Archive
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ASLS Election
Saturday 14 June 2008
The annual ASLS election will be followed by a panel discussion.
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Leabhar 's Craic - Glasgow's First Gaelic Literary Festival
Saturday 24 May 2008
Leabhar 's Craic is Glasgow's first Gaelic Literary festival, and it combines poetry, music and more for all the family.
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A to B Launch Glasgow Launch
Thursday 22 May 2008
The Glasgow launch of Gerry McGrath's A to B
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Conversation Pieces: Alex Gray
Monday 19 May 2008
Crime writer Alex Gray discusses her work, and her character creation DI Lorimer
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Conversation Pieces: Quintin Jardine
Wednesday 07 May 2008
Motherwell-born crime writer makes an appearance to discuss his much-acclaimed series of detective novels, and his five weeks at the top of the Scottish bestseller list.
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The Big J Glasgow Launch
Saturday 26 April 2008
Andrew Murray Scott will be signing copies of his new novel for young adults, The Big J
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Pitch Black Launch
Thursday 03 April 2008
Join crime writer Alex Gray for the launch of her new novel "Pitch Black"
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Black Friday Signing and Talk
Saturday 29 March 2008
Peter Aitchison will be giving a talk and signing copies of his book
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Aye Write! 25 Years of Taggart
Saturday 15 March 2008
Special guests will be appearing at this event celebrating TV's longest-running police drama series.... There's been a murder!
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Aye Write! Allan Guthrie, Quintin Jardine & Stuart MacBride
Saturday 15 March 2008
Two events looking at Scottish crime fiction, with Alan Guthrie, Quintin Jardine and Stuart MacBride
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Aye Write! Awards 2008
Saturday 15 March 2008
The final event of the Aye Write! festival sees six shortlisted novels compete for the Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction
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Aye Write! Scottish Independence
Saturday 15 March 2008
Murray Pittock launches his latest book on Scottish politics since the 1960s
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Aye Write! Menzies Campbell
Friday 14 March 2008
Former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell discusses his new autobiography
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Aye Write! Agnes Owens & Laura Hird
Thursday 13 March 2008
Short story writers Agnes Owens and Laura Hird read from their work
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Aye Write! McDermid & Mina
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Leading crime writers Val McDermid and Denise Mina discuss their latest novels
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Scots Leid Associe Talk
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Dr Maggie Scott will be speakin tae the Glesca brainch o the Scots Leid Associe anent her wark wi ‘Word of the Week’ that is set furth in the Herald.
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Aye Write! Peter Kerr
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Free tapas and beer in an event with Scottish travel writer and novelist Peter Kerr
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Aye Write! Who Belongs to Glasgow?
Tuesday 11 March 2008
The launch of a new edition of Mary Edward's study of immigration to Glasgow
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Aye Write! 100 Years of Scottish Photography
Monday 10 March 2008
Tom Normand talks about his new book Scottish Photography: A History and is joined by Norman Bissell.
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Aye Write! Màrtain Mac An T-saoir & James Robertson
Monday 10 March 2008
Gaelic poet and novelist Martin MacIntyre and novelist James Robertson discuss their work
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Aye Write! From Saturn to Glasgow - A Celebration of Edwin Morgan
Sunday 09 March 2008
Poetry, reminiscences, discussions and music - a star-filled celebration of the life and work of Edwin Morgan
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Aye Write! Iain M. Banks and Ken MacLeod
Sunday 09 March 2008
Two of Scotland's leading science fiction writers, Iain M Banks and Ken MacLeod, discuss their latest novels
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Aye Write! Robert Crawford and Aonghas MacNeacail
Sunday 09 March 2008
Two of Scotland's leading poets, Crawford and MacNeacail, read from their latest collections
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Aye Write! Scotland's Books with Robert Crawford
Sunday 09 March 2008
Join leading Scottish poet Robert Crawford for a celebration of centuries of Scottish literature
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Aye Write! Work in Progress
Sunday 09 March 2008
Janice Galloway, Anne Donovan and Louise Welsh all discuss their forthcoming new books.
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Aye Write! Archie Hind, The Dear Green Place and Alasdair Gray
Saturday 08 March 2008
A celebration of Archie Hind's classic Glasgow novel, The Dear Green Place, with Alasdair Gray
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Aye Write! Femmes Fatales
Saturday 08 March 2008
Scottish women are storming the crime fiction world. Meet some of these Femmes Fatales
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Aye Write! Football Poems
Saturday 08 March 2008
An hour of football poems hosted by Alistair Findlay.
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Aye Write! Glasgow New Writing
Saturday 08 March 2008
Readings from the students of the Creative Writing Masters degree at the University of Glasgow
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Aye Write! Marista Leishman
Saturday 08 March 2008
Aye Write! Festival: Marista Leishman’s honest study of the life and work of her father, John Reith, the great founder of the modern media age, is destined to become a classic.
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Aye Write! Writing in Scots Workshops
Saturday 08 March 2008
Three Scottish writers, James McGonigal, Chris Robinson and Rab Wilson, will lead workshops on Writing in Scots as part of the Aye Write! festival
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My Epileptic Lurcher Launch
Thursday 21 February 2008
Woof woof woofity woof
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StAnza 2008 Preview with Adrian Mitchell and Tom Leonard
Thursday 21 February 2008
A free preview of the 2008 StAnza Poetry Festival
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Psychoraag in France
Monday 11 February 2008
Celebrating the success of the French publication of Suhayl Saadi's Psychoraag, there will be two discussion panels held in Glasgow and Edinburgh
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Vital Synz Showcasing WN Herbert
Thursday 24 January 2008
Irish poet Ciaran Carson and Scot WN Herbert will be showcased at a poetry reading hosted by Vital Synz.
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Johnstone Writers Group Workshop: Writing a Crime Novel
Wednesday 19 December 2007
Caro Ramsay will be talking about writing crime novels at the Johnstone Writers Group
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Glasgow Radical Independent Book Fair
Saturday 15 December 2007
Launches and discussions at the Glasgow Radical Independent Book Fair
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A Voice for the Silenced - An Evening with Scottish PEN
Thursday 13 December 2007
St Mungo’s Mirrorball’s Winter programme will showcase the work of Scottish Pen, with readings and translations from leading writers
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Johnstone Writers Group Workshop: Short Stories
Thursday 15 November 2007
Zoë Strachan will lead a workshop on writing short stories.
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Scottish Football at its Best: Glasgow Launch
Thursday 15 November 2007
The Glasgow launch of Luath's new collection of Scottish Football Poems
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Poems to be Read Aloud Glasgow Launch
Thursday 08 November 2007
The Glasgow launch of Luath's new collection of Favourite Scottish Poems to be Read Aloud
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The Best Photographs from Scotland
Wednesday 07 November 2007
The launch of Tom Normand's Scottish Photography: A History, with an illustrated talk
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Tamburlaine Must Die Stage Play
Saturday 03 November 2007
The Tron theatre and Glasgay! are presenting a stage adaptation of Loiuse Welsh's novel Tamburlaine Must Die
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Glasgow Launch of The Radical Field
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Norman Bissell will help launch Tony McManus's The Radical Field
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Johnstone Writers Group Workshop: Novel Writing
Thursday 18 October 2007
Novel-writing workshop with Alison Miller
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Three Crime Writers at Wishaw Library
Tuesday 09 October 2007
Crime writers Lin Anderson, Aline Templeton and Alex Gray will be appearing at Wishaw Library
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Hidden City 3: Poetry in Glasgow
Sunday 07 October 2007
Eight leading Scottish poets perform in a hidden site in the heart of Glasgow.
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Scots Poetry Reading
Thursday 04 October 2007
Two leading Scots poets read from their work
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Makar Press Reading
Monday 24 September 2007
The Makar Press Poets present another reading of poetry.
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Christopher Brookmyre Book Signing in Kirkintilloch
Monday 17 September 2007
Christopher Brookmyre will be signing copies of Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks
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Elaine Marney at GoMA
Thursday 16 August 2007
Elaine Marney will be attending a reading at GoMA
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Robert Douglas Reading
Thursday 16 August 2007
Robert Douglas has finished his three-volume autobiography with At Her Majesty's Pleasure
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Aline Templeton Launches "Lying Dead"
Thursday 05 July 2007
Aline Templeton will be talking about her most recent novel, Lying Dead
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Summer Solstice Celebration & Writers' Pilgrimage
Thursday 21 June 2007
A reflective solstice and writers' pilgrimage even organised by the Federation of Writers in Scotland.
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Shadow Behind the Sun Launch
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Remzije Sherifi launches her book Shadow Behind the Sun
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Nemesis: The Beast Within Launch
Monday 18 June 2007
Catherine Mcphail reads from the latest novel in the Nemesis series
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Mairi Hedderwick Reads From Katie Morag
Wednesday 13 June 2007
The latest Katie Morag tale from Mairi Hedderwick
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Martin MacIntyre Reading
Wednesday 13 June 2007
Martin MacIntyre will be reading from his work at this event
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Crime Writer's Tour
Tuesday 12 June 2007
Stuart MacBride joins two other crime writers for the HarperCollins Crime Writing Tour
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Elaine Marney reads from Eating Jesus
Monday 11 June 2007
Elaine Marney reads from her Glasgow-set novel Eating Jesus
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Writers' Marketplace
Saturday 09 June 2007
The Federation of Writers are hosting a Writers' Market with bookstalls, information and performances.
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Andrew Greig Reading
Monday 04 June 2007
Andrew Greig will be reading from his work
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Poetry Workshop and Lunchtime Talk
Wednesday 30 May 2007
Two poetry events hosted by The Collins Gallery in Glasgow, with Mara Sara and Kathleen Jamie
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Fonn 's Duthchas Exhibition
Friday 06 April 2007
The Fonn 's Duthchas "Land and Legacy" exhibition arrives in Glasgow
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SPL Bearsden Collection Launch with Liz Lochhead
Wednesday 21 March 2007
The newest Scottish Poetry Library collection is launched at Brookwood Library, in Bearsden in Glasgow.
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Makar Press Poetry Reading
Wednesday 28 February 2007
Four Makar Press poets will be reading from their collections, and some new poems.
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Aye Write! Sunday 25th February
Sunday 25 February 2007
Teddybears with Moira Munro, and the latest novel from Iain Banks on the last day of the Aye Write! festival
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Aye Write! Saturday 24th
Saturday 24 February 2007
Children's writing and illustration and Glasgow fiction on show at the Aye Write! Festival in Glasgow
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Aye Write! Cannon, Butlin, Miller
Friday 23 February 2007
Scottish writers Ron Butlin, Allison Miller and Michael Canon share the stage at this event in Glasgow
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Aye Write! Football Heroes
Friday 23 February 2007
Football Heroes at the Aye Write! Festival - Christopher Brookmyre, Gordon Burn and Gary Imlach
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Aye Write! Robertson, MacLaverty and Brookmyre
Wednesday 21 February 2007
Three events, with James Robertson, Glasgow writer Bernard MacLaverty, and crime writing with Brookmyre and Billingham
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Aye Write! Dewar, Marney, Scott , Galloway and Kennedy
Monday 19 February 2007
Two events celebrating the work of female Scottish authors, including Isla Dewar and A.L. Kennedy
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Aye Write! Sunday 18th February Events
Sunday 18 February 2007
Scottish authors appearing at the Aye Write! Festival on Sunday 18th February
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Aye Write! Bisset, Brooks and Glass
Saturday 17 February 2007
Alan Bisset, Nick Brooks and Rodge Glass will be reading from their work and discussing Glasgow writing at this Aye Write! festival event.
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Aye Write! William Boyd
Saturday 17 February 2007
William Boyd will be talking about his latest novel, Restless.
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2007 Aye Write! Festival
Friday 16 February 2007
Glasgow's Aye Write! Festival has recently secured funding to become a yearly event, so there will be plenty of enthusiasm this year.
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Burns International Conference 2007
Saturday 13 January 2007
The Mitchell Library in Glasgow is hosting the 2007 Burns International Conference.
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Anna Crowe and Alexander Hutchison Reading
Thursday 07 December 2006
Poets Anna Crowe and Alexander Hutchison will be reading from their collections in this special event from the Glasgow Poetry Club.
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University of Glasgow Inaugural Lectures
Saturday 02 December 2006
Two lectures in a new series from Glasgow University, held by Prof Nigel Leask and Prof Alan Riach.
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'Once Upon A Time'
Thursday 23 November 2006
Tell your own stories at this free event in Glasgow's Winter Gardens.
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Conversation Pieces: Paul Ferris and Reg McKay
Monday 20 November 2006
Glasgow Gangster turned author Paul Ferris and investigative journalist Reg McKay talk about their latest book.
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Conversation Pieces: Charan Gill
Thursday 16 November 2006
The Royal Concert Hall's Conversation Pieces series of events brings the Glasgow 'Curry King' Charan Gill to discuss his new autobiography
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New Voices: Cheryl Follon and Ian Stephen
Thursday 09 November 2006
Celebrating the time for storytelling with ballads and dramas, poems and stories from Cheryl Follon and Ian Stephen
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Sunday Herald Books Launch
Wednesday 08 November 2006
Two controversial political titles launch Sunday Herald Books, an imprint of Books Noir. This is the launch event.
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Gaelic Writer in Residence: Martin MacIntyre
Wednesday 01 November 2006
Martin MacIntyre, the University of Glasgow's new Gaelic Writer-In-Residence, is hosting a series of creative writing sessions
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Hidden City 2
Sunday 08 October 2006
A City Centre Poetry Performance in and around Glasgow... bring all-weather clothing!
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Higher Education with Kirkland
Thursday 05 October 2006
Poetry reading from Kirkland's debut collection.
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John Burnside: Voices of Scotland Now
Wednesday 04 October 2006
Poetry reading by John Burnside.
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Isle of Bute Poetry Festival
Tuesday 03 October 2006
Featuring poets Des Dillon and Janet Paisley
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Novel Approach
Tuesday 03 October 2006
Performance Poets Elspeth Murray and Richard Medrington present a poetry guide for fiction readers.
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Audubon's Scottish Links
Tuesday 19 September 2006
John Chalmers, author of Audubon in Edinburgh and His Scottish Associates, recounts the Scottish experiences of the great American wildlife artist.
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George Bogle and the High Road to China
Thursday 14 September 2006
In 1774, young Scotsman George Bogle set out on an unprecedented diplomatic mission as the first British envoy to Tibet, where he struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama.
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Lapidus Scotland Inaugural Conference: Hidden Voices
Friday 08 September 2006
An invitation to three days of panel presentations, discussions, workshops, readings and performances celebrating 10 years of Lapidus and the diversity of Scotland.
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An Audience with Christopher Brookmyre
Wednesday 06 September 2006
An evening of readings and discussion with Christopher Brookmyre.
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Reading the Leaves
Friday 01 September 2006
Enjoy an evening of poetry and creative writing.
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Monthly CCA Book Fair
Saturday 26 August 2006
News of a new monthly book fair for alternative and independent publishers from Scotland.
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Glasgow Gaelic School Opens
Monday 21 August 2006
A new Gaelic school for children aged from three to 18 has opened its doors in Glasgow
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Bards in the Park - Spoken Word
Saturday 05 August 2006
Writers and their friends meet in Glasgow’s Winter Gardens to read their own and other poets’ works.
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Family Picnic Time - Crookston Castle
Saturday 22 July 2006
Crookston Castle's famous summer family Picnic time is here again.
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Launch of Only Strange People Go To Church...
Thursday 29 June 2006
The launch of Laura Marney's latest novel, Only Strange People Go To Church Nowadays.
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Scottish PEN Celebration: Zoë Strachan and Alison Miller
Saturday 24 June 2006
Zoë Strachan and Alison Miller will be reading from their work and discussing the role of Scottish PEN at the West End Festival.
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Summer Solstice: Midsummer Night Tails
Wednesday 21 June 2006
To celebrate the Summer Solstice, the Federation of Writers will be gathering in the People's Palace in Glasgow. Bring a tail...
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Collective Bargaining: A Glasgow Poetry Reading
Sunday 18 June 2006
An interactive poetry reading with the Makar Press poets.
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West Dunbartonshire Literature Festival
Monday 05 June 2006
The 2006 West Dunbartonshire Libraries Literature Festival runs from Mon 5th to Wed 21st June 2006
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Laura Marney Reading from "Only Strange People..."
Thursday 01 June 2006
Laura Marney will be reading from her new novel, Only Strange People Go To Church Nowadays.
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ASLS Conference 2006
Saturday 27 May 2006
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies (ASLS) is holding its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 27 May.
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Collective Bargaining: Interactive Poetry Reading
Wednesday 24 May 2006
The Makar Press poets are holding an interactive poetry reading, as part of the Burns an' a' that! Festival Fringe.
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Federation of Writers (Scotland) Workshop
Tuesday 23 May 2006
The Federation of Writers (Scotland) is holding a workshop to discuss the future of the organisation.
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A Lyrical Good Friday at the People's Palace
Friday 14 April 2006
The Federation of Writers (Scotland) presents an afternoon of reading and performance.
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Children's Poetry Bookshelf Tour
Monday 27 March 2006
Poets Elspeth Murray and Richard Medrington will perform classic children's poems as well as from their own work, talk about their work in schools, and answer questions from the audience.
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International Burns Conference: Mitchell Library
Saturday 14 January 2006
14/01/2006 to 28/01/2006. The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, are holding the Internation Burns Conference with events on the Saturday 14th, 21st and 28th of January