Creative Conversations, Polly Clark, University of Glasgow Chapel, Monday 13 March, 2017
Monday 13 March 2017, 1 p.m. University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations/ Polly Clark is an award-winning poet and novelist. She is the author of three poetry collections. Her forthcoming debut novel Larchfield (available March 2017) won the MsLexia Prize. She has won the Eric Gregory […]
Sunday, March 12, 2017 | 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! Chris Morgan Jones & Mick Herron – Our Kind of Spies, The Mitchell Library, 19th Mar 2017
19th Mar 2017 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library In the wake of recent Le Carre adaptations of The Night Manager and Our Kind of Traitor, British espionage fiction is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. Here, we bring together two of the best writers in the genre. Chris Morgan Jones & Mick Herron […]
Minoo Dinshaw & Andrew Hankinson – The Complexities of Biography, Mitchell Library, 11th Mar 2017 ,
11th Mar 2017 • 4:45PM – 5:45PM • Mitchell Library Minoo Dinshaw and Andrew Hankinson are two authors who have written gripping and powerful portrayals of seemingly difficult biographical subjects… Minoo Dinshaw & Andrew Hankinson – The Complexities of Biography Two authors who have written gripping and powerful portrayals of seemingly difficult biographical subjects… Outlandish […]
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Aye Write! Chris Morgan Jones & Mick Herron – Our Kind of Spies, The Mitchell Library, 19th Mar 2017
19th Mar 2017 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library In the wake of recent Le Carre adaptations of The Night Manager and Our Kind of Traitor, British espionage fiction is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. Here, we bring together two of the best writers in the genre. In the wake of recent Le […]
Aye Write! Cathi Unsworth & Martin Cathcart Froden – London Noir, Mitchell Library, Wednesday 15 March, 2017
15th Mar 2017 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Library London in the 1920s and 1940s provides the setting for these two delicious servings of Noir, Cathi Unworth’s Without the Moon is set London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city outwardly in ruins, weakened by exhaustion and rationing. But behind the […]
Change! Zero Hours Contract, Writing by Young Writers and Activists, STUC. 16 March, 2017
STUC, 333 Woodlands Road, G3 6NG Young Workers Learning Project Come along to celebrate the launch of this new book – written about and by people on zero hours contracts. Hear excerpts from the book by young writers and activists who will share their lives on zero hour contracts. Pinar Aksu, Community Development worker with […]
The Cause of Thunder Play with David Hayman, discussion and book signing Oran Mor, Sunday 12 MARCH
David Hayman’s tour of The Cause of Thunder. Discussion, book signing, and drinking in the bar after! Oran Mor 19.30PM Sunday 12 MARCH, 2017 Bob Cunningham, the ageing firebrand at the centre of Chris Dolan’s solo play, performed with partisan gusto by David Hayman Dolan’s sequel to his pre-referendum companion piece, The Pitiless Storm, […]
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Drama Queens Special: New Plays, Glasgow Womens’ Library, 8 March, 2017
Drama Queens Special: New Plays at GWL 8th March at 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Free Drama Queens group launch Glasgow Women’s Library’s new shelf of women’s plays in dramatic style: Plays! Performance! Profiteroles! Over the last few months, award-winning theatre company Stellar Quines have been working with at Glasgow Women’s Library to ensure culturally […]
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Celebrate Rachel Corrie’s Life with Open Mic and Communal Singing, Glasgow Autonomous Space, Thursday, 16 March, 2017
Celebration of Rachel Corrie’s life on the anniversary of her death. Rachel Corrie was an American peace activist killed in Gaza in 2003 by Israeli forces whilst she was defending a Palestinian home from demolition. She has become a symbol of hope and solidarity for many, but to me she was a friend and awesome […]
Tag You’re Dead by Douglas Skelton, Waterstones Argyle Street, 4 May, 2017
Tag You’re Dead by Douglas Skelton 4 May, 2017 Waterstones Argyle Street Tag You’re Dead – the second thriller in the Dominic Queste series Sam the butcher is missing, and maverick investigator Dominic Queste is on the case. But it’s not because he misses Sam’s prize-winning steak pies…A dangerous man has arrived in Glasgow. He’s […]
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Aye Write! Alex Gray, Douglas Skelton & Les Wood – The Dear Gritty Place, Mitchell Library, 17th Mar 2017
17th Mar 2017 • 7:45PM – 8:45PM • Mitchell Library Three top notch crime writers whose books are set in our fair city – Alex Gray, Douglas Skelton and Les Wood Three top notch crime writers whose books are set in our fair city. Alex Gray is an award-winning crime writer and the co-founder of […]
Creative Conversations, Linda Cracknell, University of Glasgow, Monday 6 March, 2017
Creative Conversations: Fiction Writer Linda Cracknell Monday 6 March 2017 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations/ Linda Cracknell is an award-winning writer of fiction, radio drama and creative non-fiction. She won the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday short story competition and has since […]
Saturday, March 4, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
International Women’s Day “Gender Equality- It’s Everyone’s Business”, Jane Gotts, Dumbarton Library, 8 March, 2017
International Women’s Day “Gender Equality- It’s Everyone’s Business” Why the journey towards gender equality matters for everyone. West Dunbartonshire Libraries and Cultural Services will be celebrating International Women’s Day with a special talk by Jane Gotts at 7pm on Wednesday, 8 March at Dumbarton Library. The talk will explore why gender equality in the […]
Fail Better Be Excellent To Each Other, McChuills, 9 March, 2017
McChuills, 40 High Street, G1 1NL Thursday, 9 March, 2017 – 8 p.m. New songs old faces from: EARTHWIRES [delighted peoples] HEIR OF THE CURSED: shatters the soul with music Two songs fae the persuadable: JAMES PEARSE SARA SHARAWI: cuts some new rug and champions The Workers Theatre JIM FERGUSON with new hits after his […]
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Plain Speaking: Real People and Realistic Dialogue with Andi Denny, Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, Tuesday 28 March, 2017
An event for theatre makers from any discipline. Please join us for this talk by playwright, performer, and producer, Andi Denny, founder of the new company The Other Guys Theatre Scotland. Denny has sought to find new ways to write realism. Reflecting, pondering, and sharing, Denny discusses his approach to writing for stage, and how […]
Monday, February 27, 2017 | 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! Vince Cable – After the Storm,Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 12th Mar 2017
12th Mar 2017 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Vince Cable’s After the Storm is a fascinating and urgent intervention from one of the key figures in British politics of the past two decades. Vince Cable’s bestselling book, The Storm, explored and explained the causes of the 2008 world economic crisis and […]
A Night of Horror – creepy, scary podcasts by Kathleen Kidd
I’ve been enjoying A Night of Horror’s short drama podcasts, made in Scotland by Kathleen Kidd. The podcasts are designed to keep you up at night – you’ll find a selection of spooky stories to listen to on A Night of Horror website. The podcasts are also available to download.. They last between 3 and 15 […]
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Sunday, February 26, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Writing
Louise Wylie & Jan Patience – The Making of George Wyllie, CCA, 12th March 2017
12th Mar 2017 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM • CCA The Making of George Wyllie has been co-written by his elder daughter, Louise Wyllie, and arts journalist Jan Patience. A fascinating insight into the great, quixotic life of George Wylie’ Alan Cumming The Making of George Wyllie has been co-written by his elder daughter, Louise Wyllie, […]
Aye Write! Andrew Martin – Night Trains, Mitchell Library, 12th March 2017
Andrew Martin – Night Trains 12th Mar 2017 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM • Mitchell Library In his book Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. Andrew Martin – Night Trains Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their […]
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Aye Write! Alan Bissett Introduces Luke Kennard & Katie Khan Mitchell Library 12 March, 2017
Alan Bissett Introduces… Luke Kennard & Katie Khan 12th Mar 2017 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM • Mitchell Library G3 7ND Novelist and playwright Alan Bissett will be talking to Luke and Katie about their terrifically imaginative debut novels. Novelist and playwright Alan Bissett will be talking to Luke and Katie about their terrifically imaginative debut […]
Creative Conversations, William Letford, Monday, 27 February, 2017 University of Glasgow
Creative Conversations: Poet William Letford Creative Conversations Monday 27 February 2017 13:00 – 14:00 University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ William Letford has an M.Litt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. He was the recipient of a New Writer’s Award from the Scottish Book Trust […]
Ten Writers Telling Lies – launch of Book and CD at Cottiers Theatre, Thursday 27 April, 2017
Ten Writers Telling Lies Book & CD launch Performance Date: Thursday, 27 Apr 2017 – 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Ten Writers Telling Lies is a unique collaboration between a group of storytellers and poets, and the singer-songwriter Jim Byrne. The writers got together with Jim to create a collection of songs, poems and stories […]
Thursday, February 23, 2017 | 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! Glasgow: A Reading City, The Mitchell Library, 17 March, 2017.
17th Mar 2017 • 4:00PM – 5:30PM • Mitchell Library Join doctoral students from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Stirling and Glasgow Caledonian to hear about their latest research, and take part in the discussion on Glasgow’s love for books Glasgow: A Reading City Join doctoral students from the University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde, […]
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Dianne Watters – St Peter’s, Cardross, Mitchell Library, 9th Mar 2017
Diane Watters will present an illustrated talk which looks at the story of an architectural failure which morphed into a tragic modernist myth. For the past three decades, the ruin of St Peter’s College has sat, crumbling, graffiti snaking across its walls and nature reclaiming its concrete. It has gained a mythical, cult-like status among […]
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Scottish Writers’ Centre New Voices in Literature, CCA, Tue 14 March 2017
Tue 14 March 2017 CCA 7pm, Free (unticketed), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 What does it take to be a writer? It takes talent! It takes passion! It takes University of Glasgow Masters Students! In partnership with Glasgow University Writing Masters Programme, the Scottish Writers Centre will be showcasing students work. Hosted by SWC, Director […]
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Transatlantic Literary Women Series & Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA 28 February 2017
Transatlantic Literary Women Series with Host Carolyn Jess-Cook Transatlantic Literary Women Series & Scottish Writers’ Centre 28 February 2017: Club Room at 7:00pm CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, G2 3JD In the lead up to International Women’s Day, and in light of the recent US elections and the effects of […]
Uncovered Artistry: Let’s Talk, A Night of Readings at Project Cafe, 23 March, 2017
Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, G3 6ST Colin Herd, David Linklater, AK Thaysen and Kirsty Dunlop, as well as our guest poet, John Birtwhistle. Fundraiser in aid of survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. In the second of a series of fundraiser events hosted by Uncovered Artistry in celebration of creativity, we move to the […]
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 | 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
Christopher de Bellaigue – The Islamic Enlightenment, Mitchell Library, 18 March, 2017
18th Mar 2017 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM • Mitchell Library Christopher de Bellaigue’s book shows us how to look beyond sensationalist headlines to foster a genuine understanding of modern Islam and Muslim culture. Christopher de Bellaigue – The Islamic Enlightenment The Muslim world has often been accused of a failure to modernise, reform and adapt. […]
Kapka Kassabova & Garrett Carr – Hard Borders, Mitchell Library 18th Mar 2017
18th Mar 2017 • 1:15PM – 2:15PM • Mitchell Library Kapka Kassabova and Garrett Carr will be discussing their very topical books about the eastern and western borders of the EU. Kapka Kassabova & Garrett Carr – Hard Borders When Kapka Kassabova was a child, the border zone between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece was rumoured […]
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Travis Elborough & Malachy Tallack – Improbable Places and Undiscovered Islands, Aye Write! Mitchell Library, 18 March, 2017
18th Mar 2017 • 11:30AM – 12:30PM • Mitchell Library Two young travel writers will be discussing their unusual books of improbable places and undiscovered islands. Travis Elborough & Malachy Tallack – Improbable Places and Undiscovered Islands In his Atlas of Improbable Places, Travis Elborough goes in search of the obscure and bizarre, the beautiful […]
