Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Women and Arts Class with Linda Jackson
Women and Art Class University of Strathclyde Tuesday 7th October, 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Who is still afraid of Virginia Woolf. Dr Linda Jackson tutoring new class on Women and the Arts, Women and ‘home’ and ‘the rest!’. ‘Join us for thoughts, fun and exchanges. Some of Woolf’s work will be used as a […]
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Bloody Scotland Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival 19th to 21st September, 2014
Bloody Scotland Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival 19th to 21st September, 2014 Various venues, Stirling Authors Kathy Reichs, William McIlvanney, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Peter May, Quentin Jardin, Mark Billingham, Helen FitzGerald, Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Christopher Brookmyr,e Caro Ramsay and many more. See full list of participating authors Events Events include a range of talks, readings, […]
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
International Event Monica Cantieni & Donal McLaughlin Tue 16 September 2014 CCA
SWC:International EventMonica Cantieni & Donal McLaughlin Tue 16 September 2014 CCA 7pm, Free, ClubroomAges 16+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Monica Cantieni is head of multimedia in the Culture Department of Swiss Radio and Television. She and her translator Donal McLaughlin will be reading from her acclaimed novel The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons which was […]
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Project Cafe, Open Mic Friday, October 10 at 5:30pm
Project Cafe, Open Mic Friday, October 10 at 5:30pm Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew St, G3 6ST Tell It Slant poetry bookshop, inside the Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew St, G3 6ST. The open mic runs from 5.30pm and is for writers, musicians, storytellers, performance and spoken word artists to share their work., hosted in […]
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Scotland Writers vs England Writers – AFTERPARTY Saturday 13 September
Scotland Writers vs England Writers – AFTERPARTY Saturday , 13 September, 7 p.m. The Poetry Club100 Eastvale Place, G3 8 Glasgow, United Kingdom Following up from what will undoubtedly be a classic football match at Glasgow Green that day, the England and Scotland Writers’ teams do battle in a different way. With something they’re […]
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Scotland Writers FC vs England Writers FC – THE MATCH, 13 September, 2014
Scotland Writers FC vs England Writers FC – THE MATCH Saturday 13 September at 12 p.m. Glasgow Green Football Centre, Kings Drive, G40 1HB Scotland vs England. Many great players have graced the auld enemy clash on both sides. Moore. Baxter. Shearer. Johnstone. Gascoigne. Uh, Kenny Miller. And now more greats compete – […]
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Glasgoes Poetic Glasgow Poetry Festival 2014 Wed 24 Sept – Fri 10 Oct 2014
Glasgoes Poetic Glasgow Poetry Festival 2014 Wed 24 Sept – Fri 10 Oct 2014 Information on Facebook Details of all events Some Highlights Poets on ~Fire~ Inspired Hangings Wednesday, September 24 at 2:00pm Govanhill Library Inspired Poets @ Kelvingrove Thu Sep 25 at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum WORD PLAY @ Govanhill ~ Poets on […]
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Chris Dolan at St Louis Literary Night, Wednesday 1 October
St Louis, Cafe/Bar, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD www.stlouis-cafebar.co.uk/
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Mireia Sallares Las muertes chiquitas / The Little Deaths Thu 4 September — Sat 6 September 2014 CCA
Mireia SallaresLas muertes chiquitas / The Little Deaths Thu 4 September — Sat 6 September 2014 CCA Workshop: Thu 4 September, 6pm, Free, Theatre, Ages 16+ / Screening: Sat 6 September, 3pm, Free, Cinema, Ages 16+Book online: Workshop / Screening / 0141 352 4900 CCA is pleased to present Las muertes chiquitas (The Little Deaths), […]
Saturday, August 30, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Launch: Issue 2 of thi wurd magazine September 4th, 2014 STUC, Glasgow
Launch: Issue 2 of thi wurd magazine September 4th, 2014 STUC, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG. The event will take place at 6.30pm till late and include fiction readings, music and a bar. Dree event. All welcome. The magazine will be on sale on the night and includes new fiction, illustrations, reviews and a […]
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Travel Writing Course with Linda Jackson, October, University of Strathclyde
Travel Writing at University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Lifelong Learning. No previous experience required. It will be fun, informative and creative. Class runs for those of you who want to come during the day – and begins Thursday, Oct 9th (8 weeks), 12 – 2pm. It also runs on Thursday evening, Oct 9th, 7 – […]
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Sound-Off for Women! Glasgow Women’s Library August 20 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Sound-Off for Women! Glasgow Women’s Library August 20 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Wednesday afternoons, 2.30-4.30pm, from 13th August to 24th September. Free What does the Independence vote mean to you? Come and have a blether about the Referendum in a friendly, relaxed, and impartial environment. Whether you wish to explore different avenues of […]
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Friday, August 15, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Arild Vange and Neil Davidson Thu 21 August 2014 CCA
Aye-Aye Books:Arild Vange and Neil Davidson Thu 21 August 2014 CCA 7pm, Free, CinemaAll ages0141 352 4900 Arild Vange and Neil Davidson have been working together on improvised poetry readings since 2009. Their work also includes the theatre company Dvell. Arild writes poetry in Norwegian. His poetics is deeply connected to listening and his readings […]
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SWC: Book Launch Douglas Thompson & Neil Williamson Tue 2 September 2014 CCA
SWC:Book LaunchDouglas Thompson & Neil Williamson Tue 2 September 2014 CCA 7pm, Free, ClubroomAges 16+ Douglas Thompson’s eighth novel The Rhymer, is a satire on contemporary society, the art world, and a comic-poetic meditation on the nature of life, death and morality. A mysterious tramp wanders from town to town, taking a new name and […]
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Maya Abu Al Hayyat Glasgow Women’s Library 20 August
Maya Abu Al Hayyat Glasgow Women’s Library 20 August, 2014 – 2 p.m. Please join us for an intimate afternoon of poetry and discussion with Maya Abu al-Hayyat, Magi Gibson, and Abla Oudeh. Maya Abu al Hayyat is a Palestinian writer of novels, poetry and short stories. She was born in 1980 in Lebanon. She […]
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Thursday, August 14, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Muse at St Louis, Laura Marney, Wed 20 August
Laura Marney 20 August, 2014 St Louis, 734 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow City G11 6RD
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Fail Better: BOYCOTT ISRAEL,Thursday, August 21, McChuills
Fail Better: BOYCOTT ISRAEL Thursday, August 21 at 8:00pm McChuills Glasgow This Fail Better is dedicated to the martyrs of Palestine (Gaza, West Bank & Historic Palestine). By answering the call from the Palestinian civillian population for the total Boycott Divestment and Sanction of Israel, we can work to dismantle the Apartheid State. […]
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Dearest Scotland Tuesday 19th August, Workshops, Glasgow Women’s Library
Dearest Scotland Tuesday 19th August, 2014, 4 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. Glasgow Women’s Library The Dearest Scotland team will be holding two writing workshops giving you the space to write a letter to the future of Scotland. Where are we going? What should our future look like? What do we who live in Scotland actually […]
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Friday, August 8, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Ross King and Shari Low: Taking Hollywood 20 August, Waterstone’s
Ross King and Shari Low: Taking Hollywood 20 August, 2014 7 p.m. Waterstone’s, Argyle Street Los Angeles-based writers King and Low launch their jointly-authored novel. ‘The glamour of jackie collins meets the grit of martina cole in the dark heart of a sun-bleached los angeles.’ Waterstone’s 174 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8AH
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Andy Jackson & John Menaghan ‘In Process’ Masterclass CCA Tue 19 August 2014
Scottish Writers’ CentreAndy Jackson & John Menaghan‘In Process’ Masterclass CCA Tue 19 August 2014 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions) on the door, FREE to SWC members, ClubroomAges 16+ Andy Jackson takes poetic inspiration from the most unlikely sources; the inner secrets of dentistry, legends of music hall, conspiracy theories, dance crazes, cult movies and public conveniences. […]
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Little Bit of Theatre The Roxy 171 11 August, 2014
Little Bit of Theatre The Roxy 171 11 Aug 2014, 7.30 p.m. Live performance art, theatre, comedy, music, burlesque and spoken word. £3 – £5 The Roxy 171 171 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW
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Sangs an’ Clatter, 5 August, The Glad Cafe
Sangs an’ Clatter Hosted by The Village Storytelling Centre The Glad Cafe 5 August, 2014at 8 p.m. Look at the Sun (not directly) – it’s up there in the sky and we can see it in Glasgow! It’s a fierce ball of fire that powers our world and is revered in many different cultures. So […]
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Monday, August 4, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The God of Sugar Monday 28th July, The Empire Cafe
The Briggait, Main stage The Empire Cafe The God of Sugar Monday 28th July, 2014 7 – 9 pm Absent Voices is a group of Scottish artists who have come together to explore and preserve in words, pictures, song and sound, the legacy of Greenock’s once mighty sugar industry. Artist Alastair Cook presents work commissioned […]
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Friday, July 25, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014
Yonder Awa, Poetry from the Empire Café, Friday 25th July
The Briggait, Main stage Launch of ‘Yonder Awa, Poetry from the Empire Café Friday, 25 July, 7 – 9 pm Eighteen of the Caribbean and Scotland’s most exciting poets have written new poems for the Empire Café exploring Scotland and the North Atlantic slave trade. Join us for readings from Fred D’Aguiar, Millicent Graham, Kei […]
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Scottish Writers’ Centre: ‘In Process’ Masterclass with Anne Donovan Tue 5 August 2014 CCA
Scottish Writers’ Centre:‘In Process’ Masterclass with Anne Donovan Tue 5 August 2014 CCA 7pm, £6 (£3 concessions) on the door, FREE to SWC members, ClubroomAges 16+ Anne Donovan is the author of the short-story collection Hieroglyphics and the novels Buddha Da, Being Emily and Gone Are The Leaves, all published by Canongate. Her short story […]
Thursday, July 24, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Naomi Harvey (Gaelic Singer) & Babs McGregor (Poet) Airc II Gaelic Cultural Space 26th July, 2014
Naomi Harvey (Gaelic Singer) & Babs McGregor (Poet) Airc II Gaelic Cultural Space 26th July, 2014 3 p.m. Naomi Harvey (Gaelic Singer) & Babs McGregor (Poet) – perform extracts from Struileag – Children of the Smoke Naomi Harvey (Gaelic Singer) & Babs McGregor (Poet) Babs NicGriogair is one of the most dynamic and surprising poets […]
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Merchant City Festival 2014
Out There – celebrating LGBT writing from Scotland! Sunday, 27 July, 2014, Pride House
Out There – celebrating LGBT writing from Scotland! Sunday, 27 July, 2014 at 2:00pm – 4:00pm Pride House, 14 Albion St, Glasgow G1 5ES Pre-publication preview of Out There, the first anthology of Scottish LGBT writing in over twelve years! Freight Books brings a new and definitive anthology of poetry and prose writing from Scotland’s […]
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
In Process with Christopher Brookmyre, 22nd July, Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA
In Process with Christopher Brookmyre Today 22nd July at 7:00pm Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA I know, I know – a little last minute for a Facebook event – but I’m sure most of you are aware of this by now anywhoos! And if not, then better cancel whatever you’re doing tomorrow night and come along! […]
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DiCoMBoBuLiTe 25th July, 2014, The Project Cafe
DiCoMBoBuLiTe 25th July, 2014 at 7 p.m. The Project Cafe DiSCoMBoBuLaTe was often criticized, during its long and successful runs at several prestigious venues, for the appalling sexual imbalance of its lineups. We hope to address that problem at DisCoMBoBuLiTe by including more men. Poet Magi Gibson, chanteuse Christine Bovill and writer Lynsey Calderwood are […]
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Commonwealth Poetry Slam The Tron 29 and 30 July, 2014
Commonwealth Poetry Slam The Tron 29 and 30 July, 2014 at 9.15 p.m. Cabaret duo Rally & Broad and present their Commonwealth Poetry Slam. Tues 29th and Wed 30th July, at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow. In association with the Commonwealth Games and the Tron Theatre. Doors open 9.15, tickets £5. Tickets can be purchased from […]
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Monday, July 21, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014
