Luminate Scotland’s Festival of Ageing – Autumn Voices 12 – 15 October, 2016
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Red Squirrel Press Launch of Four Publications at CCA 22 September, 2016
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Thursday 7 p.m. Red Squirrel Press invites you to join us for the launch of four new publications: William Bonar’s poetry pamphlet, ‘Offering’, Carolyn Patricia Richardson’s debut poetry pamphlet, ‘Scots’ Rock,’ former Federation of Writers, Makar, ‘Sheila Templeton’s new poetry collection ‘Gaitherin,’ and Tim Turnbull’s short story collection, ‘Silence […]
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Bookends, The Launch of Benderloch’s Book Festival, 24 September, 2016
Saturday 24 September, 2016 3 p.m.– 6 p.m. The wood lined Victory hall will be transformed into a sumptious reading room for all of the community and the “new” venue will be launched by author and poet Kenneth Steven. Other authors participating include: Judy Fairbairns, Norman Bissell and Russell Campbell. The “Titles” competition is […]
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Monday, September 19, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Byres Road Book Festival, 23 – 26 September, 2016
Byres Road Book Festival 2017 New Glasgow West End Book Festival Fabulous Programme with a range of writers, poets, performers and activities over four days at three separate venues. Oxfam Bookshop, Hillhead Library and Waterstones – all situated conveniently at at the top of Byres Road. Bookarama at Oxfam Book Shop During the festival Oxfam […]
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 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
10 Billion: What’s on your Plate? Saturday 17 September, 2016.
Sat 17 September 2016 7pm, £6 (£4.50), Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Take One Action Film Festival Thu 15 September — Sun 25 September 2016 Dir. Valentin Thurn, Germany, 2015, 102mins With the world population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, how will the world feed itself? Amidst […]
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Friday, September 16, 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
Shadow World + Q&A (N/C 15+) GFT Wednesday 21 September
Stirring documentary exposing the global arms trade Wednesday 21 September (17.50) Running time: 1h33m This visually dazzling exploration of the global arms trade exists at the crossroads where art, documentary, history and politics intersect. In exposing how the business of war has fostered corruption, dictated economic and foreign policies and undermined our democratic institutions, Shadow […]
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Mary Irvine’s blog: Broken Threads by Mary Edward
‘Who Belongs to Glasgow’ The Leven Litts Writers Group recently welcomed the author Mary Edward to speak on ‘Historical Research’ – with particular reference to her book, ‘Who Belongs to Glasgow?’, recently updated. We heard of primary and secondary sources and the caveats associated with ‘history’. Mary speaks very fluently and entertainingly with subtle humour […]
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Get Active on Byres Road, European Mobility Week, 17 and 18 September, 2016
Mark Beaumont – Hillhead Library, 17 September 12 noon – 2 p.m. Mark Beaumont the cyclist, adventurer, broadcaster, documentary maker and author will talk about his travels, discuss his book with Q and A Session. Hillhead Library – 348 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP Book tickets (free) 18th September – Get Active Programme Information […]
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Walls, Glasgow Screening, CCA, 22 September, 2016
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Join the UK’s leading social change film festival for the Scottish premiere of a portrait of division and common humanity. More than 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the appetite for erecting barriers between nations still remains: 41 walls currently divide communities, shutting out dialogue, feeding […]
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Wild Words Festival, Woodlands Community Garden, 2 October, 2016
They’ve got a great line up at Wild Words Harvest Festival on Sunday 2nd October. Taking place both at the Community Garden, 91-101 West Princes St, Glasgow G4 9BY and Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington Street, Glasgow, G4 9AJ www.woodlandscommunitygarden.org.uk/ Workshops 2 -6pm (free, registration from 1.30pm) Harvest Dinner 6.30-8.30pm (£6 adults, £3 children) Download Programme […]
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 | 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, Woodlands Community
Mary Irvine’s Blog: Catching Up with Writing, Re-Writing and Helensburgh Writers Group
A Year In Spetses Have been having quite a busy time of late so will pass on a few of my activities and then I can concentrate on t’other things in my life. My regulars (Hi Linda, Hi sis!, Hi Evelyn) will no doubt be wondering if I’ve fallen out with Greece as I don’t […]
Monday, September 12, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Hugh McIlvanney In Conversation with Graham Spiers, OranMor, Thursday 29 September, 2016
OranMor, 731 – 735 Great Western Road, G12 8QX £12 – £14 Thursday 29 September, 2016 7.30 p.m. 08444 771 000 Book Online at Ticketweb Once described as “the greatest sportswriter in the English-speaking world”, Hugh McIlvanney is garlanded with awards and held in as high regard by those he has written about as by […]
Saturday, September 10, 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 Dead Don’t Boogie by Douglas Skelton, Book Launch, Waterstones Argyle St 8 September, 2016
The first Dominic Queste thriller will be unleashed in paperback in September. Come along and enjoy author Douglas Skelton being verbally mangled by the inimitable Caro Ramsay Thursday 8 September, 2016 Waterstones, 174 – 176 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BT www.douglasskelton.com/ You can also catch Douglas Skelton on 23 September, Murder With A Smile at […]
Tuesday, September 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
In Process Masterclass with Louise Welsh, Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA, 11 October, 2016
CCA Tue 11 October 2016 7pm, £6 (£3/Free to SWC Members) on the door, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Glasgow-based Louise Welsh, award-winning author. has written six novels, produced many short stories and articles, written for radio and stage, including The Devil Inside – a libretto for opera. Louise was writer in residence for The […]
Sunday, September 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
Scottish Writers’ Centre,In a Cloud of Seabirds: The Art of Collaborating Tue 27 September 2016
CCA Tue 27 September 2016 7pm, £6 (£3/Free to SWC Members), Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 In a Cloud of Seabirds: The Art of Collaborating with Artist/Illustrator, Douglas Robertson As an artist, Douglas Robertson has been using the written and spoken word extensively in his work for over twenty years. Through collaborations with poets, past […]
St Mungo’s Mirrorball Showcase CCA – 6 October, 2016
CCA 7pm, £5 on the door, Clubroom All ages 0141 352 4900 A National Poetry day celebration of the life and work of George Mackay Brown on the 20th anniversary of his death with readings and contributions from Mirrrorball members. George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author […]
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Aye Write: Peter Hook, Substance, 6th October, 2016
6th Oct 2016 • 6:30PM – 7:30PM • Mitchell Theatre Peter Hook, founding member of Joy Division and New Order talks about his new book Substance: Inside New Order Peter Hook, founding member of Joy Division and New Order talks about his new book Substance: Inside New Order. The book is a no-holds-barred, comprehensive account […]
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Disappearing Glasgow Exhibition, Chris Leslie,Glasgow School of Art– 17 September until 2 October, 2016.
Preview 16 September. Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building, Renfrew Street, G3 The skyline of Glasgow has been radically transformed as high rise tower blocks have been blown down and bulldozed. Does this Disappearing Glasgow herald a renaissance in the city? Photographer and filmmaker Chris Leslie is widely acknowledged as the most consistent chronicler of […]
Kevin Cadwallender, Last Monday at Rio, 29 August, 2016
Last Monday, Open Mic at Rio, Partick 29 August, 2016 Kevin Cadwallender airs the verbal stylings at The Rio this month. Living proof that whatever happened to the likely lads was liable to turn out strange. Open mic session before the Mighty K does his bit. Just say please! Cairns comperes. 27 Hyndland Street, G11 […]
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Sunday, August 28, 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
Poetry, West Brewery Bar and Restaurant, Tuesday 6 September, 2016
COME EAST TO WEST on Tuesday 6th September, at West Brewery Bar and Restaurant in The Hop Room at 7.30, FREE Bringing poetry and music to Glasgow’s East End, the line up is me,Mary Thomson, reading from my recent pamphlets ‘Alphabetical Order’ and ‘East End’, Charlie Gracie with his new pamphlet and then contributions from […]
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 | 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
Gifford Lectures 2016, University of Glasgow
Gifford Lectures 2016: Sean Carroll – The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself Gifford Lectures Date: Wednesday 19 October 2016 – Thursday 27 October 2016 Time: 17:30 – 19:30 Venue: Bute Hall and Hunter Halls Category: Public lectures Speaker: Sean Carroll Downloads: Abstracts for the Gifford Lectures 2016 There […]
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Thursday, August 25, 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 Five STEPS to a Winning Mindset, Professor Damian Hughes 14 September, 2016 Waterstones Sauchiehall Street
14 September, 2016 Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW In The Five STEPS to a Winning Mindset, Professor Damian Hughes, the acclaimed author of Liquid Thinking and How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson, draws on both his life time experience and academic background within sport, organisation and change psychology to reveal the best […]
Stuart Cosgrove, Young Soul Rebels –Northern Soul Event The Admiral Bar Sat 27 August, 2016
August’s DIVINE is a northern soul special of epic proportions! The Admiral Bar is very proud to welcome Stuart Cosgrove to launch his personal history of northern soul “YOUNG SOUL REBELS” in Glasgow, with a reading, a Q&A session, a book signing AND an exclusive guest DJ set at the club night Doors open at […]
Scottish Writers’ Centre Silence and Other Stories with Tim Turnbull CCA Tue 13 September 2016
Scottish Writers’ Centre Silence and Other Stories with Tim Turnbull Tue 13 September 2016 CCA 7pm, £6 (£3/Free for SWC Members) on the door, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 In the last five years, Tim Turnbull has made a transition from writer and performer of poems to short story writer, with a brief excursion into […]
Botanic Concrete Website Launch Thu 8 September 2016 Project Cafe
Botanic Concrete Website Launch Re-imagining Garnethill Thu 8 September 2016 6pm, Free but ticketed, at The Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew St All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Botanic Concrete has developed a new website for sharing community actions and tools for reimagination. The website will not only record the events and initiatives proposed […]
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Scottish Writers’ Centre Three Poets – Three Languages of Scotland, CCA Tue 30 August 2016
Scottish Writers’ Centre Three Poets – Three Languages of Scotland Tue 30 August 2016 7pm, £6 (£3) on the door, Free to SWC Members, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Scottish Writers’ Centre Silence and Other Stories with Tim Turnbull Tue 13 September 2016 Sheila Templeton, Maggie Rabatski and A.C. Clarke read and […]
AH Proctor, Byres Road Book Festival, Hillhead Library 26 September, 2016
Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist is a story about witches and dragons. As with all good fairy stories, there is the balance of good and evil. Come along and hear AH Proctor read Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist – 3 to 4 p.m. Hillhead Library,348 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP0141 276 1617
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Book Launch: ‘And When I Die’ Russell D McLean, Waterstones Argyle St, 2 September, 2016
Book Launch: And When I Die, Russel D McLean Waterstones Argyle St 2 September 2016 Join us at Waterstones Argyle Street in Glasgow to celebrate the launch of AND WHEN I DIE, Russel’s first Glasgow-based crime thriller. Free entry, but do please let us know if you’re coming so we can get in enough wine […]
Wednesday, August 24, 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
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Waterstones Sauchiehall St, Friday 26 August
With author Ian Doescher Waterstones, 153 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW Come along for a night of Star Wars Shakespeare fun with author Ian Doescher as he reads from his series of Shakespeare Star Wars books and signs copies. We have a prize for those who really get into the spirit and dress up […]
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Tuesday, August 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
PEOPLE WHO WORK: A Creative Writing Workshop with Brian Whittingham 20 September, 2016
PEOPLE WHO WORK: A Creative Writing Workshop with Brian Whittingham Spend the day learning and writing about what ‘Clydebuilt’ means amidst the shipbuilding heritage at the former working world of the Titan Crane. Titan Enterprise Office and Titan Crane: http://www.titanclydebank.com/get-directions.aspx Tuesday 20th September 2016 10:00 – 12:00: Presentation and seminar on the working history of […]
Thursday, August 18, 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
