The Children’s Wood Fundraiser, 22 March, 2016 – The Project Cafe
Sustainable Futures Fundraiser Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM The Project Cafe134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 Join us for music, poetry, cheese and wine to fundraiser for The Childrens Woods new part time paid positions. We are fundraising for our Sustainable Futures Project to allow our grassroots community work […]
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, North Kelvin Meadow and Children's Wood, Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Aye Write! Paul Mason and Nick Srnicek – Postcapitalism 19 March, 2016.
19th Mar 2016 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Session on Postcapitalism with two highly respected speakers chaired by Lesley Riddoch. Paul Mason is one of Britain’s most recognisable voices on the economy, culture and politics. He is the award-winning Economics Editor of Channel 4 News. In his ground-breaking book, […]
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Aye Write! What I Learned From Johnny Bevan – Luke Wright review by Calum Maclean
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan Written and Performed by Luke Wright Live at the Mitchell Library 10/3/16 Aye Write 2016 A small audience is a strange thing. On one level I feel a sense of disappointment, even anger, that more people haven’t taken the time to support the artist. But on another there is […]
Monday, March 14, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Calum Maclean – poet and aspiring writer, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Weegie Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, CCA,
Guest is Catherine Simpson Wednesday, 16 March, 2016 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM CCA, Saramago Bar Catherine Simpson’s debut novel,Truestory, was published last September by Sandstone Press. Catherine is a journalist who didn’t start to write fiction until her mid-forties when she did an Open University diploma in Creative writing followed by an MA at […]
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James Robertson, 14 March, 2016, Creative Conversations University of Glasgow Chapel 1 p.m.
Creative Conversations – University of Glasgow Chapel James Robertson is a poet and award-winning novelist. He is also a publisher of poetry and of children’s books in Scots which provide a lively introduction to Scots-language literary heritage. James Robertson was Writer in Residence at Brownsbank Cottage, former home of Hugh MacDiarmid from 1993-1995, and was […]
Saturday, March 12, 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
Jenni Fagan, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow Chapel 21 March, 2016 1 p.m.
Creative Conversations Jenni Fagan’s debut novel, The Panopticon, received widespread critical acclaim in the UK and abroad and was included in the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s First Book Award. Fagan is a prize-winning poet and has twice been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. She has been on lists for The Sunday Times Short Story […]
Jason Wood and Ian Haydn Smith Aye Write! New British Cinema, 12 March, 2016
13.30 – 14.30 £9 The Mitchell Theatre, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Over the past couple of years the success of British films at international film festivals, as well as the numerous awards bestowed on films such as 12 Years a Slave, have demonstrated that British cinema has undergone a genuine renaissance. Film-makers […]
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Friday, March 11, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Chris Dolan, Vagabond Underground, Yes Bar, 29 March, 2016 (date change from 22nd)
Chris Dolan Vagabond Underground Moved to 29 March, 2016 Yes Bar Scheduling conflicts have forced us to move our 22 March Vagabond Underground featuring Chris Dolan to Tuesday, 29 March. As before, the event will start at 7 p.m. in the cellar of Glasgow’s Yesbar and is free for all to attend. Chris Dolan is the prizewinning author […]
Aye Write! James Kelman, Kirsty Lusk, Sean Bell – Scotland and the Easter Rising, 17 March, 2016
Thursday 17th Mar 2016 • 7:30PM – 8:30PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join this distinguished panel of contributors for a debate about the Scottish contribution to the Easter Rising. Chaired by Professor Willy Maley. £9 Buy tickets online 0141 353 8000
Steve Orlando – The Midnighter Saturday 19 March, 2016. Outspoken Arts
Steve Orlando – The Midnighter Saturday 19 March, Mitchell Library, Granville Street, Glasgow G3 7DN 1:30 PM Outspoken Arts Scotland & Unthank Comics presents: STEVE ORLANDO (USA) – THE MIDNIGHTER Steve Orlando’s first book ever was poorly drawn, in a fifth-grade classroom, pencils on Xerox paper, and featured a doughboy with superpowers, and names changed […]
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, LGBT Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Jack & John Sutherland – Stars, Cars & Crystal Meth, 13 March, 2016 Aye Write!
13th Mar 2016 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM Mitchell Library,North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join father and son as they discuss this extraordinary book about Jack’s (mis) adventures as a Hollywood PA.Jack & John Sutherland – Stars, Cars & Crystal Meth Jack Sutherland has led a truly remarkable life. A confirmed alcoholic in his early […]
Sarah Turner & Chitra Ramaswamy – The Lowdown on Motherhood, 19 March, 2016. Aye Write!
19th Mar 2016 • 12:00PM – 1:00PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Sarah Turner and Chitra Ramaswamy write candidly about motherhood like it really is.Sarah Turner & Chitra Ramaswamy – The Lowdown on Motherhood Sarah Turner (The Unmumsy Mum) writes candidly about motherhood like it really is andhow it is sometimes absolutely […]
Tom Blass and Donald Murray – North Sea Tales, 13 March, 2016. Aye Write!
Tom Blass & Donald Murray – North Sea Tales 13th Mar 2016 • 3:00PM – 4:00PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Two books that discuss different aspects of the formidable North Sea. Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is a playground, a theatre of war and a cultural crossing-point, it has […]
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The Bookshop Band, Aye Write! 11 March, 2016.
The Bookshop Band 11th Mar 2016 • 7:30PM – 8:30PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Performing at Aye Write! for the first time, The Bookshop Band. They are Ben Please and Beth Porter, who write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops and at book festivals. Their performances are inextricably […]
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Freedom from Slavery 18:00 March 06th, 2016 CCA
Louise Welsh, novelist, and Jude Barber, architect will be joined by poet Dorothea Smartt, theatre maker Cora Bisset and Aidan McQuade, head of the Anti-Slavery Alliance, for an evening of thought-provoking discussion and performance. In 2014, novelist Louise Welsh and architect Jude Barber curated The Empire Café (www.empire-café.org), an exploration of Scotland’s relationship with the […]
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Aye Write! Federation of Writers – Scotland – Sudden Fame, 13 March, 2016
Sudden Fame 13th Mar 2016 6:00 p.m. – 8:30p.m. Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN The Federation of Writers ( Scotland) presents ‘Sudden Fame’, a spoken word event where members of the Federation of Writers, the public and members of writers’ groups are provided with an opportunity to perform a selection of their work […]
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In Conversation with Ajay Close, Glasgow Women’s Library, Thursday 10 March, 2016
In Conversation with Ajay Close Glasgow Women’s Library Thursday 10th March, 2016 6pm to 7.30pm: Ajay Close will talk about her novel A Petrol Scented Spring with Donna Moore. Ajay’s captivating novel looks at a turbulent time in Scottish suffragette history and portrays the real people on both sides of the Scottish struggle for votes […]
Aye Write! Louis de Bernières – Of Love and Desire, 11 March, 2016
11th Mar 2016 • 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN The author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin will be reading from his new collection of love poems, Of Love and Desire. Louis de Bernières – Of Love and Desire A warm welcome back to Aye Write! to the bestselling author of […]
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Aye Write! Murdering the Genre, Graeme Macrae Burnet and Peter Arnott, 5 March, 2016
Murdering the Genre Graeme Macrae Burnet and Peter Arnott Tuesday, March 15, 2016 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, Glasgow G3 7DA I’ll be appearing at Aye Write! with playwright and novelist Peter Arnott to discuss our murderous approach to the crime genre. Peter’s new novel Moon […]
Bad Samaritan by Michael J Malone, Book Launch at Waterstones, Argyle Street, Thursday 25 March, 2016
Bad Samaritan by Michael J Malone. Book Launch Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 7 p.m. Waterstones Argyle St, 174-176 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BT DI Ray McBain is back! And to celebrate, Michael J Malone will be in conversation with Theresa Talbot. ‘The event is free but please accept invitation on Facebook to let them […]
Wednesday, March 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
Book Launch: Alex Gray – The Darkest Goodbye Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, 3 March, 2016
Alex Gray – The Darkest Goodbye – Thursday 3 March, 2016 – 6.30 p.m. Waterstones Argyle St, 174-176 Argyle Street, GlasgowG2 8BT The Wait I Over Best selling and award winning author Alex Gray is back with us with her astoundingly fantastic new book. Don’t miss what is always a great event so book early […]
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Alex Gordon and Maggie Dun, Aye Write! The Heyday of Scottish Newspapers, 11 March 2016
11th Mar 2016 • 7:30PM – 8:30PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join Alex Gordon & Maggie Dun for a look behind the headlines of the biggest stories of the last fifty years in Scottish Journalism. Join us for a look behind the headlines of the biggest stories of the last fifty years […]
Liz Lochhead, Jim Carruth & Gerrie Fellows- The Hunterian Poems Aye Wrirte! 12 March, 2016
12th Mar 2016 • 7:30PM – 8:30PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN The Hunterian Poems collects works by Scotland’s national poets Liz Lochhead and Edwin Morgan and Glasgow’s poet laureate Jim Carruth along with many more of Scotland’s best poets Edited by Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, The Hunterian […]
The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas – Aye Write! 15 March, 2016.
David F. Ross with Bobby Bluebell, Theresa Talbot & Colin McCredie – The Rise & Fall of the Miraculous Vespas 15th Mar 2016 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Join David F.Ross, author of the critically acclaimed The Last Days of Disco for the launch of his new book. Join […]
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Wee Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival for Children and Young People, Families Day, 5 March, 2016
Wee Write! 2016 29 February – 5 March, 2016 Top picks for budding readers, writers & illustrators Glasgow’s Book Festival for Children & Young People is gearing up for a packed Families Day on 5 March 2016. Highlights at the Mitchell Library Include: award-winners like Chae Strathie previewing his latest book Gorilla Loves […]
Freight Books – Events at Aye Write! 2016
Freight has a great selection of authors at Aye Write! 2016 Events in the Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN www.freightbooks.co.uk James Yorkston (with Colin MacIntyre) Cult singer-songwriter James Yorkston reads from his acclaimed debut novel Three Craws with Mull Historical Society’s Colin MacIntyre – with music.Saturday 12th March, 7.30pm, £12 Book here Book online Douglas […]
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At St Mungo Mirrorball Poetry Events at Aye Write! 2016
Five wonderful events showcasing leading UK poets supported by the Mirrorball – two free events and another three subsidised events (£6 instead of £9) — All events at the Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN St Mungo’s Mirrorball – Poetry Open Mic Thursday 17 March 6:00PM – 7:00PM St Mungo’s Mirrorball, Glasgow’s Poetry Network […]
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Sinéad Morrissey – Prize Winning Poetry Aye Write! Mitchell Library, 18 March, 2016
Sinéad Morrissey – Prize Winning Poetry 18th Mar 2016 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Aye Write! welcomes TS Eliot Prize winner, Sinéad Morrissey.Sinéad Morrissey – Prize Winning Poetry Aye Write! welcomes TS Eliot Prize winner, Sinéad Morrissey, to read at the festival. Sinéad’s fifth collection of poems, Parallax, […]
Saturday, February 27, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Jim Carruth Introduces Helen Mort & Rebecca Perry, 17 March 2016 The Mitchell Library
Jim Carruth Introduces Helen Mort & Rebecca Perry 17th Mar 2016 • 7:30PM – 8:30PM Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, Jim Carruth, welcomes two distinctive new poetry voices to Aye Write!Jim Carruth Introduces Helen Mort & Rebecca Perry Glasgow’s Poet Laureate, Jim Carruth, welcomes two distinctive new poetry voices […]
Bee Rowlatt – In Search of Mary, Aye Write, The Mitchell 10 March, 2016
10th Mar 2016 • 6:00PM – 7:00PM • Mitchell Library North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Bee Rowlatt’s extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: Mary Wollstonecraft. Toddler in tow, Bee Rowlatt embarked on an extraordinary journey in search of the life and legacy of the first celebrity feminist: […]
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
