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 […]
Monday, March 26, 2018 | 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
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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Simon McDermott & Chris Wilson, The Songaminute Man, Aye Write 2018
24th Mar 2018 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN The extraorinary story of Simon McDermott and his Dad Ted, The Songaminute man. When Simon McDermott’s Dad Ted was diagnosed with dementia, Simon desperately tried to reach him until in the car one day he hit play on Ted’s favourite song Quando […]
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Chris Bryant, ‘Entitled’ at Aye Write 2018
24 March, 2018 8.15 p.m The Tramway The popular and outspoken MP Chris Bryant discusses his new book, ‘Entitiled,’ the full, shocking story of the British aristocracy, from Anglo-Saxon times until the present day. Exploring the extraordinary and sometimes pernicious social and political dominance enjoyed by the British aristocracy over centuries, it seeks to explain […]
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Aye Write 2018, Jon McGregor introduces…Chris Power & Chris McQueer
18th Mar 2018 8:15PM – 9:15PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Jon McGregor introduces new writers Chris Power & Chris McQueer The prize-winning novelist will be introducing another two debut writers, this time with collections of short stories: Chris Power’s stories are peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or […]
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Gail Honeyman and Sarah Winman Word of Mouth Best Sellers, Aye Write 2018
Gail Honeyman & Sarah Winman, Word of Mouth Best-sellers 18th Mar 2018 • 8:15PM – 9:15PM • Glasgow Royal Concert Hal, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NYl Both of these novelists have enjoyed phenomenal word-of-mouth success with their books and will be here to talk about them. Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Com-pletely Fine has been […]
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Sunday, February 25, 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
Scottish Women Writers with Linda Jackson of University of Strathclyde Creative Writing
The Mitchell Library 24 March, 2018 5.30 p.m. This session will look at some of the ‘forgotten’ women; the ‘anonymous’ balladeers from the past and compare and contrast the representations of women and their lives with those representations in the works of contemporary writers. Led by Linda Jackson PhD from The University of Strathclyde. Book […]
Stuart David Peacock’s Alibi, Aye Write 2018
Stuart David: Peacock’s Alibi 15th Mar 2018 • 7:45PM – 8:45PM • University of Glasgow Chapel, West Quadrangle, Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ Stuart David is a musician, songwriter and novelist. With Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae! Stuart David is a musician, songwriter and novelist. He co-founded the band Belle and Sebastian and went on to form […]
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Wee Write – Family Days at Aye Write! 3 and 4 March, 2018
Looking for a fun day out for the little bookworms in your life? Celebrate their imagination at the Wee Write! Family Days! It’s an absolute must for the kids. Join us for a weekend of imaginative, literary fun! The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March, 2018 10 a.m. […]
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 | Filed under: Aye Write! Book Festival 2018, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ten Writers Telling Lies and M. Litt Creative Writing Open Mic, Gilchrist Centre University of Glasgow
Wednesday 28 February, 2018 – 6 p.m. The Gilchrist, University of Glasgow, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Ten Writers Telling Lies will perform with prose, poetry and music. M.Litt Creative Writing Graduates will be among those performing with music by Jim Byrne. Starts 6 p.m. Free and all welcome Afterwards M.Litt students will perform […]
Nature Writing Beyond Landscape – Scottish Writers Centre, Glasgow
Writing The World Around Us 13 March,2018 –7 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD “The best environmental art, then, is deconstructed from the inside. As theory it retains its fullest existence as questioning—internally fractured by a doubt […]” —Timothy Morton This two-part workshop will have participants discussing a selection of different […]
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Tuesday, February 20, 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
Express Yourself, Women in Poetry at Tell It Slant, Friday 23 February, 2018
Friday, 23 February, 2018 Tell It Slant, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6ST This is a biggie!! ((IT IS EXPRESS YOURSELF’S 1ST BIRTHDAY)) We are celebrating Woman In Poetry. It’s the year of the woman. A big bunch of us fabulous woman are coming together in an all female poetry lineup to share 5 minutes […]
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Colin Herd, Poet at Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Monday 19 February, 2018 – 1 – 2 PM University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public Colin Herd is a poet and Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow. His first collection of poems “too ok” was published by BlazeVOX in 2011. […]
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Sunday, February 18, 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
