Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events.

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Books, talks and poetry events. Glasgow has everything on offer for lovers of literature, including major book festivals, book launches, poetry slams and spoken word open mics.

Plenty to choose from with events showcasing new talent as well as acclaimed writers and poets.

Events and New Books To Watch Out For

Our Boys: rehearsed reading, Old Hairdressers, 25 May, 2016

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25 May, 2016 – 7 -p.m. Free Rehearsed reading of a one hour play with short discussion after. All female production. “Absolutely brilliant. Really tense, morally complex, so many shades of grey… I actually had goosebumps at points.” Alan Bissett. Written by Magi Gibson, directed by Sacha Kyle, with Anita Vetesse, Michele Gallagher and Nalini […]

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This Changes Everything – CCA 7 May, 2016

This Changes Everything: An Avi Lewis Film of the book by Naomi Klein Sat 7 May 2016 CCA 6pm, Free and ticketed, Theatre All Ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? ‘This Changes Everything’ is an epic […]

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Overheard in the West End, Talented Barstewards, Siempre Cafe, Thursday 5 May, 2016

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Overheard in the West End Hosted by Traffic Cone Records 5 May, 2016 – 7 p.m. Siempre Bicycle Cafe – Partick Free Talented Barstewards Tales from across the bar from the people who sell you refreshments and sometimes even refuse you booze. What goes on in their tender little bar tender heads while you party […]

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My Bonnie Scotland, Jim Ferguson, 19 May, 3016, The Clutha

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Tapsalteerie Press cordially invite one and all to the launch party for ‘My Bonnie Scotland’: a new pamphlet of poems by Jim Ferguson. The Clutha, Thursday 19th May, 2016 – 7.00 p.m. With guest readers Calum Rodger and Kathryn Metcalfe (other poets and music to be announced). An evening of serious enjoyment. Signed copies of […]

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Glasgow Launch, The Waves Burn Bright 19 May, 2016 Waterstones Byres Road

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 Glasgow Launch, The Waves Burn Bright by Iain Maloney Thu May 19 at 7:30 PM Waterstones Byres Road        ‘The Glasgow launch of my third novel, The Waves Burn Bright, which is about a family coming to terms with the Piper Alpha disaster.’ Waterstones Byres Road, 351–355 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AU.

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TalkSeePhotography Geneva Sills CCA, 9 May, 2016

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TalkSeePhotography Geneva Sills Mon 9 May 2016 > 7pm, Free and unticketed, Cinema All Ages 0141 352 4900 CCA TSP’s May event presents photographic artist Geneva Sills. Sills explores the questionable nature of autobiography through highly aestheticised images which she stages carefully. Her practice is interwoven with historical and contemporary political concerns that playfully utilises […]

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St Mungo’s Mirrorball Poetry Showcase 1 CCA, Thursday 5 May, 2016

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St Mungo’s Mirrorball Poetry Showcase 1 Thu 5 May 2016 7pm, £5 (free to members), Tickets on the door, Clubroom All Ages 0141 352 4900 CCA A Poetry Showcase for the mentor and mentees of the Clydebuilt poets mentoring programme featuring the following: Gerry Cambridge: a poet, essayist and editor, with a substantial interest in […]

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Animal, Sara Pascoe, The Stand Comedy Club, 20 June, 2016

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Sara Pascoe is a human animal, and so are you. The show is a mixture of completely true stories about Tony Blair, Oedipus Rex and the wildlife of Lewisham, plus a load of stories that don’t sound true at all about Jason Donovan, Henry the Hoover and when God took over the tannoy in Sainsbury’s. […]

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For All, e-book published by Glasgow Film Theatre featuring Glasgow writers

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Glasgow Film Theatre is excited to announce the publication of For All, a free e-book exploring equality and featuring new work by Glasgow based writers, animators and musicians.   Funded by Creative Scotland’s Promoting Equalities Programme (PEP), and published by Ringwood Publishing, the book is the end product of GFT’s ‘For All’ project, which began […]

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Riverkeep by Martin Stewart, Book Launch, Waterstones Byres Road, Friday 29 April, 2016

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Waterstones, Glasgow – Byres RoadFriday 29th April 19:30 Martin Stewart’s debut fantasy novel – Riverkeep has been inspired by the rivermen of Glasgow and has already been compared to Game of Thrones, Gormenghast and Earthsea. Fifteen-year-old Wulliam is dreading taking up his family’s mantle of Riverkeep, tending the river and fishing corpses from its treacherous […]

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Cooking Pot – CCA until 30 April, 2016

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Cooking Pot CCA – Until Sat 30 April 2016 Related Events {group theory} / Michael Tyburski: Brooklyn Farmer Thu 21 January 2016 Alliance Francaise: Steak (R)Evolution Thu 28 January 2016 Slow Food Youth Network Scotland: Sensory Supper Thu 4 February 2016 MILK Cafe: A Night in Eritrea Fri 5 February 2016 Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability […]

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The East Dunbartonshire Comic Con Saturday 11 June, 2016.

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The East Dunbartonshire Comic Con Saturday 10 June, 2016 Raising Awareness for Autism Free entry Woodhill Evangelical Church30 Westercleddens RoadBishopbriggsGlasgowG64 2NH

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P.K. Lynch talking about her book Armadillos on the Ross Owen Show, listen tonight 15 April, 2016 at 8 p.m.

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Friday 15 April, 2016 – 8 p.m. www.therossowenshow.com/ P.K. Lynch is an actor and writer. Married to actor Robin Laing, she began her professional life playing Lizzie in the seminal film of the Irvine Welsh novel, Trainspotting, and has since worked internationally in stage, film, TV and radio.In 2011 she joined the MLitt Creative Writing […]

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Glasgow Zine Fest 30 April, 2016. Day of film screenings CCA

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Glasgow Zine Fest Sat 30 April 2016 CCA 1pm, Free but ticketed via Eventbrite  Cinema CCA All ages 0141 352 4900 Join Glasgow Zine Fest for a day of film screenings and talks about representation in DIY culture, featuring works from Gal-Dem.com and Free Pride Glasgow. Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 […]

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Picture Hooks Conference, Illustrating Children’s Books, 23 April,2016 CCA

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Picture Hooks Conference Sat 23 April 2016 CCA 10am – 4pm, £50 (£25 concessions) + £1 booking fee, Theatre Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Get the hang of illustrating Children’s Books. Leading children’s publishing experts and agents, together with award-winning illustrator Joel Stewart, offer insiders’ view of the industry. Now in its […]

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The Dust of Everyday Life is a free annual symposium on the arts, mental health, stigma, and social justice 2o April, 2016 CCA

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The Dust of Everyday Life Wed 20 April 2016 10am, Free but ticketed, Theatre/Cinema/Clubroom Ages: 14+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 CCA The Dust of Everyday Life is a free annual symposium on the arts, mental health, stigma, and social justice, programmed by the Mental Health Foundation and See Me and expanding on the […]

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Jacqueline Smith Inspiration from the Common Wealth of Writers to Boost Creativity Tuesday 19 April, 2016

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Jacqueline Smith Inspiration from the Common Wealth of Writers to Boost Creativity Tue 19 April 2016 CCA 7:30pm, Free and unticketed, Cinema Ages: 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 The launch of Jacqueline Smith’s ‘Inspiration from the Common Wealth of Writers to Boost Creativity’ will involve featured writers, e.g. Brian Whittingham, Liz Niven and […]

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An Anarchist’s Story – The Life of Ethel MacDonald, Film Screening STUC, Friday 29 April, 2016

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An Anarchist’s Story – The Life of Ethel MacDonald GMB Glasgow General Apex Branch have organised a free screening of ‘An Anarchist’s Story: The Life of Ethel MacDonald’ Original idea by Alison Murphy (Co-Producer). Produced & Directed by Mark Littlewood of Pelicula Films.  Screenplay written by  Chris Dolan who based his book of the same […]

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Stage to Page, The Tron, 18 April, 2016.

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Part of Talk Fest at Th Tron 18 – 23 April, 2016 Stage to Page is a voluntary collective of writers, directors and actors who meet monthly to conduct short public workshops of scenes from brand new plays. This lively exploration of new writing is an opportunity for writers to be actively involved in an […]

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Book Sale Oxfam Byres Road until Friday

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Fifty percent off selected books. Pop in for a browse. Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road, 330 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP ‘Our bookshop is located at the top of Byres Road, in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. We have a large selection of quality books, in categories ranging from up-to-date academic subjects to high quality […]

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Fail Better, Tent Town Logic, McChuills, 14 April, 2016

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Tent Town Logic ‘Shut the hostels, fill the night shelters, harras the beggars, arrest the homeless, and when people find their own solutions to the problem you created, search them, infiltrate them, evict them! That’s GCC logic. Go down to George Sqr and you’ll find a camp of people who are without homes and who […]

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Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood Poetry Reading Q and A with Hollie McNish review Calum Maclean

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The Mitchell Library 17/3/16 Aye Write 2016 I was really looking forward to this festival appearance, and happily was not disappointed.  Hollie McNish is one of my favourite poets.  Her verse tackles subjects as diverse as racism, politics, gender, hypocrisy, love and family, but the focus in her latest collection Nobody Told Me is on […]

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The Big Glasgow Comic & Craft Fair at The Trades Hall (DISNEY SPECIAL) Saturday, April 16, 201

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    The Big Glasgow Comic & Craft fair storms into 2016 by returning to The Prestigious Trades Hall. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. All of the fun and atmosphere of a Comic Con minus the pushing and queuing. Over 40 traders selling Comics, Graphic Novels, Crafts, Art, Old and New Figures, Funko Pop, Cupcakes, Bubble […]

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Carry on Sleuthing, Waterstones Argyle St, Friday, April 8, 2016

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Carry on Sleuthing Belayed by Murder        Friday, April 8, 2016 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM Waterstones Argyle St Help crack amateur sleuth Letitia Luvibod solve the murder of hated lawyer Hiram Grabbitt on board the SS Naughty Nigel. Sift through the evidence, hear the suspects speak, gasp in awe as the culprit is […]

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Kate Tempest – The Bricks that Built the Houses Aye Write The Mitchell Library 14 April, 2018

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Kate Tempest – The Bricks that Built the Houses Aye Write 14th Apr 2016  •  6:30PM – 7:30PM    Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Award-winning poet and rapper Kate Tempest will be reading from and discussing her electrifying debut novel, The Bricks that Built the Houses. Award-winning poet and rapper Kate Tempest will be […]

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Irvine Welsh –The Blade Artist, 5 April, 2015, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

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Aye Write Irvine Welsh –The Blade Artist 5th Apr 2016  •  6:30PM – 7:30PM  •  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Irvine Welsh will be at Aye Write to re-introduce us to Trainspotting’s most infamous and terrifying character, Francis Begbie in his new novel, The Blade Artist. Can it really be twenty years since Trainspotting? Yes indeed […]

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Celebrating 10 Years of Red Squirrel Press, Tuesday 12 April, 2016 CCA

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Celebrating 10 Years of Red Squirrel Press Tuesday 12th April 2016: CCA Club Room @7pm Red Squirrel Press is celebrating its tenth anniversary with readings from four new publications:  Anne Connolly’s latest full-length poetry, ‘A Ravel of Yarns’, Andy Jackson’s latest full-length poetry collection, ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Cheating’, Chris Powici’s debut full-length poetry collection, […]

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