Event by Battlefield Collective, Alex Meikle and Palma McKeown Langside Library, 2 Sinclair Dr., Glasgow G42 9QE Free event – Writers will be reading from Beyond the Battlefield, a new anthology of short stories and poems. Battlefield Writers are delighted to announce the launch of the second volume of an […]
Book Week Scotland 2023 – Zoe Strachan
Wednesday 15 November | 18:30-19:30 Zoe Strachan – Catch the Moments as They Fly Book Week Scotland iscelebrating Scotland’s Stories and the talented people who write them. Zoe Strachan, award winning author and Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow at Whiteinch Library. 14 Victoria Park Drive South, Whiteinch Glasgow G14 9RL discussing […]
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Charlie Gracie, Belfast to Baillieston
23 November, 2023, 7 p.m. Baillieston Library, 141 Main St, Baillieston, Glasgow G69 6AH Charlie Gracie will be joined by Airdrie poet Peter A, who will share work from Art of Insomnia (Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2021), and poems from his upcoming publication. Free Event Book Tickets – To book your free place please email or […]
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Monday, November 13, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Strathclyde Creative Writing and The Glasgow Review of Books
Live Poetry Event 14 November, 2023 7:00 p.m. CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JW Six amazing performers and poets who will be gracing the event with their talent are Janette Ayachi, Gray Crosbie, Meagan Jennett, Victoria McNulty, Nick-e Melville and Tawona Sithole. The Glasgow Review of Books (ISSN 2053-0560) is an online journal […]
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Scottish Pen Readings
Wednesday 15th November, 2023 @ 7pm Mount Florida Books, 1069 Cathcart Rd, Mount Florida, Glasgow G42 9AF A night of readings hosted by Scottish Pen to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Readings of work by writers who are currently in prison and some guest readings from Scottish Pen. The Day of the Imprisoned Writer is intended […]
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Friday, November 10, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Fiona Gillan Kerr – book launch
Tuesday, 14 November, 2023, 5.30 p.m.- 7 p.m. The Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street Glasgow G3 6DT The Bone on the Beach Glasgow Book Launch Event Celebrate the release of Fiona Gillan Kerr’s captivating new novel, the Bone on the Beach. By Ringwood Publishing Ringwood are delighted to invite you to an event, in collaboration […]
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Dave Manderson – Jim and Pat’s West End Chat Podcast
Pat chats to Dave Manderson Welcome to episode 98 of Jim and Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat. Today Pat will be chatting to writer and former creative writing tutor Dave Manderson. Dave works with literary organisations such as Scottish PEN, he organises and runs literary events and has presented illustrated talks on a range of […]
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Friday, November 3, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Jim and Pat's West End Chat
Creative Conversations: Andrew McMillan
Monday, 13 November, 2023 1p.m.- 2 p.m. Andrew McMillan in Conversation Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Andrew McMillan’s debut collection physical was the only ever poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award. The collection also won the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, a Somerset Maugham Award (2016), an Eric […]
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Rebecca Smith Discusses Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside
Monday, 6 November, 2023 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Creative Conversations – University Chapel, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Rebecca Smith is a writer and radio producer, and graduate of the MLitt in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow. In this beautifully observed book, Rebecca Smith traces the stories of foresters […]
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Medical Aid Palestine Fundraiser – Stereo, Glasgow
Thursday, 2 November, 2023 – 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Stereo, 22 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 5AR Stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. All proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestine. – Tickets at EventBrite Pay what you can (Suggested donation £10) Ceasefire now. Stop the genocide. End the occupation. End Israeli apartheid. […]
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George Paterson Book Launch: Westerwick
Saturday 18 November, 2023 6pm – 8pm Websters Playhouse, Websters, 416 Great Western Road Glasgow G4 9HZ Westerwick, set in Glasgow’s West End and a fictional Scottish island, is an urban gothic satire and a record of modern devilry. By Into Books George will be in conversation with the inimitable Alistair Braidwood about his 2nd novel, ‘Westerwick’, […]
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Reclaim the River, Poetry and Music
Tuesday 31 October, 2023 7 – 9 pm Scottish Writers Centre, CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JW RECLAIM THE RIVER | DOVE TALES & SCOTTISH CND | POETRY & MUSIC OPEN MIC On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Dove Tales joins forces with Scottish CND as part of their Reclaim the River campaign. […]
Fun With Flyting – Learning About Older Scots Language
11 November, 2023 10 a.m. – 12 Noon Ye Fair Forflittin Flochter, or Fun with Flyting Families, kids, grown-ups! You are invited to a free, fun, interactive event for kids interested in learning about Older Scots and flyting. At The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Organised by University of Glasgow English Language and […]
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Express Yourself: Poetry Night at Bru
Thursday 26 October, 2023 at 7 to 9.30pm. Brü, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Partick, Glasgow G11 6RD Carla Woodburn’s poetry night in the West End – would love it if you could all get involved and make it a special coming together of poetic forces and interested people. At Bru Glasgow. Featuring Oliver Pissed as featured […]
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Sunday, October 22, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Diana Devlin at Avant Garde
Monday 23 October, 2023, Doors 7 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. start Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Following on from her launch of ‘Judas Sky’ in the square in Gallicano, Tuscany on Wednesday 13 September, 2023. The poet, Diana Devlin, will be heading to Glasgow to launch her collection ‘Full Frontal’ at Avant […]
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 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
Red Squirrel Press Autumn Showcase 2023
Tuesday 17th October 2023 – 7 p.m. CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G;asgow G2 3JD Red Squirrel Press invites you to an evening of new poetry this autumn. Echoing the spring showcase earlier this year, the event will feature a line up of 9 poets presenting their latest publications, including Anne Connolly, Graham Fulton, Charlie […]
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 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 Irvine’s Blog: The Magic Scales by Paul Murdoch
I recently met with author Paul Murdoch , who is asthmatic, to talk about his latest publication ‘The Magic Scales’. Living with asthma “At four years old I remember rolling down a grassy hill on a summer’s day. I tried to take a breath, but I couldn’t. This carried on throughout my childhood. Sometimes I […]
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Saturday, September 23, 2023 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Writing The World SCAP and Scottish Writers
Tuesday 19 September, 2023 – 7 p.m. Scottish Writers, Clubhouse, Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Writing the World Writers and guests including Lorna Callery-Sithole Writing the World: A Collective is a celebration of storytelling and the diversity of cultures and is the outcome of workshops for members of the Asylum-seeking […]
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Monday, September 18, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Glasgow Doors Open Days – University of Glasgow ARC
University of Glasgow, Doors Open Days at The ARC, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane G11 6EW 16 and 17 September, 2023 Doors Open Days plus additional weekends with Explorathon Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is an annual event celebrating the city’s architecture, culture and heritage through a free programme of open buildings and events […]
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Cast A Cold Eye – Robbie Morrison
Review by Pat Byrne In 2021 Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison was Bloody Scotland Debut Prize winner. His follow up novel, Cast a Cold Eye, sees him one of the four McIlvanney Prize finalists at Bloody Scotland 2023. With another novel set in Glasgow in the 1930s we again meet up with Inspector […]
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Bloody Scotland 2023: Grant Morrison and Robbie Morrison
Saturday 16th September, 2023 from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King St, Stirling FK8 1BDS From Comics to Crime: Grant Morrison and Robbie Morrison The path from superhero scribe to crime novelist is a road less travelled but is the unconventional route taken by these two writers. Grant Morrison is a […]
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Glasgow Writers: Brian Hamill
R.I.P. Sadly Brian Hamill died in May, 2021 – only 39 years of age – so accomplished and so much to live for. In October, 2019, Brian set up The Common Breath ‘The aim was to provide an exciting new stream of fiction for readers to enjoy, publishing both classic and contemporary work, and to […]
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, writers, Writing
David F. Ross at Byres Road Book Festival
Sunday 24th September, 2023 at 2.30 p.m. David. F Ross. – In Conversation with Alistair Braidwood and Writers’ Workshop Hillhead Libeary, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Free Event Book a place at Eventbrite @dfr10 @byresrdbookfest
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Monday, September 11, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Byres Road Book Festival 2023
21 – 24 September, 2023 All Events Are Free But Ticketed See the Programme and Book Online Highlights Include Michael Pedersen 23 September Waterstones, 351-355 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AU Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet, author, scribbler, stitcher. He is currently Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh. Kirsty Logan, Hillhead Library […]
Michel Faber – Rodge Glass, Book Launch
Friday, 22 September, 2023 at 7 p.n. Glasgow launch of my new MICHEL FABER is happening The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TS Readings of Faber’s stories by various writers plus Rodge Glass talking Faber and compassion and connection in storytelling! There’s now 35% discount of the book on the night, his other […]
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Saturday, September 9, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Thomas Muir Symposium 2023 – Remembering John Maclean
Wednesday 4th October 2023 Douglas Academy, Craigton Road, Milngavie G62 7HS John Maclean was a school teacher, Red Clydesider and founder member of the Pollokshaws Progressive Union. Drawing on speakers from the academic community, secondary school pupils and members of local history societies. This years speakers are: Professor Gerard Carruthers (University of Glasgow): Muir & […]
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Friday, September 8, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: The MacDiarmid Memorandum
Wednesday 20 September, 2023, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Alan Riach Alan Riach’s The MacDiarmid Memorandum is a work of epic, category-defying scope; a work that blends biography and national history, poetry and prose; an intimate portrait of an old friend and mentor, and a political manifesto calling for revolution. Beginning with his childhood in […]
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Bloody Scotland 2023
15 – 17 September, 2023 BLOODY SCOTLAND BROCHURE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE NOW See all events Cast A Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison review by Pat Byrne Reception will take place in the splendour of the 600-year-old Church of the Holy Rude with festival guests welcomed in style with a glitzy drinks reception before […]
Doors Open Days Glasgow – The ARC
A walk in the ARC: tour the Advanced Research Centre A unique tour of the ARC, Glasgow’s exciting new hub for research, discovery and events! Located on the redeveloped site of the Western Infirmary and recently celebrating its 1st birthday, you’ll start your journey in our impressive atrium with views up to three floors of […]
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow Doors Open Days
