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

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

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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