Dr Yupin Chung: Tea Under A Willow Tree, Glasgow Art Club
(Image credit: Courtesy of Thomas Jacobi) Thursday, 27 September, 2018 – 6 p.m. Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, G2 4HU Abstract: Chinese symbols are embodied in daily life. Tea signifies harmony, respect, purity, tranquillity, rejuvenation, refreshment and contentment. There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into the world of the […]
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Stuart Murdoch, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Monday 16th April, 2018 1 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Musician, songwriter and filmmaker Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian in conversation about his work with Colin Herd from the University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Programme. Creative Conversaions […]
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Friday, April 13, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
A Fiction Reading. with Sheila Llewellyn and Andrew Meehan, Crossways Festival review by Pat Byrne
Crossways Festival Irish/Scottish, Literary and Cultural Festival, Glasgow, 2018 A Fiction Reading. with Sheila Llewellyn and Andrew Meehan. 11th April 2018 at The Tron Theatre I always enjoy discovering new authors so Crossways Festival provided an excellent opportunity in the intimate and atmospheric Victorian Bar at The Tron Theatre. Sheila Llewellyn ‘Walking Wounded’ First up […]
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Glasgow Zine Fest SQIFF Presents: Live in DIY Queer Filmmaking Conversation! CCA
Saturday 14 April 2018 SQIFFs Helen Wright presents a screening-performance looking at the work of DIY queer filmmakers Krissy Mahan and Nakshatra Bagwe whilst joined by the filmmakers via the interwebs for a live conversation. Krissy Mahan and her alter ego Faggotgirl – based in New York – have been making movies using humour as a feminist […]
Thursday, April 12, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mandarin Translations – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon at Fudan University in Shanghai, announced the new Mandarin translation of The Prime of Jean Brodie. The First Minister has written the foreword to the book which marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Muriel Spark. The event at the University celebrates both the 100th anniversary of Muriel Spark’s […]
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Fail Better at McCHuills, April 12th, 2018
April Shower o’ Bastirts Anyone else got some pent up anger about the world we’re in? I haven’t updated my subscription to the reality for a while, so it’s been all polystyrene snow & toxic farts fae Putin’s arse. Get down to McChuills this April & rant yer self sane. Mhuill’s,40 High Street, G1 1NL […]
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Wednesday, April 11, 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
David Mach ‘Against the Tide’ Cass Art, Glasgow
The Art Space, Cass Art, 63 – 67 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3EN Installation: 3rd – 15th April, 2018 Exhibition continues: 16th – 27th May, 2018 David Mach, In Conversation with Rab Noakes, 11 April, 2018 Artist David Mach will be coming to Glasgow in spring 2018 to make a colossal installation ‘Against the Tide’ within The Art […]
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Monday, April 9, 2018 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Tom Russell, Tales From Inside The World of Rock, Bishopton Library
Wednesday 11 April, 2018 7 p.m. Bishopton Community Library, 11 Greenock Rd, Bishopton PA7 5JW
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Glasgow Museums and Libraries, Civilisations Festival 2018
The Mitchell Library – Stephen Mitchell’s Legacy With Alison Young, Librarian, Glasgow Libraries Monday 9, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 April, 12.30-12.45pm Hear the story of the man who founded The Mitchell Library and how his legacy has benefitted Glasgow’s citizens and visitors for over 140 years. The Portrait of Jean Duff 12 April, 20186-7pm, […]
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Sunday, April 8, 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
Scottish Writers’ Centre Short Films for Creatives, with Lesley Traynor, CCA
Tuesday 10 April 2018 7pm, £6 (£3) on the door, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 After the success of their first event last year, Lesley Traynor of Fierce Poetry in Motion will host an evening where making a short film of your creative work will be discussed, the production process explained and how it can […]
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Crossways Irish/Scottish Festival Fiction Reading & Poetry at The Tron
11th – 14th April, 2018 Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB A Fiction Reading Sheila Llewellyn and Andrew Meehan Wednesday, 11 April, 2018 3.00pm – 4.30pm Free Book Tickets The Irish-in-Scotland Reading Donal McLaughlin, Donny O’Rourke and Miriam Gamble Wednesday, 11 April, 2018 8.30pm – 10.00pm Free – Book Tickets A Fiction Reading Rodge Glass […]
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Scottish Shorts 2018 – submissions
Scottish Shorts 2018 – OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS Closing date Monday 2 April 10.00 a.m. Scottish Shorts 2018 is a comprehensive short film development and production programme for NEW filmmaking talent. Scottish Shorts is targeting Scottish based writers, directors and producers with the imagination to create thrilling, engaging stories to share with international audiences. As a writer, director […]
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Jim and Pat’s Podcast: Glasgow West End – Jim talks to Ian Smith of Last Night From Glasgow
Ian Smith from the record label Last Night From Glasgow: Part One. JPWEC Episode Three March 30, 2018 In this episode I chat with Ian Smith from the record label, ‘Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG)’. The label was set up in 2016 and has had phenomenal success in a very short period of time. Since 2016 LNFG have […]
Crossways: The Irish Scottish Cultural & Literary Festival, Glasgow Merchant City
T R A S N Ú ~ COMAR The Irish Scottish Cultural & Literary Festival 9–15 April 2018 The Emigrant Support Fund, of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, has recently awarded Irish Pages a large grant to organize an annual “Irish Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival” in the Merchant City area of Glasgow. It will take place […]
Scottish Writers’ Centre New Writing Showcase at CCA, Glasgow
Tue 27 March 2018 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 6.30 p.m. It takes passion, talent, and craftsmanship to create art with words as a medium, and Glasgow writers and poets are brimming with all three. Partnered with The University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing degree programmes (MFA/DFA), the New Writing Showcase hosts poets and […]
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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle, GFT
25 March, 2018 For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. In this new documentary, narrated by Maxine Peake, we see the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain. Focusing on the neglect, demolition and […]
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Women Writers on the Fringe, Carlton Studios, Glasgow
Friday 18 May, 2018 Anti-fracking Fundraiser – £5 on door.
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Tricky Hat presents The Flames, CCA, Glasgow
Sunday 25 March 2018 3pm + 7pm, £5 (£3.50) + £1 booking fee, Theatre 14+ accompanied by an adult Book Online / 0141 352
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Monday, March 19, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Irvine’s Blog: Open Mic Hits The Sticks
First Monday Open Mic – Function Room Balloch House Hotel Ann MacKinnon (Balloch), George Gibson (Bonhill) and Mary Irvine (Alexandria) were coming home one night from giving readings at the Scottish Writers’ Centre (CCA, Glasgow). George commented on the fact we needed to travel so far from our homes in order to perform at spoken […]
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Friday, March 16, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Stuart David at Aye Write, 2018 review by Pat Byrne
Stuart David, Peacock’s Alibi Aye Write, 15 March, 2018, University of Glasgow ‘Peacock Johnson’s got an idea that’s guaranteed to make him rich, and a friend who’s willing to invset in the idea. But he’s having some difficulty laying the grounork for his less-than-legal enterprise.’ I very much enjoyed my first event at Aye Write […]
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Creative Conversations Poet and Playwright Inua Ellams, University of Glasgow
Monday 19 March, 2018 1 – 2 PM University Chapel Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Born in Nigeria in 1984, Inua Ellams is an internationally touring poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist & designer. He is an ambassador for the Ministry of Stories […]
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Thursday, March 15, 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
AyeWrite! 2018 Ten Writers Telling Lies
21st March, 2018 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN Ten Writers Telling Lies is a unique collaboration between a group of storytellers and po-ets, and the singer-songwriter Jim Byrne. Ten writers got together with Jim to create a collections of songs, poems and stories. Unlike other literary collections, the writers […]
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Stuart David, writer and musician at Aye Write 2018
With Alistair Braidwood Monday 15 March, 2018 University of Glasgow Chapel, Chapel Corridor (South), West Quadrangle, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ As part of this year’s Aye Write!, writer and musician Stuart David will be talking to Scots Whay Hae!’s Alistair Braidwood about his latest novel ‘Peacock’s Alibi’ at University of Glasgow Chapel, 15th Mar 2018 […]
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Leo Barasi, The Climate Majority, Aye Write 2018
18th March 2018 • 4:45PM – 5:45PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN The Climate Majority is about apathy, about those who don’t talk about global warming – the billions of people who have heard plenty about climate change and acknowledge there’s a problem, but who are just not engaged enough to stimulate the […]
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Jo Pratt & Sumayya Usmani: The Flexible Vegetarian at Aye Write, 2018.
18th Mar 2018 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Whether you’re an occasional meat-eater, a vegetarian who needs to cook for meat-eaters, or even a dedicated veggie, you’ll find something in this event for you. Whether you’re an occasional meat-eater, a vegetarian who needs to cook for meat-eaters, or even […]
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Owen Mullen, Claire MacLeary and Angus McAllister Criminal Beginnings at Aye Write
21st Mar 2018 • 7:45PM – 8:45PM Aye Write at The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Three crime writers who started out life in Glasgow, but haven’t always chosen to set their work in the city come together to discuss the influence Glasgow has had on their books. Owen Mullen’s debut novel Games […]
Saturday, March 10, 2018 | Filed under: Aye Write! Book Festival 2018, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Books That Made Me, Adele Patrick, Glasgow Women’s Library at Aye Write 2018
Dr. Adele Patrick: The Books That Made me 18th Mar 2018 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN The Books That Made Me from the founder of the Glasgow Women’s Library Dr Adele Patrick Dr. Adele Patrick is the founder of the Glasgow Women’s Library and winner of Scots-woman of the […]
Michael Meighan, Aye Write 2018 – Glasgow in 50 Buildings
25th Mar 2018 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Michael Meighan will guide you through churches, theatres, commercial and public edifices of Glasgow’s rich industrial heritage, presented alongside innovative contemporary buildings. Glasgow has a long and rich history and the buildings housed within our architecturally impressive city tell its tale […]
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Ash Dykes, Mission Impossible, Aye Write 2018
16th Mar 2018 • 7:45PM – 8:45PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Discover how a young man from Wales transformed himself into one of the world’s most exciting young adventurers. ‘Epic adventures by an inspiring man’ – Bear Grylls. At the age of 23, Ash Dykes became the first person to walk, solo […]
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Christopher Baker – Monarch of the Glen, Aye Write 2018
22nd Mar 2018 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM CCA, Centre for Contemporary Arts , 350 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow G2 3JD Christopher Baker’s book explores the fascinating and complicated history of the iconic painting The Monarch of the Glen. The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer is one of the most celebrated paintings of the […]
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