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

Stowaway, Platform, 19 and 20 February, 2016

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Stowaway is the new show from two-time Fringe First winners and “bright young things of British Theatre” (Observer). A Boeing 777 begins its descent towards Heathrow. The wheels unfold out of the belly of the plane. The frozen body of a stowaway is tipped out and cuts through the clear morning sky. In the car […]

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Independent State of Happiness‎ Wee Write! Big Gaelic Beasties / Biastagan Mòra na Gàidhlig! Saturday 5 March, 2016 The Mitchell

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Saturday 5 March, 2016. Mitchell Library, Glasgow G3 7DN      Part of Wee Write! After delivering hundreds of fun Contemporary Gaelic Arts Outreach workshops in Circus Skills, Storytelling, Drama & Graffiti Art in schools and communities across Scotland… Tha Ariel Killick ann an Glaschu airson Fèis Wee Write agus a’ tilleadh gu Ionad Sgeulachdan na […]

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Aye Write Programme 2016 – 10 March – 20 March.

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Aye Write Introduces New Strands Bringing Global Literary Talent To Glasgow Throughout 2016 Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival returns to the Mitchell Library on March 10 and runs until March 20, 2016, while Wee Write!, Glasgow’s Book Festival for Children and Young People, runs from February 29 to March 5, 2016.  The festival is more […]

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Paul Smith, Book Signing at The Lighthouse Wednesday 24 February, 2016.

Paul Smith set to return to Glasgow for event and book signing Britain’s foremost designer, Paul Smith, will travel to Glasgow later this month to talk to design students and young designers as well hold a public book signing.   On Wednesday, 24 February, Paul will return to The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Design and […]

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Rebus: A Question of Blood – adapted by Chris Dolan for BBC Radio 4

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Rebus: A Question Of Blood – Ian Rankin   Adapted by Chris Dolan Episode 1: Saturday 13 February 2.30PM Janice Forsyth Show PICK OF THE WEEK ‘kept me rigid throughout’ ‘plotting clear as crystal’ ‘resonant, foreboding, silkily plotted’ ‘Beautifully adapted by Chris Dolan, a brilliant writer in his own right’ (! honest) Radio Times PICK […]

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Scottish National Slam Championships, Saturday 13 February, 2016, The Tron

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Scottish National Slam Championships      Saturday, February 13, 2016 – 7:45 PM Tron Theatre This is the contest to be Scottish Poetry Slam Champion for the year. And the winner goes to Paris to represent Scotland in The World Series. Slam poetry is a thing of verve, wit, insight and heartache delivered in bite-size […]

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Cafe with Heart. Waterstones, Byres Road, 10 February, 2016.

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‘One in five – your risk of heart failure: what can we do about it?’ February 10th, 2016 – 7 p.m. With Prof John McMurray, University of Glasgow – Professor of Cardiology (Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences), School of Medicine. Free Event Come and join Prof John McMurray in conversation about Heart Failure: ‘One […]

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Love Words, Open Mic on the theme of Love, GoMA 11 February 2016

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Love Words – Open Mic Thursday, February 11, 2016 GoMA Royal Exchange Square, G1 3 AH  2:00 PM – 6:30 PM    Poems and Stories under the theme of Love Love Words is an event organised by the Federation of Writers (Scotland) and which takes place in GoMA Library in Royal Exchange Square on Thursday […]

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Stuart Cosgrove: Young Soul Rebels – A personal history of Northern Soul 11 March, 2016. Aye Write

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STUART COSGROVE   Young Soul Rebels:   A Personal History of Northern Soul   11 March, 2016. 18.00 – 19.00    £9   Well known from his many appearances on TV and Radio (especially his opinionated weekly stint on BBC Radio Scotland’s Off the Ball), Stuart Cosgrove is appearing at Aye Write! this year as […]

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Optograms, Launch of Stephen Watt’s New Pamphlet The Tron 11 February, 2016

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Launch of Optograms Stephen Watt’s new pamphlet collection The Tron  Thursday, February 11, 2016 8 PM   Tron Theatre 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB Stephen Watt – Poet

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Pádraig Ó Baoighill – ‘Rabbie Burns: The Link with Ireland’ CCA 16 February, 2016

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16 February, 2016 CCA Book Launch: ‘Rabbie Burns: An Nasc le hÉirinn’ (The Link with Ireland) Pádraig Ó Baoighill is an award winning Irish writer, journalist, and broadcaster who has more than twenty published books. His latest book, ‘Rabbie Burns: An Nasc le hÉirinn’ (The Link with Ireland). In this Irish language book, Pádraig explores […]

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St Mungo’s Mirrorball Showcase with Tom Leonard, 11 February, 2016

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CCA Thu 11 February 2016 7pm, Free and unticketed, Clubroom All ages 0141 352 4900 Tom Leonard (born 1944) is a Scottish poet, writer and critic. He is best known for his poems written in the Glaswegian dialect of Scots, particularly his Six Glasgow Poems and The Six O’Clock News. His work frequently deals with […]

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Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre 12 – 20 February 2016

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12 – 20 February, 2016 Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross PH16 5DR Telephone: 01796 484 626 www.pitlochry.org.uk The twelfth Winter Words Festival welcomes a wealth of literary talent to Pitlochry Festival Theatre.  Some of the performers include Gregor Fisher, Magnus Linklaker, Tam Dalyell, Ronnie Browne (The Corries), Malachy […]

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STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee: Before Stonewall– 4 February, 2016

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STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee: Before Stonewall Thu 4 February 2016 CCA 7.15pm, £3 + £1 booking fee, Cinema Ages 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 To celebrate LGBT History Month the STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee presents a screening of Before Stonewall. This film is a decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America from 1920s Harlem […]

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Submission Opportunity – Scottish Writers Centre

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Spring Speakeasy: In Partnership with Aye Write 2016 Thursday 10th March, 2016 6 p.m., The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN ‘Dust off those completed masterpieces and unfinished gems and join us as we toast the written word with readings in English, Gaelic, and Scots from some of the best new talent in Scotland. We’ll be celebrating the original […]

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Muriel Spark Lecture, Wednesday 17 February, 2016, The Hunterian

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Overtaking on the Inside: Muriel Spark’s ‘The Takeover’ Forty Years down the Line A chance to revisit Muriel Spark’s novel’ The Takeover’, forty years since its publication. Highly criticised upon release, this challenging read led to one reader proclaiming ‘What will Muriel Spark do next?’ The lecture by Willy Maley, Professor of Renaissance Studies at […]

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Robert Burns: Poems, Songs, Legacy. Free Online Course, University of Glasgow

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Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy About the course If you’ve ever welcomed in the New Year with a rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” or enjoyed a whisky and haggis on 25 January, you’re likely to be one of the thousands, nay millions, of fans of Robert Burns around the world. Now you can celebrate […]

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Picture Hooks Conference, CCA, 23 April, 2016

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Illustrating Children’s Books CCA Sat 23 April 2016 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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Hangover Special, Rally and Broad Stereo, Sunday 24 January, 2016

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Rally & Broad: The Hangover Special! (GLASGOW) Sunday 24 January, 2016 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Stereo Cafe Bar20 – 28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 6PH Tickets available at: www.eventbrite.co.uk The Hangover Specials are BACK! Our most popular concept, and one that is particularly well suited for January, these shows explore all things emotionally in […]

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Sessions at The Tron, 19 January, 2016

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Sessions at the Tron 19 January, 2016 8:30 PM Open Mic – Live Music, Spoken Word & Performance at the Vic Bar in the Tron Theatre. Free Entry.       Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB http://www.tron.co.uk

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

 “Rabbie the Man” (Not your usual Burns Supper) 23 January, 2016

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“Rabbie the Man” (Not your usual Burns Supper) The Singl-end Saturday 23rd January, 2016 at 7p.m. (doors 6.30p.m.) If you’re looking for something different from your usual Burns Supper but still want some of the favourites then come along. Songs such as ” My Love is Like  a Red Red Rose” Ae Fond Kiss, plus […]

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Creative Lab Samuel Hasler – Arse Thomas CCA Wednesday 20 January, 2016

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Wed 20 January 2016 CCA 7pm, Free and unticketed, Creative Lab All ages 0141 352 490 This evening will be a short talk and presentation of some of Samuel Hasler’s new writing. Arse Thomas is a work in progress, a reading based on the poetry of R.S Thomas. The reading, like the title, is a […]

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Fail Better: justify yer art/anger/chips, McChuills, 14 January, 2016

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FAIL BETTER: Justify yer art/anger/chips  Thursday, January 14, 2016    8 PM McChuills    Come see some art and argue about whether it has a moral responsibility to you [or responsible morals]. [Or whether your anger should be recognised. Or your class. Oh, and if your class matters. But class doesn’t exist anyway so that’s […]

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An audience with Peter May 18 January, 2016 The Mitchell Library

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Aye Write! Presents an audience with Peter May 18th Jan 2016  •  1:00PM – 2:00PM   The  Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Award winning Peter May joins us at the Mitchell Library to discuss his new novel Coffin Road. Part of the Aye Write! Presents series. From Peter May, the author of the top […]

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Meet Joe Wicks Waterstones Sauchiehall Street 21 January, 2016

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Meet Joe Wicks Waterstones Sauchiehall Street 21 January, 2016  6 p.m. The Body Coach himself, Joe Wicks, will be joining us to sign copies of his new guide to a healthy lifestyle, Lean In 15. 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW https://www.waterstones.com/events/search/shop/glasgow-sauchiehall-

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The Arts and Precarity: Forging New Solidarities, 22 January, 2016

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The Arts and Precarity: Forging New Solidarities          Friday, January 22, 2016  7 p.m.      Kinning Park Complex Register here This event combines radical cabaret with a day of academic-artist-activist workshop discussions. Programmed in Glasgow’s Kinning Park Complex, an autonomous, resident-led social centre, the event will bring together a transnational network of […]

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CCA: Liz Lochhead Masterclass, 19 January, 2016

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Scottish Writers’ Centre In Process Masterclass with Scots Makar Liz Lochhead CANCELLED Tue 19 January 2016 CCA 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions) + £1 booking fee, Free to SWC members, Clubroom Ages 18+ Book Online / 0141 352 4900 Liz Lochhead was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire in 1947. She wrote her first poem, ‘The Visit’, after […]

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Invisible Knowledge: Talk by Althea Greenan, CCA 29 January, 2016

CCA Fri 29 January 2016 6pm, Free but ticketed, Clubroom Ages 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Invisible Knowledge Fri 29 January — Tue 9 February 2016 In the first of a series of events on archives the Invisible Knowledge group invites Althea Greenan, researcher and archivist at the MAKE library […]

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