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

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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Burns and Sangs, Muse at St Louis 27 January, 2016

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St Louis Partick St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD

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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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Working in Music Conference, Musicians’ Union, The Mitchell 14 and 15 January, 2016

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Working in Music: The Musicians’ Union, musical labour and employment. Mitchell Library, Glasgow, 14 and 15 January 2016. The conference to mark the end of the project will take place at the Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th January 2016. Further information: programme, speakers, registration. North St, Glasgow […]

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Jon Ronson Aye Write 4 February, 2016

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Aye Write! Presents Jon Ronson – So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed 4th Feb 2016  •  6:30PM – 7:30PM  •  Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Jon will be here talking about the updated paperback version of his powerful and hilarious, yet deeply honest book about modern life, full of eye-opening truths about the escalating war on human […]

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Writers in Scotland – Tweet Pitch Your Work To XPONORTH– 6 January, 2016

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On Wednesday 6th January 2016 tweet pitch your work to a panel of agents and publishers at XPONORTH Emergents / XPONorth is offering writers across Scotland the chance to deliver on their creative resolutions for 2016 in one tweet, with a twitter pitch event on 6th January! ‘On Wednesday 6th January 2016, XPONorth is opening […]

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Transgender Lives: Creative Writing Workshop Glasgow

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Transgender Lives: Creative Writing Workshop Glasgow Sunday, January 10, 2016 @ 13:30 – 16:30 p.m. LGBT Health and Wellbeing Glasgow FREE Have you ever wanted to tell your story? We’re running a free, fun and supportive creative writing workshop to support you to feel more confident in talking about your experience of being trans or […]

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Swung GFT Monday 4 January 2016

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Swung at GFT Colin Kennedy’s adaptation of Ewan Morrison’s acclaimed Glasgow novel. Monday 4 January (20.30) How far would you go to save your relationship? In Colin Kennedy’s adaptation of Ewan Morrison’s acclaimed Glasgow novel, David is discovering that erectile dysfunction means always having to say you are sorry. Journalist girlfriend Alice is willing to […]

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The Magical Life of The Short Story, Jane Archer CCA , 5 January, 2016

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Scottish Writers’ Centre The Magical Life of a Short Story with Jane Archer Tue 5 January 2016 CCA 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions) on the door, Free to SWC members, Clubroom Ages 18+ 0141 352 4900 The workshop is an opportunity to explore the creation and craft of short stories. The group will explore beginnings, middles, […]

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Pete Frame and Simon Frith in conversation with Dave Laing, University of Glasgow 13 Jan 2016

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Wednesday 13 January 2016 18:00 – 20:00 University of Glasgow Library – Hillhead Street. Glasgow. G12 8QE GB Public lectures Pete Frame and Simon Frith in conversation with Dave Laing FREE Register for the event To mark the launch of the Pete Frame and Simon Frith archives at the University of Glasgow, Pete and Simon […]

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Extreme drug discovery: finding new medicines from extreme environments , Prof Marcel Jaspars, 6 January 2016

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The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow LecturesStrathclyde University, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG Wed 6 Jan 2016 Free / 0141 548 3444 Extreme drug discovery: finding new medicines from extreme environments Prof Marcel Jaspars, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Aberdeen. Informed, Intelligent talk and Discussion If you enjoy listening, discussing, debating, intellectual challenge, […]

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Theresa Talbot’s debut novel ‘Penance’

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Inspired by the girls of Glasgow’s Magdalene Institution in Maryhill Theresa talks about her book: In 1958 Glasgow’s Magdalene Institution in Maryhill was closed-down after the inmates staged a 3 day ‘riot’. The girls of Lochburn House claimed they were beaten, doused in freezing water and verbally and emotionally abused. The riot consisted of a […]

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow: Writing Fiction: the short story 12/o1/16 – 15.03.16

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Writing fiction: the short story  12/01/16 – 15/03/16 Tuesdays 19.00 – 21.00   Tutor: Alan McMunnigall This course will focus on the discussion of students’ writing and will look at a range of approaches to the creation of fiction. Literary techniques will be examined in order for students to use them to develop their own […]

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From Page to Opera Stage: ‘The Devil Inside’ Prof Louise Welsh and Stuart MacRae Wednesday, 13 January 2016

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From Page to Opera Stage: ‘The Devil Inside’ Prof Louise Welsh and Stuart MacRae Wednesday, 13 January 2016 from 17:30 to 19:30 Free Event   Register online Seminar Rooms A&B Sir Charles Wilson Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 World Premier Event at the Theatre Royal From Page to Opera Stage: ‘The Devil Inside’ Prof Louise Welsh […]

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Scottish Writers’ Centre Have Yourself a Literary Christmas, 22 December, 2015

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Scottish Writers’ Centre Have Yourself a Literary Christmas Tue 22 December 2015 CCA 7pm, Free, Clubroom Ages 18+ Hosted by Robin Cairns. It’s that time of year again and we’re rocking the SWC Christmas Party with live readings from our members and guest host, Robin Cairns. Please join us, bring along something to read, perform, […]

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Tinsel Tales, GoMA Thursday, December 17, 2015

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        Tinsel Tales Thursday, December 17, 2015 2 PM – 6 PM Gallery of Modern Art        Created for Federation of Writers (Scotland) GoMA Library Glasgow Federation of Writers (Scotland) are holding our usual Christmas event at GoMA on 17 December.Slots and places fill up fast so please book early! To book yours anytime […]

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Sunset Song Various dates between 12 November and 17 December GFT

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Sunset SongCTBC Various dates between Thursday 12 November and Thursday 17 December GFT Buy tickets online Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel comes to the screen in this long-awaited adaptation from peerless British director Terence Davies. In the fictional Aberdeenshire town of Kinraddie, Chris Guthrie works on her father’s farm, struggling to reconcile her desire for […]

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Eveline Pye, The Rio, Middle Monday, Monday 14 December, 2015

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Middle Monday The Rio Monday, 14 December, 2015 8 PM The Rio Cafe Evelyn Pye headlines at The Rio this Middle Monday. A series of poems comprising statistics, Africa, hippos and locusts. First hour is mic of the open variety. What do you say? Cairns comperes. The Rio Cafe27 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5QF   Event […]

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Loud Poets: Jagged Little Poet Thursday, December 17, 2015 Broadcast

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 Loud Poets: Jagged Little Poet  Thursday, December 17, 2015    7:30 PM Broadcast427 Sauchiehall Street,  Glasgow G2 3LG WHO’S READY FOR POETRY!! We here at Loud Poets are excited to bring you another night of spoken word brilliance, our last before the new year (cue pantomime gasps) It’ll be a night so good Alanis Morissette might […]

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