Sir Tony Robinson, Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, GFT, 24 November, 2016
Sir Tony Robinson, Blackadder’s Christmas Carol 24 November, 2016 Have you met Baldrick? Tony Robinson will appear at GFT in this one-off event, where he will reminisce about the making of popular parody of the Dickens classic, Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, before a screening of the festive special. Ebenezer Blackadder (the nicest man in England) […]
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 | 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
Badger and The Loch Mess Mystery, Book Week Scotland, Mitchell Library, Saturday 26 November, 2016
Badger and the Loch Mess Mystery Saturday 26th Nov 2016 • 11:00AM – 12:00PM • Mitchell Library Scotland’s famous monster meets the world’s most magical mutt. Children aged 5 – 11 years An Aye Write Event Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Tickets: £5 0141 353 8000 Buy tickets online Part of Book Wee […]
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The World New Made by Timothy Hyman, Book Launch CCA, Friday 18 November, 2016
‘The World New Made’ constructs a new and convincing scenario for the history of 20th-century painting – Linda Nochlin Friday lunchtime Glasgow launch of The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century by Timothy Hyman, published by Thames & Hudson. Friday 18 November, 2016 at 1 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD […]
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
In Process Masterclass with Janet Paisley, Scottish Writers Centre, CCA 6 December, 2016
Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD 6 December, 2016 – 7 p.m. Writer, poet, and playwright Janet Paisley writes for stage, television, radio, and screen. She was a member of the Working Party for a Scottish National Theatre, the SAC (Scots Language Synergy), and is the Cross Party Parliamentary Group for the […]
Monday, November 14, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Week Scotland 2016, Arresting Crime Thrillers, 22 November, 2016
Glasgow Libraries welcomes authors James Oswald, Clare Mackintosh & Adam Hamdy Book Week Scotland: ‘Arresting Crime Thrillers.’ Join these three masters of the crime thriller for what promises to be a memorable evening of compelling stories. http://bit.ly/2ecwnbB £8 Buy tickets The Mitchell Theatre, The Mitchell Library, 6 Granville St, Glasgow G3 7DR More events […]
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Autumn Speakeasy with Linda Jackson – Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, Tuesday 22 November, 2016
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Tuesday 22 November at 7.30 p.m. A taste of Scotland’s new and emerging writers and the best of new literature in action hosted by writer and musician, Linda Jackson. This is not an evening to be missed! You will be listening to and discussing music and writers in a […]
Friday, November 11, 2016 | 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 Gutter Magazine Party, Stereo, Thursday 24 November, 2016
The Gutter Magazine Party | Liz Lochhead | Jen Hadfield | Pronto Mama | Kieran Hurley | & More TBA | FREE TICKETED EVENT Thurs 24th November. Stereo. Doors 8pm, Readings and music 9-midnight. Gutter 15 is out and Janice Galloway emailed to say that it was ‘Oustanding.’ We’re throwing our big annual Gutter party […]
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Thursday, November 10, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Scottih Book Week Glasgow Events 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Whisky Island by Fiona Rintoul and Konrad Borkowski, Book Launch, The Pot Still, 8 December, 2016
Come and celebrate the launch of Whisky Island by Fiona Rintoul and Konrad Borkowski – a stunning book that takes readers behind the scenes in all eight distilleries on Scotland’s magic island of whisky, Islay. Includes over 180 beautiful colour photographs. http://www.freightbooks.co.uk/whisky-island.html
Cathy Come Home, GFT, 15 November, 2016
In 1966, BBC’s ‘The Wednesday Play’ series screened Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home, a drama about a young family’s slide into homelessness and poverty. With scenes of eviction, separation and loss broadcast on mainstream ’60s television, Loach paints a grim political picture of mid-sixties London. After the screening, homelessness charity Shelter plus a panel of guest […]
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016 | 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
Glen Michael’s Theatre of Memories, The Britannia Panopticon, 27 November, 2016
Glen Michael’s Theatre of Memorie 27th November – Doors 1.30pm – Show starts 2pm Tickets £15 Concessions £10 Glen Michael STV’s Calvacade presenter, actor and performer tells us about his early days in theatre and film. He’ll tell us about the differences in Scottish and English theatre and how it was working with some of […]
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Mary Irvine’s Blog: The Living Memory Association, Leith and The Mitchell Library
Two Visits The first was a visit to THELMA. No, not a new female friend. The Living Memory Association in the Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre, Leith. The association has been in existence for thirty years and recent moved to their new premises where, as a charity, they do not pay rent! It is not a […]
Amy Liptrot, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow, Monday 7 November, 2016
Monday 7 November 1 p.m: Amy Liptrot Creative Conversations University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Amy Liptrot has published her work with various magazines, journals and blogs and she has written a regular column for Caught by the River out of which The Outrun has emerged. As […]
Sunday, November 6, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Film Poems Workshop, University of Glasgow, 2 – 4December, 2016
What? It’s the first live event from cinepoems! Poets, writers, filmmakers, performers, artists…your participation is wanted! Let’s make some filmpoems in one glorious weekend.. The Challenge Get a team together. Find something to film with. Some editing software (you will probably have this on your computer already). Get yourself to Glasgow University on Friday 2nd […]
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Saturday, November 5, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Glad Cafe, Glasgow’s Industrial History, Spoken Word with Martin O’Connor, 4 and 5 November, 2016
This weekend at The Glad Cafe, see a spoken word performance exploring cultural identity against the backdrop of Glasgow’s industrial history. Build A Nation, 4 & 5 November 8pm. A solo spoken word performance by Martin O’Connor in English, Scots and Gaelic, which explores the industrial expansion of Glasgow alongside attitudes to tradition, cultural […]
Friday, November 4, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Four Men In Search Of A Plot, Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, 4 November, 2016.
Friday, 4 November, 2016 Waterstones, 153 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3EW An evening of intrigue when four Scottish crime writers will be discussing and answering questions about all aspects of crime novels, including plotting, writing, plus general death and destruction. With G.J. Brown, Neil Broadfoot, Mark Leggatt and Douglas Skelton G. J. Brown lives in Scotland […]
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, Open to Students aged 16 – 18 years, Closing Date for Entries 17 February, 2017
All UK students, between 16-18, are encouraged to enter the 2017 Christopher Tower poetry competition. This year’s theme is ‘STONE’ and the judges are Sarah Howe and Vahni Capildeo. First prize £3,000; second prize £1,000 and third prize £500. Closing date 17/2/17. www.towerpoetry.org.uk/prize The 17th Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, the UK’s most valuable prize for […]
In Process Masterclass with Lesley Glaister, CCA, Tuesday, 8 November, 2016
‘In Process Masterclass’ with Lesley Glaister With Scottish Writers Centre, Club House, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Lesley Glaister has published thirteen books by major houses which for most of us, as aspiring writers, is the ultimate dream. Despite this she sometimes loves writing and sometimes loathes it and finds inspiration by writing in […]
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John Simpson – We Chose to Speak of War and Strife Saturday, 26 November, 2016
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Part of Book Week Scotland celebrations: John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affairs Editor talks about his new book We Chose to Speak of War and Strife. In corners of the globe where fault-lines seethe into bloodshed and civil war, foreign correspondents have, for hundreds of years, been engaged in uncovering the […]
Beloved Poison with ES Thomson and Adrian Searle, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 21 November, 2016
Author ES Thomson chats with publisher Adrian Searle (Freight Books) about the inspiration behind her Victorian medical thriller, Beloved Poison. Set in Edinburgh in 1846, Beloved Poison follows apothecary Jem Flockhart who makes a gruesome discovery in the gloomy chapel of St Saviour’s Infirmary. The story takes the reader from the bloody world of the […]
Kirsty Logan, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow Monday 31 October, 2016
31 October: Kirsty Logan 1 p.m. – Free event. Reading a brand new horror story for Hallowe’en Kirsty Logan lives in Glasgow and is a writer of fiction and journalism. Her books are The Gracekeepers and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales. Her short fiction and poetry has been published in print and […]
Thumble Tumble Book 2 Launch, Waterstones Byres Road, Sunday 30 October, 2016
Thumble Tumble Book 2 Launch, Sunday 30 October, 2016 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Drum roll please!!!!! At last Halloween soaked launch event in Waterstones Byres Road on Sunday 30th October, 2pm! Angela will be hosting a reading from the second book, there’ll be a prize for the best fancy dress (obviously witches and wizards […]
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Monday, October 24, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Halloween in Glasgow 2016, Kids and young people
Black History Month Celebration – Open Mic with Tawona Sithole, CCA, 25 October, 2016
Open Mic with Host, Tawona Sithole 25 October, 2016 7 p.m. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD With Scottish Writers Centre Tawona Sithole is a poet, playwright, and musician who enjoys the challenge of new creative experiences. Tiwona started writing and performing his work, and published his first collection of poetry in 2006. He continues […]
The Poetry Shift, Hidden Lane Gallery, 25 November, 2016
The POETS on tonight’s SHIFT are: Northern Irish poet, Matthew Rice, along with Stephen Watt, Ross Wilson and Magi Gibson. Hosted by Ian Macpherson. Tickets – £5 (includes glass of wine). Friday 25 November, 2016 7 p.m – 9 p.m. THE GAFFER is: IAN MACPHERSON From Dublin. ‘Comedy’s answer to James Joyce’ says Arthur Smith. […]
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Sunday, October 23, 2016 | 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 Big Glasgow Comic and Craft Fair for Halloween 29 October, 2016 Trades Hall
The Big Glasgow Comic & Craft Fair returns to The Trades Hall once again for our Hallloween Fair. We’ll have over 40 traders selling Comics, Graphic Novels, Crafts, Art, Old and New Figures, Funko Pop, Cupcakes and much more. The Cosplay Competition for under 16’s and over 16’s take place at 4pm on the stage […]
Malachy Tallack, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow Monday 17 October, 2016
Monday 17 October, 2016 1pm, Glasgow University Chapel University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Malachy Tallack is from Shetland. His debut book, Sixty Degrees North, was an exploration of the landscapes and cultures of the sixtieth parallel, and tackled that most challenging of questions: what does it […]
Sunday, October 16, 2016 | 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 PK Lynch talks Trainspotting, Texas and the Creative Process Wednesday 19 October, 2016
CCA Wed 19 October 2016 7pm, £6 (£3/Free to SWC Membes) on the door, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Stage, Screen and Page – P. K. Lynch talks Trainspotting, Texas and the Creative Process Pauline ‘P.K.’ Lynch has a long history of involvement with the Scottish cultural scene. After starring in Danny Boyle’s cinematic adaption […]
Elemental, Glasgow Science Centre, 17 October, 2016
17 October, 2016 Glasgow Science Centre 50 Pacific Quay, G51 5PA Ticket Price: £5 – Available to book online now! Elemental is a unique exploration of science, art and the universe showcased under the spectacular dome theatre of the planetarium. Poets, musicians, sound and video artists – and world-renowned science writer John Gribbin – have […]
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Spirits of the Tenements, Tenement House, 27 October, 2016
Spirits of the Tenements Thursday 27 October, 2016 at 7 p.m. Tenement House 145 Buccleuch Street, G3 6QN An evening tour of the Tenement House followed by a performance by ‘Murray the Mindreader’ in the gas-lit parlour. Enter the close and ascend the stairs to find yourself back in the era of the fortune tellers […]
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Saturday, October 15, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Halloween in Glasgow 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Day of the Dead, Sorrows of Mexico, Readings, CCA, Tuesday 1 November, 2016
Day of the Dead Tuesday, 1st November, 2016 Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow Scottish Pen will be featuring a series of readings from the new book Sorrows of Mexico, published by Maclehose Press in August. The book collects articles by several journalists in Mexico, including Lydia Cacho for whom they campaign. This event is kindly organised […]
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Glasgow’s Radical Independent Bookfair Project not by the book CCA Fri 7 October – Sun 23 October 2016
Fri 7 October – Sun 23 October 2016 Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm, Sun: 12noon-6pm (Closed Mondays) Free Related CCA Events James Kelman Dirt Road Thu 6 October 2016 Open Jar Collective Soil City Fri 7 October 2016 Variant Editorial Group Divergence and antagonism: cultural communication and democracy in Scotland Sat 8 October 2016 Leigh French & Neil […]
