Aye Write! Saturday 24th
Mitchell Library
And venues across Glasgow
- 11.30am - Vivian French, author of over 200 books, and author-illustrator Ross Collins lead a 'count me in' session for children aged 4 to 8.
- 1.15pm - Janey Godley reads from her autobiographical Handstands in the Dark, a memoir of murder, abuse and gangsters but has been described as "uplifting and often extremely funny". She is joined by Ian Pattison, reading from his third novel, Looking at the Stars.
- 1.15pm - Christopher Rush talks about his new memoir of religion and a coastal village life, in Hellfire and Herring
- 2.30pm - Glasgow writer Denise Mina will be discussing her crime novels, alongside poet Sophie Hannah.
- 4pm - Romantic novelist, and BooksfromScotland.com essayist, Maggie Craig and autobiographer Robert Douglas, author of Somewhere to Lay My Head, will be comparing Glasgow in fact and fiction
5.30pm - John McKean, author of railway history Battle for the North, will be discussing the social and technological impact of the Victorian era on Scotland with author Nicolette Jones.
Booking information: Call 0871 230 9887 for ticket information
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Add to BasketBattle For The North: The Tay And Forth Bridges And The 19th-Century Railway Wars - Hardback -
£20.00
Presenting a dramatic and scandalous story of the building of the Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th century railway wars, this work explores the complicated reality underlying the Victorian pursuit of progress. -
£14.99Handstands In The Dark - Hardback -
Janey Godley's powerful life story delves into a world of violence, abuse, alcoholism, drugs, gangs and guns, and how she overcame these horrific experiences to become a positive, undaunted survivor. -
Add to BasketHellfire And Herring: A Childhood Remembered - Hardback -
£15.99
'Hellfire & Herring' gives a vivid account of the author's upbringing in the 1940s and 1950s in the little fishing village of St Monans. Rush returns decades later to rediscover his childhood, and offers a frank account of how it was for him. -
Add to BasketLooking At The Stars - Hardback -
£12.00
Life in Glasgow's West End isn't going well. A one-time aspiring author, now TV script-reader, living in a squalid bedsit, is on a slippery slope. But, as his life goes from bad to worse, an opportunity to fulfil all his dreams presents itself, as long as he's prepared to kill and take the credit for another writer's work. -
Add to BasketSomewhere To Lay My Head - Hardback -
£14.99
The next chapter in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling 'Night Song of the Last Tram'. We follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later), and his return to Glasgow and life down the pit.
