Meg Rosoff, Aye Write! 19 March, 2016.
Meg Rosoff – Jonathan Unleashed 19th Mar 2016 • 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mitchell Librar, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Her first novel, How I Live Now, sold over one million copies and was recently made into a film. Meg will be discussing her first novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed. Meg Rosoff grew up in (a […]
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Limmy – ‘Daft Wee Stories’ Aye Write! 2016 Friday 11 March.
LIMMY Daft Wee Stories 11 March, 2016 19.30 – 20.30 £10 Daft Wee Stories is Limmy’s first book. It is a collection of stories. There are short stories. There are longer stories. There are stupid stories. There are thoughtful stories. There are upside-down stories. There are normal-way-up stories. There […]
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Saturday, February 20, 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
St Mungo Mirrorball Poetry Open Mic Aye Write 17 March, 2016
ST MUNGO’S MIRRORBALL POETRY OPEN MIC Aye Write! Thursday 17 March, 2016 18.00 – 19.00 p.m. Glasgow’s Poetry Network host their popular open mic session, an opportunity for budding and established poets to read their own work. So whether you have a number of poetry collections out or are reading […]
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Everything I Bought and How It Made Me Feel: Glasgow
Everything I Bought and How It Made Me Feel: Glasgow Sunday 21 February, 2016 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM The Glad Cafe Tickets £6 Book at Buy tickets online Harry’s got a problem. Maybe you do too. He keeps buying things to feel better, but they just make him more miserable. So he […]
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Louise Welsh at Aye Write! introducing Andrew Michael Hurley and Lorna Gibb 19 March, 2016
Louise Welsh introduces Andrew Michael Hurley and Lorna Gibb 19 March, 2016. 4.30 – 5.30 p.m. The Mitchell, Louise Welsh introduces two debuts with a gothic feel. In Andrew Michael Hurley’s The Loney, two brothers and their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the Loney every year. […]
Stuart Cosgrove, Aye Write! 11 March, 2016.
Stuart Cosgrove Young Rebel Soul 11 March, 2016 6 p.m. Well known from his many appearance 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 the author of Young Soul Rebels a compelling and intimate story of Northern […]
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Aye Write! Tasha Kavanagh and Laura Powell Saturday 12 March, 2016
Unsettling, Obsessive Fiction 12.00 – 13.00 Saturday 12 March, 2016 £6 A pair of eerie and deeply moving novels that will appeal to fans of books that leave you emotionally drained and just a little bit spooked. Tasha Kavanagh was shortlisted for the 2015 COSTA First Novel Award for Things We Have in Common, a […]
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The Science of Dr Who, Wee Write! The Mitchell, 5 March, 2016
5th Mar 2016 • 3:30PM – 4:30PM • Mitchell Library Take a fun-filled journey through the fantastic worlds of The Doctor.The Science of Doctor Who Space and time, Cybermen and Daleks, Utopias and killer computers: take a fun-filled journey through the fantastic worlds of The Doctor.With raps, facts and much merriment and mirth, join author […]
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Noir at the Bar, Aye Write! 13 March, 2016, The Mitchell
Part of Aye Write! 13th Mar 2016 Time 7:30pm – 9:00pm Based on a popular format imported from the States, Noir at the Bar Glasgow is delighted to bring its occasionally chaotic, always entertaining series of author appearances – along with a special pop-up bar – to Aye Write and the Mitchell Library. Run by […]
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Thursday, February 18, 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
Stowaway, Platform, 19 and 20 February, 2016
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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Wednesday, February 17, 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, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Independent State of Happiness Wee Write! Big Gaelic Beasties / Biastagan Mòra na Gàidhlig! Saturday 5 March, 2016 The Mitchell
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 […]
Aye Write Programme 2016 – 10 March – 20 March.
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
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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Wednesday, February 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
Big Glasgow Comic and Craft Fair, The Trades Hall, 13 February, 2016
Trades Hall Of Glasgow 84 Glassford Street, Glasgow G1 1UH
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Scottish National Slam Championships, Saturday 13 February, 2016, The Tron
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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Monday, February 1, 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
Cafe with Heart. Waterstones, Byres Road, 10 February, 2016.
‘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
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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Sunday, January 31, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Valentine's Day Glasgow 2016, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Stuart Cosgrove: Young Soul Rebels – A personal history of Northern Soul 11 March, 2016. Aye Write
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 […]
Optograms, Launch of Stephen Watt’s New Pamphlet The Tron 11 February, 2016
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
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 […]
Thursday, January 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
St Mungo’s Mirrorball Showcase with Tom Leonard, 11 February, 2016
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
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
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
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
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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Wednesday, January 27, 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
Robert Burns: Poems, Songs, Legacy. Free Online Course, University of Glasgow
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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Monday, January 25, 2016 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events, Courses, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Picture Hooks Conference, CCA, 23 April, 2016
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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Thursday, January 21, 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
Hangover Special, Rally and Broad Stereo, Sunday 24 January, 2016
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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Wednesday, January 20, 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
Sessions at The Tron, 19 January, 2016
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
