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

Launch of Gerry Loose’s fault line, 24 September, Waterstone’s Glasgow

Launch of Gerry Loose’s fault line 24 September, 2014 – 6.30 p.m. Waterstone’s Bookshop, Argyle Street Glasgow Robert Macfarlane says of this work: “fault line is a very special piece of work. It feels as if this is a book born of a decade or more’s looking and watching (surveillance). I relish the form: field-note, […]

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Next Generation Poets 2014: National Tour, The Mitchell Wednesday 1 October

Next Generation Poets 2014: National Tour stops at The Mitchell Wednesday 1 October Next Generation Poets 2014 1 Oct 2014  •  6:00 P.M – 7:00 P.M  •  Mitchell Library Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival and St Mungo’s Mirrorball are delighted to announce this free evening of new poetry presented by The Poetry Book Society. The […]

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Monday, September 22, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

In Process Masterclass Jackie Kay CCA Tue 30 September 2014

SWC:In Process MasterclassJackie Kay CCA Tue 30 September 2014 7pm, £6 (£3) on the door, Free to SWC Members, TheatreAges 16+ Jackie Kay was born to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white couple at birth and was brought up in Glasgow. The experience of being adopted by and […]

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Ceol’s Craic Awopbopaloobop CCA Tue 23 September 2014

Ceol’s CraicAwopbopaloobop CCA Tue 23 September 2014 6.30pm, Free, CinemaAll agesBook online / 0141 352 4900 In the run up to our Americana event on Saturday night, celebrating the connections betw Gaelic song and Blues, Country and Rock ‘n’ Roll, here at Ceòl`s Craic we’d like to invite you to join us as we revisit […]

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DiScOmBoBuLiTe, Friday, Friday September 26, The Project Cafe

DiScOmBoBuLiTe         Friday, September 26 at 7:00pm        The Project Cafe     In an effort to cash in on the burgeoning nostalgia market, DisComBoBuLaTe is very excited about its forthcoming 10th anniversary production, which will replicate, down to the smallest detail, our first live performance. Same acts, same venue. For your host, Ian Macpherson, […]

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Sunday, September 21, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Music and Poetry at the Project Cafe/Tell It Slant Tues 7th October, 2014

Nights at Project Cafe Music and poetry event at the Project Cafe/Tell It Slant Tues 7th October, 2014 Music+Poetry+Sentinence♥ Sam Small + Leyla Josephine + Nyla + Ginger Alford (USA) + Richard Wehnerberg Jr (USA)     Tuesday, October 7 at 7:00pm I’m putting on an eve’ of music + poetry + feels at The Project Cafe […]

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Kevin Bridges in conversation with Colin Murray Saturday 11 October, 2014 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Kevin Bridges in conversation with Colin Murray Saturday 11 October, 12.30pm Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The wildly popular Glasgow comic joins Talksport’s Colin Murray to discuss his brilliantly funny memoir, We Need to talk about…Kevin Bridges, packed with scrapes, pranks and side-splitting anecdotes. Tickets cost £23 (plus booking fee) and get you a signed copy […]

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Friday, September 12, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

An Evening With James Ellroy Thursday 6 November 2014, The Mitchell Theatre

An Evening With James Ellroy Thursday 6 November 6pm, The Mitchell Theatre Don’s miss your chance to see James Ellroy, best-selling author of some of the most iconic crime novels of recent years including LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia,  as he introduces his new novel Perfidia at The Mitchell. Tickets cost just £5 (plus […]

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Caribbean Research in the North Friday, September 26, 2014 University of Stirling

Caribbean Research in the North Friday, September 26 – at 1:00pm  University of Stirling, FK9 4LA Stirling Free conference plus poetry reading. Register: email  University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA

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Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure Glasgow Women’s Library 24 September 2014

Drama Queens: Play Reading for Pleasure Glasgow Women’s Library 24 September 2014, 2:30 p.m. Join in play reading, featuring some all-women plays. No acting skills required, just sit with a cup of tea and muck in. Or just pop along and listen. Ticket prices:     £2 Glasgow Women’s Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Bright Club: Glasgow The Stand, Glasgow 22 September 2014

Bright Club: Glasgow The Stand, Glasgow 22 September 2014, 8:30 p.m. Bright Club features its usual intoxicating blend of comedy and academia as lecturers from the city’s universities turn their studies into entertaining stories. www.brightclubglasgow.org/ The Stand 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG

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Jim Carruth Launch of New Collection: Prodigal CCA, Glasgow 22 September, 2014

Jim Carruth Launch of New Collection: Prodigal CCA, Glasgow 22 September 2014, 7:00 p.m. The Glasgow Poet Laureate launches his new collection Prodigal. http://www.jimcarruth.co.uk/ Scottish Writers’ Centre CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD

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Scots/English Writing Group 15 September 2014, 7:00 p.m. Scottish Writers’ Centre

Scots/English Writing Group 15 September 2014, 7:00 p.m. Scottish Writers’ Centre, Glasgow A twice monthly group offering critique of its members’ submitted works, with two pieces getting the once-over each session. Ages 16+. http://www.scottishwriterscentre.org.uk/ Scottish Writers’ Centre CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD

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Deborah Harkness: The Book of Life Waterstone’s Glasgow 12 September 2014

Deborah Harkness: The Book of Life Waterstone’s Glasgow 12 September 2014, 1:00 p.m. Best-selling author Deborah Harkness introduces the final instalment of her All Souls Trilogy. http://deborahharkness.com/ Waterstone’s 174 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8AH

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Chris Ryan: Hunter Killer Waterstone’s, Glasgow 10 September 2014

Chris Ryan: Hunter Killer Waterstone’s, Glasgow 10 September 2014, 6 p.m. Chris Ryan promoting his new thriller, Hunter Killer. Their operations are deniable. Their skill is deadly. SAS hero Danny Black is recruited to an assassination squad directed to hunt down and kill terrorist cells in a gripping thriller from the man who knows what […]

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In Process Masterclass Jackie Kay CCA Tue 30 September 2014

SWC:In Process MasterclassJackie Kay CCA Tue 30 September 2014 7pm, £6 (£3) on the door, Free to SWC Members, TheatreAges 16+ Jackie Kay was born to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white couple at birth and was brought up in Glasgow. The experience of being adopted by and […]

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MAP Reading Group Sick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women CCA Thu 25 September

MAP Reading GroupSick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women CCA Thu 25 September 2014 6.30pm, Free, TheatreAges 15+Tel: 0141 352 4900 A reading project examining a radical or ‘bludgeoned’ subjectivity of female writers. Initiated by Emma Balkind and Laura Edbrook in association with MAP. ‘Deep emotion in this age is a radical act’ – […]

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Glasgow Women’s Library Feminist Ethics in the Archive Wed 17 September 2014 CCA

Glasgow Women’s LibraryFeminist Ethics in the Archive Wed 17 September 2014 CCA 5.30pm, Free, CinemaAll agesBook online / 0141 352 4900 Feminist ethics in the Archive – a HOUSE WORK CASTLE MILK WOMAN HOUSE discussion event. For the last year, Glasgow Women’s Library has been working with the artist Kate Davis on HOUSE WORK CASTLE […]

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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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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, […]

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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), […]

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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

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