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Pat ByrneI 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. Email me details if you would like me to promote your event..

Byres Road Book Festival 2022

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23rd – 26th, September 2022 After  five-years the Byres Road Book Festival is back with an exciting four day programme of over 20 events. Meet the Author These events include acclaimed authors: Lin Anderson, Graeme Macrae Burnet  and Chris Brookmyre Lin Anderson, author of The Party House, a newly released psychological thriller set in the […]

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Byres Road Book Festival – George Paterson & David Ross at Waterstones

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Saturday 24 Sep 2022 6:00 – 8:00 pm Waterstones 351 – 355 Byres Road, G12 8QZ George Paterson is a writer, DJ and musician from Glasgow’s Southside who, as a member of the bands, White and DMP, released a number of well-received albums on the Poco Alto Label. His work can be found in a […]

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In Our Shoes Poetry Showcase – ARCadia Festival

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Sunday, 25 September 2022, 3 – 4 p.m. The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6EWThis exhibition and poetry showcase offers an opportunity for you to hear experiences of everyday life for migrant, local and refugee women. About this event This exhibition and poetry showcase offers a unique opportunity for you to […]

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Co-operative Collecting: Unions and the History of Working People

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Wednesday 12 October, 2022 at 4.30 p.m  National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW Learn about the history of trade unions in this free multi-faceted event. Join us at the Kelvin Hall for this exciting event, bringing together the National Library of Scotland’s strong collections of labour and trade […]

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The Camera is Ours: Women Documentary Makers

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Wednesday, 21 September, 2022, 5.30 – 7.45 p.m. Kelvin Hall auditorium, National Library of Scotland,1445 Argyle Street,Glasgow,G3 8AW,GB The Camera is Ours highlights the work of Britain’s pioneering women documentary makers through five beautifully restored short films. “The trouble with you is that you look at things as though they were in a goldfish bowl. […]

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema

Creative Conversations: Barbara Jenkins

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Monday 26 September 2022, 1 pm – 2 pm College of Arts Creative Conversations University Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Free Event – Register at Eventbrite Barbara Jenkins was born in Trinidad. She began writing in her seventies, and is the author of a novel and a collection of short stories. She has […]

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Monday, September 19, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Creative Conversations: Gwendoline Riley

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Thursday 22 September 2022, 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm College of Arts Creative Conversations Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Medical Building, Wolfson Medical School Building, University Ave, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free – Register for tickets at Eventbrite GWENDOLINE RILEY was born in London in 1979 and has been hailed as one of the most significant young British […]

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Cinderella, Pace Theatre

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Wed 7th December 2022 – Sat 31st December 2022 The Art Department, Paisley, PA1 1UQ Panto is back! Join CHRIS ALEXANDER and ALAN ORR this Christmas for PACE Theatre Company’s 33rd annual pantomime. Taking place in a transformed former department store in the centre of Paisley, it promises to be a unique and immersive experience […]

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Sunday, September 18, 2022 | Filed under: Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow

Life in Lockdown: illustrated findings from The Scotland in Lockdown Study

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ARCadia: exhibitions – University of Glasgow  Friday 16 September 2022 – Friday 30 September 2022, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6EW Part of ARCadia Festival of Ideas 16 – 30 September. 2022 Scotland in Lockdown Website Covid-19 A Community Conversation Wednesday, 28 September 2022 – […]

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The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens – Building Stories

Building Stories for New Glasgow Society New Glasgow Society is a civic project is a civic society promoting, protecting and raising interest in the City of Glasgow, through campaigning, discussion, projects, talks and exhibitions. Building Stories is a project highlighting Glasgow’s derelict buildings. Friends of People’s Palace Winter Gardens & Glasgow Green The People’s Palace […]

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Crime Squirrel Investigators with Author Emily Dodd, ARCdia

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Friday 23 September, 2022 11 a.m. – 11.50 a.m. Seminar room, The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane. University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Speaker: Emily Dodd Register for free event at Eventbrite Join CBeebies screenwriter and children’s author Emily Dodd for an interactive session with her book, Crime Squirrel Investigators. About this event Join CBeebies screenwriter (Tiny […]

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ZANELE MUHOLI: SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA, ‘HAIL, THE DARK LIONESS’

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1 October–6 November 2022 University of Glasgow East Quad, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Admission free 17 striking self-portraits by celebrated visual activist Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972) will go on display at an outdoor exhibition at the University of Glasgow 1 October until 6 November, 2022. Zanele Muholi, Somnyama I, Paris, 2014. © Zanele […]

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Building Stories – New Glasgow Society at Glasgow Doors Open Days

17 and 18 September, 2022, 12 – 5 p.m. New Glasgow Society West, 1307 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8TL The Society presents our Glasgow Doors Open Days Event @Glasgowdodf 2022 event ‘Building Stories’; a storytelling project about Glasgow’s derelict buildings. Untold stories submitted by the public will be exhibited alongside chosen photos or artworks of […]

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Crimes of the Future at Glasgow Film Theatre

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9 – 18 September, 2022 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB In a not-so-distant future, humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. As their biological makeup has changed, many humans have adapted to life with ‘Accelerated Evolution Syndrome’, thanks partly to specialised equipment that aids in everything from eating to sleeping. Beloved […]

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Friday, September 16, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema

See How The Run at Glasgow Film Theatre

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9 – 22 Septemer, 2022 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after the film’s Hollywood director is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) […]

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Funny Pages – Glasgow Film Theatre

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16 – 22 September, 2022 Produced by the Safdie brothers, Owen Kline’s directorial debut is a coming-of-age tale about a wannabe cartoonist reaching a crucial point in his life. A scuzzy dark comedy that makes you gag and laugh at the same time. Robert (Daniel Zolghadri, Eighth Grade) believes that to be an artist is to suffer. So, […]

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Anaïs in Love at Glasgow Film Theatre

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19 – 22 September, 2022 In this sparkling and elegant romantic comedy, the free-spirited and giddily impulsive Anaïs (Anaïs Demoustier, The New Girlfriend) careers from one lover to the next while trying to find some direction in her life. Following a brief dalliance with an older man (Denis Podalydès), she soon finds herself captivated instead by […]

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – 50 years anniversary

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16 – 22 September, 2022 In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-middle-class sextet sit down to a dinner that is continually delayed. Their attempts to eat are thwarted by vaudevillian events both actual and imagined including terrorist attacks, military maneuvers and ghostly apparitions. Stringing together a discontinuous, digressive series of absurdist set pieces, Buñuel and his […]

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Cinemasters: Kinuyo Tanaka

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Programmed by and notes by Kristy Matheson. Presented in partnership with Janus Films. This retrospective was conceived by Lili Hinstin. Contracted as a teen to Shōchiku studios in 1924, Kinuyo Tanaka came of age during the first golden age of Japanese cinema, acting for major directors including Yasujirô Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kenji Mizoguchi. As Japan emerged […]

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Scotland plus Venice Tour Lagareh – The Last Born

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Tuesday, 20 September, 2022 – 6 p.m. LUX Scotland and Scotland + Venice are delighted to host the UK premiere of Lagareh – The Last Born at GFT, the first event of a screening tour that brings the work to six venues across Scotland between 20 September 2022 and 1 March 2023. This new work was commissioned by […]

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Bloody Scotland 2022 – The McIlvanney Prize & Debut Prize Announced

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WINNERS REVEALED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2022 & THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE Sponsored by The Glencairn Glass Bloody Scotland is  delighted to announce the winners for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize! The finalists for both prizes led a torchlit procession from Stirling Castle to the Albert Halls this evening […]

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Creative Conversations – Olivia Laing

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Thursday 15 September 2022, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. St Andrews Building, Lecture Theatre 213 Lecture Theatre 213, St Andrews Building, Eldon Street, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G128QQ Olivia Laing is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. She’s the author of six books, including To the River (2011), The Trip to Echo Spring (2013) and The […]

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Bloody Scotland 2022: Compulsive Page-Turners

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Elly Griffiths, Imran Mahmood and Denise Mina Friday 16th September from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Albert Halls, Stirling £10 £9 concession Buy tickets There are now 14 books in Elly Griffiths’s hugely popular Norfolk-set series about forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway. The latest, The Locked Room, cleverly utilises lockdown and makes it central to the enthralling plot. In Imran Mahmood’s All […]

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Bloody Scotland 2022 – Debut Prize

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Debut Prize Panel Tolbooth Stirling, 15th September, 5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. The authors shortlisted for the coveted Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year award will discuss their novels and their route to publication, in conversation with Arusa Qureshi. This year’s winner has some tough acts to follow but will undoubtedly be a […]

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Beyond the Rainbow: Websters Theatre

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Saturday, 8 October, 2022 Websters, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G3 9HZ Matinee and Evening Performances – Buy Tickets Online Box Office 0141 357 4000 Judy Garland charmed everyone with her singing and acting talent. But what really lay behind this persona? What influence did Louis C Myer, the MGM Magnate, have on her journey […]

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Chris Brookmyre – Meet The Author, Byres Road Book Festival 2022

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26 September,  2022, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Hillhead Library – Main Hall, 348 Byres Road, G12 8AP It is 25 years since multi-award-winning Sunday Times bestseller Chris Brookmyre’s first book was published. Since then, he has established himself as one of the most popular crime writers in the UK. His enthusiasm for hurling himself […]

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Kerry Hudson, Byres Road Book Festival 2022

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UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Saturday 24 September, 2022 – 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Byres Road Book Festival: Meet the Author – Kerry Hudson Hillhead Library – Main Hall, 248 Byres Road, G12 8AP Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen. Her first novel, TONY HOGAN BOUGHT ME AN ICE-CREAM FLOAT BEFORE HE STOLE […]

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Glasgow Open Door Days 2022 – The Barras Trail

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Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September, 2022 The Barras Look forward to a walk around the history of the Barras Market area and explore the fascinating charms, sounds and smells of an iconic area of Glasgow. After celebrating 100 years of the Barras Market during the pandemic lockdown come and explore the area and be […]

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The Seven Song Club at Websters Theatre

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Amy Papiransky, Les Johnson & Me and Emma Martin Sunday 9 October, 2022, 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Websters Theatre, 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ The Seven Song Club returns to Glasgow Americana with a very strong local line up. Amy Papiransky, Les Johnson & Me and Emma Martin will all entertain us […]

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Glasgow Doors Open Days: The ARC: Past, Present & Future

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Saturday 17 September, 2022, 3 p.m. – 4.30 p.m The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6EW Get behind the scenes of the exciting new Advanced Research Centre, located in the city’s West end. About this event What is the ARC? Why was it built, and why was it designed this way? […]

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