Encounter No 1 by Sogol Mabadi and Emma Helen Reid
Exhibition open: Fri 13 July – Sun 29 July – 12 – 6pm Open Thursdays to Sundays. The Pipe Factory, 42 Bain Street, G40 2LA Encounter no. 1 is a joint endeavour by Sogol Mabadi and Emma Helen Reid and is intended to be the first of many collaborations. The project was selected as part […]
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Word Jazzology hosted by Magi Gibson, Babbity Bowsters, Glasgow
5 July, 2018 Where literature, comedy and music collide Q: what happens when you put a chanteuse, a comedy writer, a jazz guitarist and his music mates, a novelist and a poet in the upstairs room of a Glasgow bar? A: word jazzology with Ian Macpherson – holding it all together. Or not. Sigh. Christine […]
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Spotlight on Cinemas – West End Festival 2018
Monday, 25 June, 20128 – 6.30 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP Gordon Barr, co-founder of www.scottishcinemas.org highlights the architectural history of cinema, including converted roller-skating rinks, the earliest purpose-built halls, and the peculiarly Scottish ‘back court’ theatres, with a focus on the West End of Glasgow, which has long been famous for […]
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Friday, June 22, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, West End Festival Glasgow
The 5th Annual Champipunship, OranMor
Tuesday, 10 July, 2018 7 p.m. OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX The Annual Champipunship is back! Eight competitors are raring to go. The house band- The Pun Lovin’ Criminals are getting ready to bring a whole new host of pun based songs. Also going to be doing a big charity raffle. It’s […]
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Cindigo, Poets at West End Festival
30 June, 2018 2.30 p.m. – 4.30p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP Stuart Paterson is looking forward to being part of this Glasgow West End Festival event – 5 poets from the Cinnamon and Indigo Dreams publishing houses performing together in the sumptuous surroundings of Hillhead Library. ‘I will, of course, be giein […]
Explore Wellspring Writing, Laura T. Fyfe, Scottish Writers
Tuesday, 19 June, 2018 CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD If you’re feeling creatively or motivationally challenged, The Scottish Writers Centre has just the cure for you this June. Ignite your imagination and fire up your creative cylinders with a session from award-winning writer, tutor, publisher and professional nag, Laura T Fyfe. In an unpretentious, […]
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Monday, June 18, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops
Kittlin and the Carlton 3, West End Festival
Thursday 21 June 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Kelvinside Hillhead Church, Saltoun Street, Observatory Road Glasgow G12 9AG Event on Facebook www.westendfestival.co.uk
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Sunday, June 17, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, West End Festival Glasgow
Dodie Bellamy, Kevin Killian, Calum Gardner, SWG3 Poetry Club
Tuesday 19 June 2018, 19:00 – 21:30 Dodie Bellamy writes genre-bending works that focus on sexuality, politics, and narrative experimentation, challenging the distinctions between fiction, essay, and poetry. Her most recent collection is When the Sick Rule the World, from Semiotext(e). Her chapbook, The Beating of Our Hearts, was published in conjunction with the 2014 Whitney Biennial. With Kevin […]
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Art of Words, Thistle Gallery, 14 June, 2018
Fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Thursday, June 14th, 2018 – 7 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. Wine / Raffle/ Canapes – Tickets £15 Part of West End Festival Well known and much loved author Carl MacDougall (Someone Always Robs […]
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Friday, June 8, 2018 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Beyond Boundaries, Festival 2018, Call For Poems
Beyond Boundaries Festival 2018, the cultural and arts programme that will run as part of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, is supporting a call for poems responding to ‘Beyond Boundaries’. These could be inspired by the idea of overcoming obstacles and striving towards a goal, or by the concept of uniting in our differences and celebrating our […]
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Monday, June 4, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Festival 2018
Examination Paper, Creative Writing Event/Installation, Scotland Street School
Friday, June 22nd, 2018, 2 – 4 p.m. Come along and take part in a mock exam – forming part of a future exhibition. To book your space and for more information email: rhonamillar@ymail.com Now as a museum, it tells the story of 100 years of education in Scotland, from the late 19th century to […]
Launch of Autumn Voices 2018
PLAYSPACE PUBLICATIONS INVITE YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF THE BOOK ‘AUTUMN VOICES’ Autumn Voices: Scottish writers over 70 talk about creativity in later life. Edited by Robin Lloyd-Jones, (PlaySpace Publications, £12.99) EDINBURGH:Thursday 21 June, Blackwell’s Bookshop, 52-63 South Bridge, EH1 1YS,6.00-7.30 pm GLASGOW Thursday 28th June, Waterstones, 351-355 Byres Road, G12 8AU, 7.30-9.00 pm There […]
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
‘Growing and Dying’ Tribute to Janet Paisley, Event at Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street
Thursday, 7th June, 2018, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW The event is free but please call Waterstones to book 0141 332 9105. With Tom Leonard, Alan Riach, Anne Donovan and Janice Galloway. Other readers include Pat Byrne, Ann McKinnon and students from Creative Writing Course at University of Strathclyde. Music by Linda Jaxson […]
Sunday, May 27, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Art of Words, Thistle Gallery, 7 June, 2018
Fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com Thursday, June 7th, 2018 – 7 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. Wine / Raffle/ Canapes – Tickets £15 Part of West End Festival Accomplished author Graeme Macrae Burnet (His Bloody Project) will be reading extracts from […]
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Writers’ Workshop Day at Fruin Farm, Nr. Helensburgh
Wednesday, 20th June 2018 The venue is the picturesque Fruin Farm at the Cross Keys roundabout on the A818, Helensburgh, G84 9EE (www.fruinfarm.co.uk) Programme 10.15 am Robin Lloyd-Jones Building a character 11.15 am Coffee 11.30 am Mary Edward Editing 12.45 pm Lunch […]
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Marian Keyes at Aye Write, the Mitchell Library
30th May, 2018 Join international best-seller Marian Keyes at The Mitchell Library She’s so funny – this is bound to be thoroughly entertaining and an absolute hoot. Marian Keyes: talking books, talking life, just talking……The Break, Strictly, scribing, Ailment of the Month, shoes, reading lists, fillums, inspirational celebs, make-up, Sudden Wild Enthusiasms and everything in […]
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Friday, May 25, 2018 | Filed under: Aye Write! Book Festival 2018, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Word Jazzology, Partickhill Bowling and Community Club
WORD JAZZOLOGY! Saturday, 8 June, 2019 at 8pm – 11 pm Partickhill Bowling & Community Club Christine Bovill, Alan Bissett, Ian Macpherson, Magi Gibson, Le Jazz Band with Helen Jayne violin and Graham Pointer. Cabaret collision of French-style jazz, comedy, poetry and literature with bar. Stand up Ian Macpherson, winner of the first Time Out […]
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Autumn Voices Project – Poetry Competition 2018
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Free opportunities to writers in later life that are available through the Autumn Voices Project which aims to promote and discuss creativity in later life.A poetry competition for writers over 70. 1st prize £250. Entry free.Judged by poet, A.C. Clarke.> Prizes 1st prize £250, 2nd prize £100, 3rd prize £50 Closing date: […]
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Autumn Voices Showcase 2018
Autumn Voices Showcase: Aims to promote and discuss creativity in later life. They are offering a free showcase for work published by writers over the age of 60 years. WELCOME to the Autumn Voices Showcase. The Autumn Voices Showcase aims to promote and discuss creativity in later life. This showcase will help to do this […]
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Creative Writing Fair, University of Glasgow
Wednesday 23 May, 2018 QMU– University of Glasgow Browse and buy pamphlets, zines and publications from 3pm! Readings and performances – from 5pm. A great way to celebrate the return of marks / end of examination period! An exhibition, fair and performance evening to celebrate the publications and projects of MLitt, MFA, DFA and Undergraduate […]
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Monday, May 14, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write: Wee Write Beano Cartoon Capers, Mitchell Library
20 May, 2018 at 10.30 – 11.30 Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Find out all about the Beano and draw your fave characters to take home! Celebrate the 80th birthday of Britain’s longest running children’s comic, in this fun-filled illustrated talk and comic workshop – Beano style! Jim Glen, comic artist and writer, […]
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Aye Write: Wee Write One Button Benny with Alan Windram
20th May 2018 10:30AM – 11:30AM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN 3 – 6 years old Benny is a Robot. Benny has a big red button in the middle of his tummy with the words ‘only press in an emergency’ on it. Benny is different, Benny is special, Benny is a Robot. […]
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Ann-Marie MacDonald in conversation with Louise Welsh, University of Glasgow
University Chapel Wednesday 9 May, 2018 – 4 p.m.Free & Open to the Public Ann-Marie MacDonald is an author, playwright, and actor. (Photo by Guntar Kravis) She is best known for her novels, Adult Onset, Fall On Your Knees, and The Way the Crow Flies, as well as her plays, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Belle Moral: A Natural History. Her […]
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Great May Day Cabaret, Night for Chris Bartter, OranMor
Monday 7th May, 2018 show starts 7.30pm Featuring another fantastic line-up, the seventh annual Great May Cabaret includes a tribute to founder member Chris Bartter, whose untimely death last October robbed the trade union movement of one of its great campaigners and supporter of the arts. Celebrating international workers’ day will be: Scottish rapper, […]
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Wee Write Literary and Book Festival for schools and children 2018
Family Days and Wee Write! Schools Programme All set to go ahead with rescheduled dates after cancellation due to heavy snowfall courtesy of the so-called ‘Beast from the East’. Here are the rescheduled dates: Family Days 19th and 20th May, 2018 Everything from T-Rex to Robots and you can try and solve the biggest mysteries in the […]
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Radical Film Network 6818 Launch, Glasgow
May Day – Tuesday 1 May, 2018 at 7 p.m. citizenM, 60 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3BW Radical Film Network Scotland commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of 1968, a tumultuous year in politics and cinema. Anti-Vietnam protests rocked the world and students rioted with workers in Paris, as tanks rolled into Prague to quell its spring. […]
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Camilla Grudova, QMU, University of Glasgow
Tuesday 24 April 2018 – 6 p.m. QMU, University Gardens, G12 Free admission – all welcome. If you like your short stories ‘grotesque and very dark please come along and hear Camilla Grudova. Camilla Grudova lives in Toronto. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University. Her fiction has appeared in […]
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Thursday, April 19, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write: Archie Macpherson, Adventures in the Golden Age
The Mitchell Library 26th April 2018 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM Archie was the voice of Scottish football, he knew the players, the managers and many of the fans through this halcyon time and his book is a timely reminder of a golden era in Scottish football. Qualification for the World Cup has never been easy, […]
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Cross-feed Night School with Dr David Luke
Thursday 26 April, 2018, 6.30 p.m. The Reidvale Centre, 13 Whitevale Street, Glasgow G31 1 QW In conjunction with the exhibition Cross-feed, Market Gallery presents a special edition of Night School with Dr David Luke at Reidvale Hall. Dr David Luke will present his scientific research into psychoactive substances and transpersonal experiences. Dr David Luke […]
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‘Growing and Dying’ a tribute to the writer Janet Paisley edited by Linda Jackson
The book is a tribute to the award winning writer Janet Paisley. It is a combination of essays, poems and biography. The writers include, Professor Alan Riach, Tom Leonard, James Robertson, Alan Bissett and Sheila Templeton to name a few. ‘I think of Janet as the sister I never had and when she told me […]
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 | 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
