LGBT History Month, Film Screening and Discussion, STUC
STUC LGBT+ Committee Thursday 22 February, 2018 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. An evening of short films and discussion as part of LGBT+ History Month! Screening some short films (BBC Queer Britain, My Lesbian Mums + TBC) followed by a lively panel discussion on the themes of the film, featuring Kate Adair and others. This […]
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, LGBT Glasgow, LGBT History Month, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ian Bell New Writing Award, Meet the Judges at Aye Write
Melanie Reid, Michael Gray & Iain Macwhirter,The Importance of Good Journalism 17th Mar 2018 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY Join the distinguished judges of Ian Bell New Writing Award for a discussion on the need for good journalism (never more so than in these turbulent, confusing times) […]
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Sunday, February 11, 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
Sonnet Youth at The Drygate, 21 February, 2018
Sonnet Youth is a spoken word house party. A literary rave. A real life piss up in a brewery – bringing together poets, authors, rappers, comedians and musicians for a night of no holds barred performances. And for the first time Sonnet Youth will now take place in Glasgow and Edinburgh! Curated and hosted by Kevin […]
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Aye Write! Denise Mina introduces… Danny Denton & Mick Kitson 18 March, 2018
18th Mar 2018 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library The popular author and broadcaster, and recent winner of The McIlvanney and Gordon Burn prizes will be introducing: Danny Denton & Mick Kitson. Denise Mina introduces… Danny Denton and Mick Kitson Ticket £6 The popular author and broadcaster, and recent winner of The McIlvanney and […]
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Wednesday, February 7, 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
Denise Mina at Creative Conversations review Pat Byrne
Denise Mina in conversation with Zoe Strachan. University of Glasgow Chapel Denise Mina was in sparkling form talking about her latest book ‘The Long Drop’, – based on true crime the subject being the serial killer Peter Manuel, who created terror in Glasgow and Lanarkshire in the 50s. She kicked off by telling the audience […]
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Sextival: Queer Relationships on Film, CCA
Sat 10 February 2018 In this session showing will be a few short films relating to Queer relationships. They will explore the topic of healthy queer sex and relationships before moving onto a CommunityDiscussion. 2pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ Book Online / 0141 3524900 Related CCA Events Sextival LGBT Age Workshop Sat 10 February […]
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Sunday, February 4, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Aye Write 2018 – Darren McGarvey & Raoul Martinez, Freedom From Poverty
24th Mar 2018 • 4:45PM – 5:45PM • Tramway Rapper and Columnist Darren McGarvey and Painter and Filmmaker Raoul Martinez offer fierce and profoundly hopeful manifestos for change. Darren McGarvey aka LOKI grew up in Pollok. He is a writer, performer, community activist and columnist. His first book Poverty Safari uses elements of his own […]
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Eileen Myles and nick-e-melville, OranMor
12 March,2018 – 7.45 p.m. Òran Mór, Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX EileenMylesis the author of more than twenty books, including Chelsea Girls, and most recently, I Must Be Living Twice: New & Selected Poems 1974-2014. Myles’s many honors include four Lambda Literary Awards, the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing, the Shelley Memorial Award from […]
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Friday, February 2, 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
Denise Mina at Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Novelist Denise Mina Monday 5 February, 1 – 2 PM Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Denise Mina’s first novel Garnethill, published in 1998, won the Crime Writers Association John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel. She has now published over […]
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Thursday, February 1, 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
The Darker Side of Fairytales with Kirsty Logan, Dumbarton Library
22 February, 2018, 7 p.m. – 9p.m. Fairy tales are pretty stories with happy endings meant for children, right? Well, not these ones! Perhaps we’re more familiar with the tame storybook versions, but fairy tales were originally shared between adults, and are crammed full of blood, violence, sex, mystery and betrayal. Join award-winning novelist and short […]
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Saturday, January 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
Honest Error: Glasgow Poets on Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Honest Error: Glasgow Poets on Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ 30 January 2018 at 1.00pm Gillean McDougal author of Honest Error with poets Kay Ritchie and Eveline Pye Hunterian Insight Talks Lunchtime talks by experts from The Hunterian and the University of Glasgow. These talks offer insight into The Hunterian’s world […]
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Writer David Keenan, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Monday 29 January, 2018 1 – 2 PM University Chapel University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public David Keenan is an author, critic and musician. He is the author of This is Memorial Device (2017), a novel which the Guardian called “one of […]
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Friday, January 26, 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! 2018 Jackie Kay – Bantam
17th Mar 2018 • 4:45PM – 5:45PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Jackie Kay discusses what connects us, and laments what divides us. Jackie Kay’s first collection as Scottish Makar is a book about the fighting spirit – one that Jackie argues we need now more than ever. Bantam crosses borders, from Rannoch […]
Aye Write! 2018 Louise Welsh Introduces Laura Carlin & Imogen Hermes Gowar
17 March, 2018 4.45 p.m. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Continuing Aye Write’s tradition of established writers introducing a pair of debut authors, Professor of Creative Writing and author of No Dominion, Louise Welsh introducing: Laura Carlin & Imogen Hermes Gowar. Laura Carlin The Wicked Cometh – In the murky alleyways of London, […]
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Aye Write! 2018 Celebration of writing from community-based literacy and creative learners
16th March, 2018 2018 • 1:00PM – 2:30PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Learners from across the city come together to share their writing on a range of themes. Come along to this lively event where community-based adult literacy and creative learners from across the city come together to share their writing on […]
Graeme Macrae Burnet Aye Write! 2018
25th March 2018 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN of The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau as well as the Man Booker shortlisted His Bloody Project. There does not appear to be anything remarkable about the fatal car crash on the A35. But one question dogs Inspector Georges Gorski: where has […]
Poet JL Williams – Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Monday 22 January, 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 JL Williams was born in New Jersey and studied at Wellesley College and on the MLitt in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. Her poetry […]
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Saturday, January 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
Cinemaattic presents Psiconautas + Q&A at CCA, Glasgow
Cinemaattic presents Psiconautas + Q&A</21> Fri 26 January 2018 8pm (doors 7.30pm), £6 (£5) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Guerrilla film collective Cinemaattic presents the special screening of Psiconautas, first feature by renowned Animator Alberto Vazquez. A night of post punk animation full of ecologist criticism. Alberto will be […]
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Friday, January 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
Muriel Spark 100: Appointment in Arezzo, National Library, Edinburgh
Muriel Spark 100: Appointment in Arezzo Tuesday 30 January, 2018 6pm Alan Taylor first met Muriel Spark in 1990 when he interviewed her for a press feature, and a long lasting bond was formed. Join him as he discusses his friendship with Muriel Spark as shared in his colourful, surprising and admiring memoir, Appointment in Arezzo. […]
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Thursday, January 18, 2018 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Muriel Spark Centenary Celebrations, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write! 2018 David Wardell and Finn the fabulous police dog 18 March, 2018
18th Mar 2018 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM • Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Dave Wardell’s heartfelt memoir charts an incredible journey of friendship and loyalty. It is a celebration of the bond between one man and his dog. In October 2016, PC Dave Wardell and his dog, PD Finn, were trying to apprehend a robbery suspect. […]
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Spangled Cabaret 10 BirthdayParty, Rio Pop Up
Monday, 5 February,2018 8 p.m. – 12.00 a.m. Celebrating 10 years of monthly alternative variety! Celebrating the geeks/freaks/uniques! Celebrating the acts that are impossible to pigeonhole! Come join us at a brand new venue for a night like no other! Featuring: MARKEE DE SAW & BERT FINKLE MISS LEGGY PEE THE GREAT AZIZ KIM KHAOS […]
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St Mungo Mirrorball Showcase, CCA, 1 February, 2018
Mirrorball showcase, in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, features Michael Longley reading alongside Rishi Dastidar, James McGonigal and Ciara MacLaverty. The event is on February 1st,2018 at 7pm in the clubroom of the CCA, free to members, guests £7/£4. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G 3JD The multi-award winning Irish poet Michael Longley makes a rare visit to Glasgow reading along side rising stars Rishi […]
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Aye Write! 2018 Alan Taylor, Candia McWilliam, Zoe Strachan Muriel Spark: A Centenary Celebration
17th Mar 2018 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM • Mitchell Library,North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN Alan will be joined by Candia McWilliam and Zoe Strachan, two novelists who have written new forewords to brand new editions of Muriel’s classic novels Appointment in Arezzo is Alan Taylor’s fond and funny memoir of one of the greatest novelists […]
Aye Write! 2018 Writing the ‘Magical’ Masterclass with Kirsty Logan
‘Writing the Magical’ Masterclass with Kirsty Logan 21st Mar 2018 • 5:30PM – 7:00PM • Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join novelist & short story writer Kirsty Logan for a masterclass that looks at writing fiction with a magical/fairy tale slant Join novelist and short story writer Kirsty Logan for a masterclass that looks […]
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Aye Write! 2018 Stuart Cosgrove, Memphis 68
16th Mar 2018 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM • Glasgow University University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Stuart Cosgrove will be talking about how the impact of this momentous year and the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King is still felt 50 years later. In the […]
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Tuesday, January 16, 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
Tune in to the story of Scotland’s Radio with Tony Currie at Glasgow Art Club
29 March, 2018 Glasgow Art Club, 185 Hope Street Glasgow G2 4 HU Tune in and hear over a hundred years of Scotland’s radio history from morse code to digital broadcasting. The sounds of forgotten stations, programmes and people, beamed into Scottish homes. Beginning in Machrihanish in 1905, we’ll recall Glasgow’s competitive commercial radio scene […]
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Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road Book Group
The book group at Oxfam Bookshop in Byres Road is back for 2018! Go along and discuss some great books every month, it’s free to join and everyone is welcome. Check out our events page for more details or pick up a reading list at the bookshop. Full details including dates and the books on […]
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Monday, January 15, 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
Talk on Gaza, University of Glasgow, 23 January, 2018
The Glasgow University Palestine Society invites you to a talk and discussion on the Gaza Strip. Tuesday, 23 January, 2018 6.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Guest speaker and PhD student Sharif Rateb Alaydi from Gaza City will discuss his own experiences in living under Israeli siege and the restrictions in mobility of Palestinians travelling in […]
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Ruby Wax at Aye Write! 2018
‘How To Be Human’ 10 February, 2018 – 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Royal Concert Hall,2 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3NY Aye Write! 2018 kicks off with a ‘welcome back’ to Glasgow for Ruby Wax; actress, mental health campaigner, lecturer, and author with the follow-up to her No.1 Best-seller, Frazzled. ‘In How to Be Human: […]
Creative Conversations, Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary
Writers and Comedians Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary With host Louise Welsh Monday 15 January 1 – 2 PM University Chapel University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free & Open to the Public Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary are the writers behind the award-winning Radio Comedy Fags, […]
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Saturday, January 13, 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
