Book Launch: ‘Breathe In’ by Chris Dolan
Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 7 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Guest Readers Martin Goldie, David Hayman and Donna Matthew Music by John Ross and Kirsten Jackson “My first wee book of poems, bits and pieces from over 30 years of writing. A gallimaufry if ever there was one.” […]
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations: Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock
Monday, 14 October, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University Chapel, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Translation of the Route is the first collection by award-winning Argentine poet Laura Wittner to be available in English translation. In poems that are precise, frank and finely tuned, Wittner explores the specificities of daily life – thunder at night, […]
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Neil Young: Poetry Collection Launch
Tuesday, 15 October, 2024, 7.00 for 7.30 p.m. Neil Young reads from this essentially intimate collection.on family and community. The Song She Didn’t Sing – Seahorse Publications Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT Guest Readers Ðonna Campbell, Linda Jackson, Lesley Benzie, Peter Clive and Hugh Mcmillan Musical Guests Carol Jamnejad and Iman.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Lara Pawson at Creative Conversations
7 October, 2024, 1 – 2 p.m. Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Free Tickets at Eventbrite Lara Pawson is the author of three books: Spent Light (CB Editions, 2024), This is the Place to Be (CB Editions 2016), and In the Name of the People: Angola’s Forgotten Massacre (IB Taurus 2014). In 2017, This is the Place to […]
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Friday, October 4, 2024 | 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: Midnight and Blue, Ian Rankin
Tuesday 15 October, 2024, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Aye Write event to celebrate the publication of Midnight and Blue, the brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin. Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals […]
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Donegal Diaspora in Scotland
Donegal County Council are hosting a series of events in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 3rd & 4th October, they are looking for information from the Donegal diaspora based in Scotland. They are gathering photos & memories of Donegal people who worked in Scotland between 1940 & 1990 for a new exhibition in Letterkenny in 2025. […]
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Mary Irvine: My Greek Love Affair
I’ve had an affinity with Greece since childhood, Ancient, Classical and Modern. The first time I flew into Athens and saw an illuminated Acropolis I felt I was coming home. I later tried to express this feeling. Not sure I succeeded. Re- Birth The first time I saw her I knew I’d come home. […]
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Book Launch: Loving Alasdair by May Hooper
Tuesday 8 October, 2024, 6.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. New Memoir in the VOICES series Loving Alasdair – the 39 Years of My Life with Alasdair Gray May Hooper’s fascinating memoir about her long and close association with Glasgow writer and artist, Alasdair Gray – wacky, romantic, unrequited, boozy, open, compassionate, loving, a different kind […]
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Conversations: Carrie Etter
Monday, 30 September, 2024 at 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow, Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ Carrie Etter is a celebrated poet, anthologist and academic whose publications include Subterfuge of the Unrequitable: Potes & Poets Press, 1998, Yet: Leafe Press, 2008,The Tethers: Seren Books, 2009, The Son: Oystercatcher Press, 2009, Divining for Starters: Shearsman Books, […]
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Saturday, September 28, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Book Launch: A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Thursday 3rd October 2024 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Waterstones, 153 – 157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW From the twice-Booker nominated author of Case Study and His Bloody Project comes the final dazzling instalment in his Gorski Trilogy: A Case of Matricide. Join us for the launch of this extraordinary achievement as Graeme chats all things […]
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Books at the Botanics
Friday 27 September – Monday 30 September, 2024 Books at the Botanics Weekend Book Fair 10 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. in the Hopkirk Building (behind the main range), Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Hopkirk Building, 730 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0UE Card and cash payments accepted www.booksatthebotanics.co.uk Books at the Botanics on Facebook
A History of Glasgow’s Byres Road by Barclay Price
Byres Road is often seen as the main thoroughfare and the beating heart of Glasgow’s West End. You will enjoy learning of its history as Barclay Price explains how it evolved from a dirt track, recounts his Barclay’s personal memories and reveals some hidden gems. The book also contains many wonderful photographs Byres Road’s ‘development […]
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Old Partick – Lewis Hutton
‘Old Partick’ by Lewis Hutton provides extensive information about the history of this still vibrant part of Glasgow’s West End. It’s a book that will provide many hours of pleasure with its wonderful photographs (55) of bygone days and fascinating historical details. To avoid duplication with other Stenlake books, this one does not cover the […]
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Book Launch: Medicine, Money and Murder by Anne Pettigrew
Thursday 3 October, 2024, 7 p.m. Waterstones, 351-355 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8AU Medicine, Money and Murder follows two female Glasgow medical students on summer placement in 1971 New Jersey, USA. It is Anne Pettigrew’s fourth literary medical crime novel, a thought-provoking tale of cultural clashes, ethical dilemmas, romance and humour that emphasises how fortunate […]
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations: Andrés N. Ordorica
Monday 23 September 2024, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, West Quadrangle, Glasgow G12 8QQ Andrés N. Ordorica is a queer Latinx writer based in Edinburgh. Drawing on his family’s immigrant history and third culture upbringing, his writing maps the journey of diaspora and unpacks what it means to […]
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Saturday, September 21, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Book Launch: Red Threads, A History of the People’s Flag
3 October, 2024, 8 p.m. McNeills, 106 Torrisdale St, Glasgow G42 8PH There will be a couple of readings by Henry Bell and friends, some songs, and a chance to buy a copy/have a pint and assure that you’ll order the book from the library. There is no symbol, perhaps other than the crucifix and […]
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Book Launch: ‘After this Rain’ Mairi Jack
Wednesday 25 September, 2024 Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT A Posthumous Collection of Poems byt Mairi Jack Come along and celebrate this talnted poet and much-loved woman Fun, friends and family plus music from Duncan McCrone Band with Cy Jack Poems from the Ironing Board This will follow on from Poems from […]
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Friday, September 20, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Talk – William ‘Crimean’ Simpson digitised: His Role in Empire.
Saturday 21 September, 2024, 11 a.m. The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN Free An exploration of the work of Scottish artist, war artist and war correspondent, William Simpson (1823 – 1899). A project has recently been completed to catalogue, research and digitise 246 art works relating to William Simpson’s career as a “Special […]
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 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: Poems from the Ironing Board by Margaret McGrath
Launch date: Wednesday, 25th September, 2024, 7 p.m. for 7.30pm. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT There will be music, laughter and POETRY. Following the launch of Poems from the Ironing Board will be. After this Rain ‘After this Rain’ posthumous poetry collection by Mairi Jack plus music from The Duncan McCrone Band […]
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Sunday, September 15, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Bloody Scotland 2024: Irvine Welsh and Louise Welsh
Saturday 14th September, 2024, 8.30 p.m. Albert Halls, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2QL These two outstanding novelists, amongst the best of their generation, share more than a surname. They are both fearless, innovative writers with the priceless ability to create remarkable characters that live long in the memory. Irvine’s new novel Resolution sees the return of maverick […]
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Filed under: Bloody Scotland, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Mary Irvine’s Blog: Two Successes
Recently I received complimentary copies of two anthologies because I had had a submission accepted for each. The first was ‘Glasgow City of Music’. I have to admit I’d forgotten I’d sent a piece in as I didn’t really think it was all relevant. However I understood more when I read the dedication. ‘For the […]
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Friday, August 23, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene
Reflections: the World, SCAP Festival, Glasgow
Sunday 1 September, 2024, 4 p.m. Impact Arts, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow G1 1TF SCAP PUBLISHING: Launch of REFLECTIONS: THE WORLD. Writing by those trying to make a home in Scotland – Supported by writers already in print. Established writers will in clude: Scott Cassidy, Bob Beagrie, Mairi Murphy, Hugh McMillan and others. The book […]
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Book Launch: Siren Calling by Linda Jackson
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 – 7.30 p.m. Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT A night of poetry and music plus guest writers Lola Sithole and Graham Fulton Review of ‘Siren Calling’ by AC.Clarke: ‘The overall mood is not one of gloom but of celebration, vignettes of moments of happiness snatched from a troubling […]
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Something Light Written, Kelvingrove
Saturday, 21 September, 2024 at 2.30 p.m. The Suffrage Oak in Kelvin Way, Kelvingrove, Glasgow G11 6PB Something Light Written is a co-authored ecopoem composed over 15 hours on one day in the presence of an oak tree. This 26 minute performance at Kelvingrove will be followed by Q&A Something Light Written by Alice Willitts […]
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Monday, August 19, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Gerry Durkin Singing and Storytelling for Kids, Byres Road Book Festival 2024
Saturday 28 September, 2024 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Gerry began storytelling professionally in 2002 after working for many years in children’s libraries. Since then he has been Storyteller in Residence for Crookston Castle, worked with the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in Europe, been a trainer for Bookstart […]
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Byres Road Book Festival 2024, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Banjo Beale at Byres Road Book Festival 2024
Saturday 28 September, 2024, 12:00 – 13:00 Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Banjo Beale is an interior designer who won the BBC1 series Interior Design Masters in 2022. He is an Australian based on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. He has worked on many interior projects since winning the show, as well as […]
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Jenny Colgan Byres Road Book Festival 2024
Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP Jenny Colgan is one of the most successful and prolific authors of feel-good fiction in the UK. Her numerous Sunday Times, New York Times and internationally bestselling books include almost fifty novels, novellas, short stories and children’s books. […]
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Book Launch: It Doesn’t Matter When, Lizzie Eldridge
Thursday 22 August, 2024, 7p.m. Mount Florida Books, Glasgow, G42 9AF All welcome to the launch of the latest book, It Doesn’t Matter When (Alien Buddha Press), by Lizzie Eldridge. Funds raised at this event will go to help, Eman (a Palestinian writer) escape Gaza with her family Event on Facebook
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Empire Cafe presents Who Owns The Clyde? – Podcast
Who owns the Clyde is a three-part citizen investigation into ownership of Glasgow’s iconic River, explored through a kaleidoscope of diverse voices, soundscapes, and poetry. Co-hosts writer Louise Welsh and architect Jude Barber of The Empire Cafe are joined by a range of contributors, as they dive deep into the murky waters of river ownership […]
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Monday, August 12, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Book Launch: The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla
Wednesday 28 August, 2024 – 7 p.m. An Evening with Rachelle Atalla Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW Book tickets THE PERFECT ESCAPE. THE PERFECT NIGHTMARE Martha and Finn’s marriage is hanging by a thread. Martha, crippled by paralyzing climate anxiety, finds herself at odds with Finn, who steadfastly refuses to confront the demons […]
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Friday, August 2, 2024 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
