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
Dialogue Road Show
23 May, 2019 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Discover Dialogue with the SWC and Dialogue Books · Hosted by Scottish Writers’ Centre Spearheaded by publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove, Dialogue Books is home to a variety of stories from illuminating voices often excluded from the mainstream. The imprint has built its foundations on the idea that through storytelling […]
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Anne Donovan Scottish Writers Centre
Image credit: Alan Dimmick. Tuesday, 4 June, 2019, 7 – 9 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Anne Donovan will read from her work and talk about the importance of voice in her fiction, and the process of writing in different Scots voices. Anne Donovan is the author of the short […]
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Kathleen Winter, Creative Conversations
(Larry D. Moore [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Monday 13 May, 2019 1 – 2 p.m. An extra-curricular #CreativeConversations event for May! @colinjherd will be in conversation with award-winning novelist, short story-writer and non-fiction writer, Kathleen Winter (@supremetronic) on Mon 13th May, 1-2 Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill […]
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Saturday, May 11, 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
Thoughts and Reflections in Poetry and Song with David Nicoll
Tuesday 28 May, 2019 Glasgow Literary Lounge, Calton Bar May’s monthly featured showcase at the Glasgow Literary Lounge with poet and musician, David Nicoll who recently returned to Scotland after living in South Africa for more than thirty-six years. Nicoll will be launching his new publication, Thoughts & Reflections Volume 3, (Amazon KDP, 2019). In […]
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Crossways Irish Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival Roseanne Watt & Kate Newmann
Literary Lunchtime Wednesday 8 June, 2019 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. BAAD Backyard, Calton Entry, 54 Calton Entry, Glasgow G40 2SB Roseanne Watt is a poet, filmmaker and musician from Shetland. She is poetry editor for the online literary magazine The Island Review. She was the winner of the 2015 Outspoken Poetry Prize (Poetry in Film) and runner-up […]
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Free Comic Book Day, City Centre Comics
Saturday, 4 May, 2019 City Centre Comics, 37 Ruthven Lane, G12 9BG Free Comic Book Day 2019 A large selection of the free comics on offer this year! Free comic grab bag! 20% off all sets 20% off all t-shirts! Selected Marvel/DC action figures reduced! A free copy of DC Year Of The Villain #1 […]
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Friday, May 3, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Kids and young people, Shopping
Booked Festival Wendy Erskine
Saturday, 18 May, 2019 – 4 – 5.30 p.m. West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words Dumbarton Library, Strathleven Place, Dumbarton G82 1BD Sweet Home is the debut short story collection of Wendy Erskine which has aroused great interest and critical acclaim. A reclusive cult-rock icon ends his days in the street where he was born; a […]
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Hungry Cities, Redesigning Our Relationship to Food
13 June, 2019 6 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. CCA A panel discussion examining the role of design in changing our relationship to food, in which we talk to those who have radically redesigned elements of the Scottish food system. In this panel discussion, we examine what role design can play in changing our relationship to […]
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Poverty in Britain today – Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn Tour
Thursday, 16 May, 2019 – 4.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. The Mitchell Library Kerry Hudson in conversation with Darren McGarvey, on poverty and class in the UK – Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn We are delighted to be part of award winning author Kerry Hudson’s book tour. Her latests book – LOWBORN – is a powerful, personal, agenda […]
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Monday, April 29, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Crossways -Irish/Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival Glasgow
7 – 11 May, 2019 The particular aim of the second annual Crossways is to foster and expand the rather weak literary links between Ireland and Scotland across the North Channel. It brings together notable Irish writers, musicians, and cultural figures – from both North and South – together with their Scottish peers, in a well-planned and well-balanced Festival […]
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Saturday, April 27, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Graham Fulton – Glitches of Mortality Book Launch
Saturday 8th of June, 2019 at 7:30 PM Glitches of Mortality published by Pindrop Press which is the 16th book of poems by Graham Fulton Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST It’s a free event BYOB. ‘This absolute belter of a book’ Donny O’Rourke
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Express Yourself, Tell it Slant
Friday 26 April, 2019 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. April Express Yourself brings you talent from all over the world this month and you’ll not want to miss it. French poet Dr Claire Trévien will read from her new publication ‘Brain Fugue’. Plus usual 10 poets giving you 10 minutes of poetry and it is just […]
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
School for Civic Imagination CCA
3 May, 2019, 2.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. On The Reasons of Schooling Explore ‘the educational turn’ through analysing the use of school formats within the arts. Moderated by Jason Bowman with Alternative School of Economics, School of Engaged Art, Beta-Local and the School for Civic Imagination. Free (unticketed) / All ages CCA 350 Sauchiehall […]
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Friday, April 19, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Joe Hullait, Scot Squad Writer at QMU
Tuesday, 16 April, 2019 5.30 p.m.- 7.30 p.m. The writer and creator of BBC Scotland’s Scot Squad will be giving a talk and answering questions about writing TV comedy. Scot Squad is a comedy / mockumentary following the first Unified Scottish Police Force. It is on its fifth series. Scot Squad first aired on 27 October […]
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations, Kathleen Winter
Monday 13th May, 2019, 1 – 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Colin J. Herd will be in conversation with award-winning novelist, short story-writer and non-fiction writer, Kathleen Winter. All welcome More about Creative Conversations
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Monday, April 15, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
New Writings Showcase, Scottish Writers’ Centre
Tuesday, 23 April, 2019, 7 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD It takes passion, talent, and craftsmanship to create art with words, and Glasgow writers and poets are brimming with all three. Come along and enjoy these brave new voices. This event is free for all! Event on Facebook scottishwriterscentre.co.uk
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Ian Macpherson, Comedy Writing Workshop
Saturday 11 May 2.00pm to 4.00pm Free Comedy Writing Workshop with Ian Macpherson Garnethill Multicultural Centre 21 Rose Street Glasgow G3 6RE Limited places. FREE but donation (£2 suggested) towards room hire appreciated To book a place on this workshop please email ailieroanne@live.co.uk ‘One of the most creative and intelligent comedians I’ve ever seen’ The […]
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Chris Brookmyre, Aye Write
23rd Apr 2019 • 8:00PM – 9:00PM • Mitchell Library The popular author launches his brand new book, Fallen Angel To new nanny Amanda, the Temple family seem to have it all: the former actress; the famous professor; their three successful grown-up children. But like any family, beneath the smiles and hugs there lurks far […]
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Poetry at The Parlour Glasgow West End
Every Sunday kicking off Sunday 14th April, 2019 8PM on Sunday night for an open mic, open to all, and a 15 min set from our featured performer. The Parlour, 28 Vinicombe Street, G12 8BE Featured Poets APRIL 14TH Bibi June APRIL 21ST Amelia Bayler APRIL 28TH Christopher Macarthur-Boyd MAY 5TH Samuel Glover MAY 12th […]
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