An Afternoon of Fiction, Poetry and Performance
Saturday 6 July, 2019. 1 – 5 p.m. An afternoon of fiction, poetry and performance in Finn’s Place. Fun, creating and ‘doing your own thing’ but performance is optional. With Linda Jackson. £15/£10 Finn’s Place, 167 Ledard Rd, Glasgow G42 9QU
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, Writing
The Creative Process with Jacqueline Smith
Tuesday 24 September, 2019 7 p.m. Glasgow Literary Lounge Cheeky Besom Productions, Calton Bar, 415 London Road, Glasgow G40 1AG Cheeky Besom Productions: ‘Artists With Attitude’ Presents the Glasgow Literary Lounge In Partnership With 100,000 Poets for Change. ‘The Only Constant is Change: Embracing the Creative Process’ with Jacqueline Smith The Glasgow Literary Lounge at […]
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Sunday, June 23, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
An Evening with local author – Pat McIntosh
Wednesday 26th June, 2019 – 7 p.m. Pat McIntosh is a Scottish writer of historical mystery fiction and fantasy. Helensburgh Library, 59 W King St, Helensburgh G84 8EB Free entry/refreshments Books by Pat McIntosh on Amazon
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Scottish PEN’s Writers in Exile
Monday ’24 June, 2019, 6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. The Project Café, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST What does home look like when you are writing far away, unable to return? As part of the Refugee Festival Scotland, Scottish PEN’s Writers In Exile committee will bring together a range of exiled writers, or those […]
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Manaf Halbouni – Artist’s Talk Refugee Festival Scotland
24 June, 2019 – 7 p.m. Scottish Youth Theatre, Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow G1 1TF German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni’s sculpture Rubble Theatre is a highlight of Refugee Festival Scotland. It recreates a scene of destruction in Syria, featuring the rubble of a bombsite and an abandoned car. A conversation with Manaf Halbouni […]
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Friday, June 21, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Interfest and Book Launch Garnethill Glasgow
Saturday 22 June, 2019 12.00 – 15.00 by Central and West Integration Network Launch of a book created by Central and West Integration Network (CWIN) youth club, based on the life of Walter Tull and other characters. The book will be launched during the Interfest community event. Garnethill Multicultural Centre 21 Rose Street Glasgow G3 6RE Interfest Garnethill on […]
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Julia Donaldson – The Gruffalo and other stories at West End Festival
22 June, 2019 at 11 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Families Programme – Headlining event Julia Donaldson and Catherine Rayner The Go-Away Bird, the Gruffalo and other stories Introducing the new collaboration with Catherine Rayner – The Go-Away Bird. Hunterian Museum, Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Tickets from Eventbrite; £5 for children, £10 […]
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A Place For The Work and The Human Being
Thursday 20 June, 2019 6:00pm West End Festival Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, G20 7EL £5 / student £3 / unemployed free Throughout 2019 the Common Guild present an ambitious series of talks that generates discussion around the needs, expectations and possibilities of the space for art today.Jamie Fobert is a London-based architect and designer. Since establishing […]
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Aye Write! presents Jane Harper
15th July 2019 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM Mitchell Theatre, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Jane Harper worked as a journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK and is the author of The Dry, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of the year. The Dry has been translated […]
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
West End Shop Fronts, Virtual Tour Kelvin Hall
(photo by Jim Byrne) Monday 17 June, 2019 6:30pm Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, G3 8AW Part of West End Festival Free entry Iain Wotherspoon, Chairman of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, (Strathclyde Group) takes you on a virtual walk along the pavements of the West End to have a look at shops past and present. Some […]
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Monday, June 17, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, West End Festival Glasgow
Glasgow Botanic Gardens: 200 Years at West End Festival 2019
Thursday 13 June, 2019 6:30pm Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP Free entry Ewen Donaldson, General Manager, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, will present the prestigious 200-year history of the Botanic Gardens, from its inception in Sandyford to the current location in Kelvinside. Includes recent milestones such as refurbishment of the “Main Range” glasshouses, restoration of […]
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Thursday, June 13, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Dear Dinosaur: T Rex on Tour
Saturday 8th June, 2019 11am Dear Dinosaur: T Rex on Tour with author Chae Strathie Kelvin Hall (Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre) 1445 Argyle Street, G3 8AW More ROARSOME fun for fans of Dear Dinosaur! When Max drops by the local museum to visit his dinosaur friends, they’re all gone! It seems that T. Rex, his dinosaur […]
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Friday, June 7, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, West End Festival Glasgow
Get Your Scots Wirds Oot and Caa Awa!
11 June, 2019 Glasgow Science Festival University of Glasgow, Wolfson Medical Building, Hugh Fraser Seminar Room, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ 11th June 13:00-13:50; 14:00-14:50 16+ Free Book tickets Bring your favourite Scots word to this interactive workshop on multilingual strands in Scots and learn how to uncover their histories using free online resources, with expert […]
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Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow Science Festival
Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art, Park Road, Glasgow
Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Now in its third year, Thistle Gallery continues to offer its ever growing client base wonderful and affordable art from an eclectic range of Scottish Contemporary Artists. Carol Dunbar – Gallery Owner feature on glasgowwestend.co.uk Summer Time Summer […]
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Dan Richards Booked! Festival 2019 review Mary Irvine
Dan Richards ‘Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the World’ Balloch Library Sunday 19th May 2019 This was my favourite event of this year’s festival. The great intrepid British explorer, risking life and limb to go where no man has gone before (or rarely, in this case) is not of a bygone age. […]
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Mary Irvine review: Polly Clarke – the tiger lady! Booked! Festival
Booked! Festival Alexandria Library Friday, 17th May, 2019 Polly Clarke – the tiger lady! Polly Clarke, born in Toronto, now domiciled in Helensburgh and London (where she does her writing on a houseboat) sashayed down the aisle in a stunning, single-tiger print dress which she later confided had been discovered on the Internet – a […]
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Taking Tea with a Trailblazer, NLS Kelvin Hall
Wednesday 29th May, 2019 2pm – 3.30pm Storyteller Jan Bee Brown leads a celebration of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Scottish explorer and botanist Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982). Spending her childhood on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Isobel went on to take on solo travels across Iceland, Greenland, and Alaska. In this session, discover the stories of […]
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Friday, May 24, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Samina Chaudry at Avant Garde
Monday 10 June, 2019 Linda Jackson hosts a special evening of music and readings featuring Samina Chaudry, winner of Next Chapter Award 2019, Scottish Book Trust. Also: Maggie Graham, Jim Ferguson and Sean McMenemy and Gordon Dickson on Saxaphone. Avant Garde,34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Starts 7.45 p.m. Food will be served 6.00 p.m. […]
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Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn Tour, The Mitchell review Pat Byrne
Lowborn – Poverty in Britain Today It really is absolutely hellish: ‘We live in the world’s sixth-richest economy but one-fifth of us live in poverty’. Kerry Hudson. Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn Tour isn’t your usual book launch – her book ‘Lowborn – Poverty in Britain Today’, alongside tour events, aims to inform people about just what […]
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Seeds of Thought – Creative Writing
Tuesday, 21 May, 2019, 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Creative writing – a chance to explore the power or fun of words. All welcome beginners and veterans. Free! Look forward to seeing you there! Event on Facebook
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Monday, May 20, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops
Richard Holloway ‘Waiting for the Last Bus’ review Mary Irvine
Tuesday 14th May 2019 Booked! Festival of Words, West Dunbartonshire For several years now the ‘Booked! Booked! West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words has commenced its series of events with the Alistair Pearson Lecture at the Millennium Hall, Gartocharn. This year a tribute to this extraordinary man was given by James Macrea who gave a brief […]
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Look Who’s Talking Now with Des Dillon
Tuesday 21 May, 2019 – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre So you’re a novelist wanting to try poetry or drama. Or a dramatist thinking about short stories. You want to try something else. Or writing for the first time. Des Dillon discusses how he moves from one medium to another and one […]
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Sunday, May 19, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Helen Fitzgerald and Doug Johnstone at Waterstones Sauchiehall St
Thursday, 27 June, 2019 at 7 p.m. Helen Fitzgerald and Doug Johnstone in conversation discussing their new novels ‘Worst Case Scenario’ and ‘Breakers’. This event is free but places are limited so please register via the ticket link on Facebook Page asap. Doors will open at 6:30 PM for a 7 PM start. Helen FitzGerald […]
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Book Launch: ‘this exquisite corpse’ Tawnya Renelle
Tuesday, 28 May, 2019 6pm – 8 pm This exquisite corpse book launch and poetic sexploration Katie’s Bar, 17 John Street, Glasgow G1 1HP Tawnya Renelle launches her new book “this exquisite corpse” in Glasgow. She will be reading from her book and asking you to participate in an interactive second half of the evening […]
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Dialogue: Niven Govinden and Season Butler
Thursday May 23, 209 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. John Smith Book Shop, University of Glasgow, The Fraser Building, 65 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QF Exciting event with Niven Govinden and Season Butler launching new books by Dialogue Books (a publisher of books for, about, by #BAME #LGBTQI+ #disability & #workingclass communities.) Praise for Niven […]
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, LGBT Glasgow
Robin Lloyd-Jones ‘A life in books’ Helensburgh Library
Wednesday 29th May, 2019 7 p.m. An Evening with local author… Robin Lloyd-Jones A life in Books’ at the Helensburgh Library Free entry/refreshments Since June 2018 a group of friends have gathered once a week in the Helensburgh Library to encourage and support each other in their writing. It is not a club so has no membership […]
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Aye Write presents Paul Mason
16th May 2019 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library The author and broadcaster introduces Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of Postcapitalism. How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of […]
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Henry Bell, Booked Festival 2019
Wednesday, 15 May, 2019 7 p.m. Henry Bell at Dalmuir Library 10 Lennox Pl, Clydebank G81 4LX Henry Bell “John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside “ Historical topics are a perennial favourite of Booked! and this year they feature Henry Bell exploring the life of the Red Clydeside legend, John Maclean. He will look at the […]
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Micaela Maftei and Laura Tansley Collaborative Writing Workshops
The Collaboration Process and Inspiration Micaela Maftei and Laura Tansley have been working and writing together since meeting as PhD students at the University of Glasgow. Their essays and short fiction have been published in a variety of places including Gutter Magazine, Kenyon Review Online, and Short Fiction in Theory and Practice. Together they co-edited the collection Writing Creative […]
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Polly Clark, Booked Festival 2019
Alexandria Library – Friday 17 May 2019 Polly Clark presents her latest novel “Tiger”. Polly visited Siberia so that she would have a direct experience of the extraordinary environment that this apex predator reigns over. Alexandria Library Gilmour Street, Alexandria, G83 0DA Last few tickets remaining Book Festival Events Eventbrite www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/booked2019
