Aye Write: Ian Brown: ‘Whaur’s your Wullie Shakespeare noo?’ 7th April, 6 p.m.
Ian Brown: ‘Whaur’s your Wullie Shakespeare noo?’ 7 Apr 2014 • 6:00 P.M – 7:00 P.M • Mitchell Library, North Street, Charing Cross Ian Brown delves into the rich and diverse history of Scottish theatre from agitprop to pantomime and more. Although there are many great Scottish playwrights working at present, from Liz Lochhead to […]
Sunday, April 6, 2014 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2014, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write: Michael Schmidt and Robert McCrum: The Novel: A Biography, 12th April, 2014 1.30 p.m. The Mitchell
Michael Schmidt and Robert McCrum: The Novel: A Biography 12 Apr 2014 • 1:30 P.M – 2:30 P.M • Mitchell Library, North Street, Charing Cross The dramatic story of the history and possible future of the novel from Michael Schmidt. The novel is the modern form par excellence, the kind of literature that comes about […]
Glasgow International Festiva: Talk The Humorists Michael Smith & Bedwyr Williams , 06 April, Tramway
Talk The Humorists Michael Smith & Bedwyr Williams Date: 06 April Location: Tramway Tramway, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow, G41 2PE As Kant had it, only humour and music have the power to reach those parts that other, more academic forms cannot reach. If the comedian works for laughs then the humorist is one that seeks […]
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2014
Ruth Barker, Kim Moore and Lucy Reynolds Launch, Women’s Library Glasgow, 5th April, 2014
Event Ruth Barker, Kim Moore and Lucy Reynolds Launch Glasgow Women’s Library Date: 05 April Location: Glasgow Women’s Library Glasgow Women’s Library23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP0141 550 2267 Ruth Barker & Kim Moore will be launching their works ‘The Lives of Saints’ and ‘We run. We Walk. We run’ with performances in our […]
Glasgow Internationa: Gabriel Kuri Friday Event Presented by The Common Guild and The Glasgow School of Art,GFT, 4th April, 2014
Talk Gabriel Kuri Friday Event Presented by The Common Guild and The Glasgow School of Art Date: 04 April Location: Glasgow Film Theatre GFT, 12 Rose St, Glasgow, G3 6RB The Common Guild presents artist Gabriel Kuri as part of The Glasgow School of Art’s ‘Friday Event’ series. Kuri will discuss his recent work […]
Albany Readings, 2nd April, 2014
Wednesday, 2nd April, 6.30pm-9pm at The Albany Centre The event will feature readings by writers, some music, visual art and a (very cheap) bar. The entry fee is £3. Please come along to enjoy excellent new work. The event is the third in a sequence of 4 that will take place at The Albany […]
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Monday, March 31, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Aye Write 2014, A Celebration of Mariscat Press, 11 April, Mitchell Library 6 p.m.
A Celebration of Mariscat Press 11 Apr 2014 • 6:00 P.M – 7:00 P.M • Mitchell Library Join Hamish Whyte to celebrate his Mariscat Press – a landmark in the publishing of Scottish poetry. Hamish Whyte’s Mariscat Press has been a landmark in the Scottish poetry landscape, publishing work by writers as diverse as Edwin […]
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MAYFESTO 2014, Tron, Glasgow
6th – 31st May 2014, Glasgow Mayfesto was established in 2010 as a new theatre festival for Glasgow. Celebrating the spoken word and exploring contemporary global issues drawn out of political circumstance, it was both provocative and engrossing. Mayfesto 2014 will have the theme of colonisation, and work will largely come under that banner. TRON […]
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Aye Write 2014: A Commonwealth Legacy of Literature, Amnesty International, 12 April, 5 p.m
A Commonwealth Legacy of Literature 12 Apr 2014 • 5:00 P.M – 6:00 P.M • Mitchell Library Aye Write! authors show their solidarity with writers who have been persecuted or imprisoned for their thoughts and words. Amnesty International celebrates more than 50 years of defending freedom of expression by considering how words can have real […]
Aye Write: Lesley Riddoch Scotland and England: What’s the difference? 5th April, 3 p.m.
Scotland and England: What’s the difference? 5 Apr 2014 • 3:00 P.M – 4:00 P.M • Mitchell Library Lesley Riddoch, Michael Fry and Rory Stewart discuss how distinct Scotland and England really are. How distinct are Scotland and England? Are there genuine differences in political outlook, or deeper continuities? Is Glasgow more like Oslo than […]
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Aye Write 2014: Adrian Searle and David Barbour: Look Up Glasgow, Mitchell Library 6 April, 3.00 p.m.
Adrian Searle and David Barbour: Look Up Glasgow 6 Apr 2014 • 3:00 P.M – 4:00 P.M • Mitchell Library Look Up Glasgow shines a light on the ornaments, statues and decorations hidden in plain sight above eye level. Not just a handy reference guide, now in a pocket format, in which you can look […]
Cargo House Party, Mono Cafe Bar, King St, Glasgow G1 5RB, 13th April
Cargo House Party Mono Cafe Bar 13th April, 6.30 p.n. Hosted by the kind folks at Mono Glasgow, and featuring readings by Alasdair Gray, Mark Z. Danielewski, Nicola White and Kate Tough, it’s shaping up to be a night to remember. Famous authors. Readings. Books. A bar. What more could you ask for of a […]
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Friday, March 28, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Keith McIvor and Tam Dean Burn, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, 10th April, 2014
We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang! Jd Twitch & Td Burn Thursday, April 10 at 8:00pm The Poetry Club, Glasgow Keith McIvor and Tam Dean Burn present their collaborations old and new. From Bertolt Brecht to Harry Horse. From Grace Lee Boggs to Heaven 17. Digital-Agit-Pop-Video LIVE & EXCLUSIVE at the Poetry Club. […]
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2014
University of Strathclyde The Up-and-Coming Reading, Host Chris Agee, CCA, 28th March
University of StrathclydeThe Up-and-Coming Reading CCA Fri 28 March 2014 7.30pm, Terrace Bar, FREENo booking required Hosted by poet Chris Agee, writer-in-residence at the University of Strathclyde, finalists for the 2014 Keith Wright Literary Prize from the University’s Department of Creative Writing read from their work, followed by an open mic for student writers. For […]
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Counterflows Artist’s Talk with Joe McPhee & Brian Morton, CCA, 5th April
CounterflowsArtist’s Talk with Joe McPhee & Brian Morton CCA Sat 5 April 2014 2pm, Cinema, FREEBook online / 0141 352 4900 It is totally fitting that Joe McPhee is Counterflows’ first featured artist: not only is he a great artist, he also encompasses the very ethos of Counterflows, exploring through his art a cultural openness […]
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MAP Reading Group Sick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women, CCA, Glasgow, 27 March, 2014
MAP Reading GroupSick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women Thu 27 March 2014 6.30pm, FREE, ClubroomAges 15+Book online / 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. Our readings will contrast the work of new female […]
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Cloud: solo exhibition by Henrik Pätzke, Project-Ability Glasgow
Cloud: solo exhibition by Henrik Pätzke Project-Ability Glasgow April 4 – May 24, 2014 In his first solo exhibition in the UK, Henrik Pätzke will create an expansive installation in Project Ability’s gallery and deliver a talk event about his practice on Saturday 5 April 1-2pm. Henrik Pätzke has been working with Inuti in Stockholm […]
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Monday, March 24, 2014 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow International Festival April 2014
Fiction Readings at the Albany #2, Wednesday 26th March, 2014
Fiction Readings at the Albany Wednesday 26th March, 2014 – 6.30 p.m. Thank you to the many people who attended the opening event. We would like to invite you all to come along to the second in the series, at the Albany Centre in Glasgow, this Wednesday 26th March, from 6.30pm until 9pm. The Albany […]
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Toni Stewart, Glasgow Women’s Library, 3rd April at 5.30 p.m. for 6.00 p.m.
Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landresst Street, G40 1 BP £2/Free 550 2267 Join GWL on night. Bring something to eat with you if you like. www.womenslibrary.org.uk
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Sunday, March 23, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Project Cafe Party, Tell it slant and Locavore, 23rd March
Tell it slant reopens Party, 5 p.m. 23rd March 134 Renfrew Street, G3 6ST Project Cafe and Tell it slant poetry bookshop will be popping back up like a jack-in-the-box to celebrate an imminent 3-month residency back at 134 Renfrew Street, with Locavore. There will be yummy pizza, cakes, booze & soft drinks, music and […]
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Book Launch: For Faughie’s Sake, Laura Marney, 9th May, Waterstone’s, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
9th of May, 2014 Waterstone’s Sauchiehall St at 6pm Laura Marney will be launching new book, For Faughie’s Sake. Follow up to her bestselling book: No Wonder I Take A Drink Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW
Friday, March 21, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Albany Readings, Centre for Open Studies Creative Writing Students, Wednesdays 19 March – 9th April, 2014.
Albany Learning and Conference Centre, Woodlands Wednesdays: 26th March, 2nd and 9th April. University of Glassgow Centre for Open Studies Creative Writing Students will be showing off some of their work on four consecutive Wednesday evenings from March 19th. I went along last night to the first event. I knew that Frankie Gault was going […]
Thursday, March 20, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow
Wild Words and Spring Writing Workshop, Woodlands Community Garden, 20th March – 5th April
WILD WORDS is our writing group exploring themes and feelings around ecology, nature, environment and place. We currently meet on alternate Thursday evenings at our Carnarvon Street office, but will be venturing outdoors for inspiration as the spring weather improves. No previous writing experience is needed and you are welcome to join us on Thursdays […]
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Woodlands Community
Fiction Readings at the Albany Glasgow. New work and classic short fiction. March/April
Fiction Readings at the Albany Starting Wednesday 19th March, from 6.30pm until 9pm. Readings by seven writers, some music and visual art. The entry fee is £3. Please come along and enjoy excellent new work, as well as readings of selected classic short fiction. There will be some time for drinks and discussion afterwards. The […]
Sunday, March 16, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
The Scottish Poetry Slam Championships, OranMor, Sunday 16th March
The Scottish Poetry Slam Championships Sunday 16th Of Mar 2014 – Comedy Festival, Doors 7 p.m. Starts 8 p.m. Slam Poetry is the wild child of literature. A live competition between poets of all styles – rhymers and rappers, ranters and ravers. Tonight everybody who has won a Poetry Slam this year goes head to […]
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SWC, Spring Speakeasy, Evening of Recitals, Poetry, Short Stories, CCA, Tuesday 18th March
SWC ‘Spring Speakeasy’ Tuesday 18th March, 7 p.m. CCA An evening of recitals of poetry and short stories in English, Gaelic and Scots, from SWC members. Reading one’s own work is a vital experience for writers as a means to gain feedback and develop their own voice. Everyone is welcome, members and non-members Event […]
Saturday, March 15, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Creative Writing with Dr Linda Jackson. Spring, 2014, University of Strathclyde
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Aye Write Festival: An Audience with Liz Lochhead, 6th April, 6 p.m. Mitchell Library
An Audience with Liz Lochhead 6 Apr 2014 • 6:00 P.M – 7:00 P.M • Mitchell Library, North Street The national Makar returns to Aye Write! – spend some time in the company of a real national treasure! Spend some time in the company of a real national treasure! The term is bandied about too […]
Aye Write: Tom Leonard with Tam Dean Burn, new Scots translation Mother Courage, 6th April
Tom Leonard and Tam Dean Burn: Mother Courage 6 Apr 2014 • 7:30 P.M – 8:30 P.M • Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN A new Scots translation of Bertolt Brecht’s great anti-war play of the twentieth century. Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht is the great anti-war play of the twentieth century. Here Tom […]
Glasgow Books and Talks: MAP Reading Group Sick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women
MAP Reading GroupSick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women Thursday 24 April 2014 CCA 6.30pm, FREE, ClubroomAges 15+Book online / 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. Our readings will contrast the work of new […]
Friday, March 14, 2014 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
