I have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Balloch Open Mic Blog: ‘To whom it may concern –’
A friend recently dropped in a new publication in which she was featured. The book, ‘‘To whom it may concern’ Arbroath Anthology, was a collection of letters of petition to commemorate the 700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath (April 6th 1320). The Federation of Writers Scotland, who produced this book, decided, as it states […]
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | Filed under: Blog: Balloch Open Mic, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint – GFT AT Home
£4.99 to rent Documentary • 1h 34m 3 day rental 24 hour playback window. Once rented, your film will be available in your account for 3 days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 24 hours to watch the film as many times as you like. Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint For […]
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Mongrel: Donna Campbell debut poetry collection
‘Not only are these poems formally elegant, punchy, compassionate, witty and heart-breaking, but they have a self-honesty that is as hard to master in life as it is in poetry… Mongrel is a luminous addition to Scottish poetry.’ Tracey Patrick Following a particularly difficult time in her life, Donna, who is from Clydebank, has created […]
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Monday, April 12, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, New Books by Scottish Writers, Zoom and online events
World Book Night with Denise Mina
Zoe Strachan in conversation with author Denise Mina Creative Conversations Friday, 23 April, 2021 – 7 p.m.- 8p.m. Free – Register at Eventbrite About this Event Join Creative Conversations and East Ayrshire Libraries on World Book Night where Zoe Strachan will chat with author Denise Mina about her latest novel, The Less Dead. After a […]
Celebrate Your Story – Workshop with Samina Chaudry
Tuesday 4 May, 2021 2 p.m. –4.30 p.m. As part of this year’s Your Stories writing project, Scottish Book Trust is offering online workshops to help inspire you to write about Celebration. Sign Up for Samina Chaudry’s Workshop – Free Online Join Samina Chaudry, Next Chapter award winner, for a free online writing workshop on […]
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Sunday, April 11, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, Zoom and online events
The Everything Thing by Jim McAteer – Single Launch
Friday 9 April, 2021 Released by Fox Star Records & (Richard Bull) Sonic Bull Single launch live stream with the brilliant Music from Scotland Group Saturday 10 April at 8.30 p.m. It’s a Double A Sided single! Side A – The Everything Thing (From the album ‘Here Be Dragons’) A cosmic country style take on […]
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Friday, April 9, 2021 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Open The Door Festival 2021 – Scottish Women’s Writing
Glasgow Women’s Library Thursday 20th May – Saturday 22nd May 2021 Online Scotland’s first ever festival for Scottish women’s writing returns for its fifth edition! This year inviting the world to Open the Door again, as Glasgow Women’s Library host the festival entirely online. Inspired by Glasgow’s long history of bold, creative women, the theme […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Aye Write 2021 – Pre-Festival Event
Chris Brookmyre, Denise Mina and Louise Welsh 28 April, 2021 at 7 p.m. £5 – Purchase Online Also available through the Aye Write Pass This event will be live and will also be available to view for 3 weeks after the broadcast date. The Aye Write Digital Festival will run from 14 – 23 May.
Woodlands Climate Action 2021 Coffee Chats – COP26 and Local Climate Action
Monday 12 April, 2021 at 12.00 p.m. Event by Woodlands Community Online event – COP26 and Local Climate Action Price: free Public · Anyone on or off Facebook There is a lot to feel nervous about these days, and while the effects of the pandemic are often in the forefront of most of our minds, many of […]
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 | Filed under: Community event, Woodlands Community
Beats – GFT At Home
Rent to watch at home £3.49 3 day rental 24 hour playback window. Once rented, your film will be available in your account for 3 days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 24 hours to watch the film as many times as you like. The much-anticipated screen version of Kieran Hurley’s award-winning play is […]
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Zoom and online events
Song Without A Name online at GFT
Buy tickets to watch online GFT £6.99 3 day rental 24 hour playback window. Once rented, your film will be available in your account for 3 days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 24 hours to watch the film as many times as you like. Beautifully shot in black and white, this […]
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Days of the Bagnold Summer
Days of the Bagnold Summer Available now on Glasgow Film At Home – £5.49 Captioned Inbetweeners star Simon Bird makes a hugely impressive directorial debut with an adaptation of the award-winning graphic novel set to a score by Belle and Sebastian. Fifteen year-old thrash metal fan Daniel (Earl Cave, son of Nick Cave) and his […]
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Carlton Sessions
The Stellar Matrix10 April 2021 at 9 p.m. Free online gig by Carlton Studios Online with Facebook Price: free Public · Anyone on or off Glasgow band The Stellar Matrix were formed in 2018. The bands many influences include Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors, The Eels, Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd. Their alternative sound cooks […]
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| Filed under: Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Zoom and online events
Minari at GFF21 – review by Pat Byrne
Minari The Opening Film of Glasgow Film Festival 2021, Minari has stolen all of our hearts and is finally getting its big screen release at GFT. Friday 25 – Thursday 1 July, 2021 – Buy tickets Minari Review Minari is a gentle film, with wonderful ambient music and gorgeous cinematography. It is set in beautiful […]
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Film reviews, Film Reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2021, Zoom and online events
Launch of The Ship Yard Project
Iconic Venue Celebrating Shipbuilding and Marine Heritage of the Clyde Public Consultation The Ship Yard Trust is today (29 March, 2021) launching the public consultation and engagement phase of their project to design and build an iconic venue to celebrate the shipbuilding and marine engineering heritage of the Clyde. Mission Statement The great industrial achievements […]
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Monday, March 29, 2021 | Filed under: Community event, Pat's Home Page Blog
Wee Nature Fest – Islands of Abandonment
Saturday, 27 March, 2021 5 p.m. Cal Flyn’s stunning exploration of places across the world that have been abandoned by humans… Event by Wee Three Indies, The Edinburgh Bookshop Atkinson-Pryce and Far From the Madding Crowd Online event Free The Wee Three Indies #Wee Nature Fest continues with Cal Flyn’s stunning exploration of places across the world that have […]
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Friday, March 26, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Sheena Blackhall – Meet the Author
A Bard’s Life – Sheena Blackhall Thursday, Mar 25, 2021 06:00 PM Rymour Books cordially invite you to join them for a Zoom launch of Sheena Blackhall’s ‘A Bard’s Life.’ Now available for order at Rymour Books @RymourBooks Meet the Author Tonight, Sheena Blackhall for the launch of ‘A Bard’s Life’ JOIN MEETING Meeting ID: […]
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Slow Nature – Woodlands Community Booklet Launch
Event by Woodlands Community Tuesday, 6 April, 2021 – 7 p.m. Free Online As part of their Nature Recovery Project, Woodlands Community have produced this publication with local wildlife and conservation enthusiast, Katrina Caldwell. Join them on Tuesday 6th April 7-8pm to celebrate it’s launch and receive a copy. Woodlands have been focused on encouraging people […]
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Woodlands Community, Zoom and online events
A Year of Workers’ Stories
24 March, 2021 – 6.30 p.m. Event by Workers’ Stories Project Online: Register at Eventbrite Price: free ‘Over the past twelve months the Workers’ Stories Project has collected and published the everyday experiences of workers across Scotland. ‘ COVID-19 and the resulting lockdowns have caused significant ruptures in our working lives. The impact has been seismic […]
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Zoom and online events
Warren Starry Skies – New Album ‘Small Wonders’
Crowd funding Project Warren is raising funds to go into the studio to record a new Starry Skies album called ‘Small Wonders’ The project offers rewards in return when you Donate to the Crowdfunder Starry Skies is 1 of 20 creative projects be offered support from Creative Scotland and Crowdfunder UK. This is to record […]
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Monday, March 22, 2021 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Douglas Stuart & Jackie Kay: Shuggie Bain
Cambridge Literary Festival Friday 23 April, 2021 – 5 p.m. £6.00 – Single event ticket £35.00 – £50.00 – Festival Pass Book ticket Douglas Stuart discusses his heart-breaking Booker Prize winning novel with fellow Glaswegian and writer Jackie Kay. Douglas Stuart burst fully-formed onto the literary landscape with his astonishing masterpiece Shuggie Bain, the deserving winner of the 2020 Booker […]
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Creative Conversations: Lisa Robertson
Monday 22 March 2021, 1 p.m. In conversation with Elizabeth Reeder Hosted by Creative Writing College of Arts, University of Glasgow On Zoom – Register for Event You will be sent the link to attend the meeting. About Lisa Robertson Lisa Robertson is a poet and essayist whose books include XEclogue (1993); Debbie: An Epic (1997), nominated for a […]
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Sunday, March 21, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Creative Conversations 2021
At Home Artist’s Talk: GOMA
GoMA at 25: Andy Goldsworthy in conversation with Martin Craig 31 MARCH, 2021 6 P.M. – 7 P.M. ONLINE REGISTER AT EVENTBRITE GoMA invites you to join artist Andy Goldsworthy in conversation with GoMA Curator, Martin Craig, as they discuss Goldsworthy’s original commission for GoMA, his works in the collection, and his practice today. Andy […]
Femspectives Film Festival 2021 – Guest Curators
Femspectives Film Festival announces guest curators for 2021 festival (See full Femspectives Programme 2021) Tanatsei Gambura and Ane Lopez will each programme a special strand at the third annual Glasgow feminist film festival running online 23 – 25 April, 2021 Femspectives – the Glasgow-based feminist film festival – has announced two guest curators for this […]
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Friday, March 19, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Balloch Open Mic: Multi-talented Moira McPartlin
(photograph: George Lammie) A friend recently passed on a book ‘The Incomers’ by Moira McPartlin. I had read it a couple of years ago but am now re-reading it. It reminded me of the time I first met Moira which I reveal below. She was due to headline an Open Mic event but… Hopefully she’ll […]
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Poetry – Rizwan Akhtar – jeton d’amour
jeton d’amour for Rebecca I am not after your extraordinary limbs and the way you cover paths beating my chase watered eyes and bruised hands were used to stop me from wasting words on your face out there in the bazaar I could have picked a bracelet an ivory ring glossy set of bangles you […]
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Introduction to Birding With Scott Rogers (V)
Online Event – 17 March, 2021 5.30 p.m. Event by Woodlands Community Online: woodlandscommunity.org.uk Free Back by popular demand, this next session of Introduction to Birding will cover a few more calls and songs of common birds in Glasgow. Scott will attempt to improve on his impressions as well! This time of year is when ducks start […]
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | Filed under: Community event, Woodlands Community, Zoom and online events
St Patrick’s Day Online Quiz
17 March, 2021, 9 p.m. Event by The Stayin’ Inn Free A whole 12 months of these quizzes, so another celebration and once again raising money for the Beatson Cancer Charity. You’ll get one raffle entry for every £5 you Donate at Just Giving Prizes • An overnight stay for 2 with Breakfast at the […]
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| Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Zoom and online events
Ours – Film Premiere – Community Action Govanhill
Sunday, 21 March, 2021 at 7 p.m (preview) Event by Govanhill Baths Community Trust Online with Facebook Live Free OURS is a short film made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the occupation of Govanhill Baths and the start of the community’s fight to save the pool. It follows the inspirational journey of Govanhill Baths; […]
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Creative Conversations: Shola Von Reinhold
Monday 15 March 2021 1 p.m Creative Conversations Lunchtime Series hosted by Creative Writing College of Arts On Zoom Free Event – Book at Eventbrite You will be sent the link to attend the meeting. Shola von Reinhold is a Scottish socialite and writer. Shola has been published in the Cambridge Literary Review, The Stockholm Review, […]
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Friday, March 12, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Creative Conversations 2021, Zoom and online events
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