August Lit Events

EDBOOKFEST THIS MONTH!13TH-29TH AUGUST.www.edbookfest.co.uk Get your tent set up at Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh.


Wed 10 Aug 7pm The Ivory, Glasgow £2

Tom Leonard at Poetry @ the Ivory

Tom Leonard reads from his work and is interviewed on his life and poetry at this event supported by GlasgowLife and Scottish Book Trust.

The Ivory
2–-4 Camphill Avenue
Glasgow, G41 3AY



Wed 10 Aug 5pm The National Piping Centre, Glasgow
0141 353 0220
Free

The book launch will be accompanied by tunes from Allan MacDonald & Friends. Part of Piping Live!

Website: www.pipinglive.co.uk
The National Piping Centre
30–34 McPhater Street,
Cowcaddens
Glasgow, G4 OHW
Box office: 0141 353 0220

Thu 11 Aug 6pm–8pm Waterstone's, Glasgow
0141 332 9105
Free

Allan Wilson: Wasted in Love
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Young Glasgow writer Wilson launches a new collection of short stories.
Waterstone's
153–157 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow, G2 3EW
Scotland
Phone: 0141 332 9105
Website: www.waterstones.co.uk

Thu 11 Aug 4:45pm The National Piping Centre, Glasgow
0141 353 0220
Free

Cpt Stuart Samson: The Land Of Bens, Glens and Heroes
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A book launch and performance by Samson and friends. Part of Piping Live!

Website: www.pipinglive.co.uk
The National Piping Centre
30–34 McPhater Street,
Cowcaddens
Glasgow, G4 OHW
Box office: 0141 353 0220

July Lit Events

July Events:

30th June- 30th September: In advance of receiving the Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Alastair Reid's manuscripts and translations will be on display at Glasgow University Library, featuring illuminating works on the poetry of Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. Details: Phone: 0141 330 2000 Website: www.gla.ac.uk

7th July: Self development group based around the best selling book.
Big Mouth Coffee Bar and Café, Glasgow 0141 337 7023

7th july: Nights at the Circus
A cabaret night featuring all of our favourite things: rock, jazz, poetry, magic, drama and cake. Bands appearing tonight are Natalie Pryce, Ghosts of Progress and Adopted as Holograph.Captain's Rest, Glasgow 0141 332 7304 £4

9th July: (Words Per Minute)
Monthly spoken word, music, film and performance night run by Glasgow-based writer-performers Kirsty Logan, Helen Sedgwick and Kirstin Innes.4pm–7pm The Arches, Glasgow 0141 565 1000 £5

Behind The Scenes :Tue 12 Jul 2:30pm Mitchell Library, Glasgow 0141 287 2999 Free Guided tour around the dusty shelves of the largest public reference library in Europe.Booking is essential.


Wed 13 Jul 7:30pm Mono, Glasgow A book group for those who like plenty of pictures with their words, run by Plan B Books. 0141 237 1137 Free

Wed 20 Jul 7:30pm Weegie Wednesdays The Universal, Glasgow 0141 332 8899 Free


Wed 20 Jul 8:30pm The Not So Secret SocietyComedy japesters Rufus and Ben are your hosts for this not-particularly-secret artists' gathering, which may or may not involve comedy, theatre, spoken word, music and oddity. The Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow 0141 248 5210£6 (£5 'if you know the password')

21 Jul–24 Jul Merchant City Festival

A celebration of Scotland's theatre, music, visual arts, comedy, dance, film, literature, shopping and fashion in Glasgow's trading and cultural quarter. As well as events in venues such as the Tron Theatre and the Briggait artists' space, there is a busy line-up of street theatre and al fresco music.
Website: www.merchantcityfestival.com
Various venues
Merchant City
Glasgow, Lanarkshire G1
Scotland
Phone: 0141 5526027
Email: info@merchantcityfestival.com

21 Jul–24 Jul Thu–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm Book Swap Bookcase

A lovely idea, this: if you're passing through the Trongate, bring along a book you're happy to part with, leave it on the Book Swap Bookcase, and return home with some new reading matter – all for nada!Trongate 103, Glasgow


25 Jul 8pm The 13th Note Café/Bar, Glasgow Impenetrable Click

A host of comics travel the length and breadth of the continent to take part in a night of experimental comedy, poetry and music. Taking charge over the potential chaos are Scottish/American powerhouse Sarah Cassidy, Jazz Poetry Builder Will Setchell, Alan Scott and Geoff Gawler. Featuring the notorious Deep Chuckle, a robot sent back in time to kill Bernard Manning.

July 26th Magic Carpet Cabaret at Tchai Ovna Otago Lane.8-10 pm Words, Music and an Opne Mic.

Tue 26 Jul 6pm My Life in Books: Crime Fiction Special Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow Crime writers Karen Campbell (The Twilight Time) and Helen Fitzgerald (Dead Lovely) discuss the influence books have had on them throughout their lives.
Mitchell Library,
15 Berkeley Street
Glasgow, G3 7BW
Phone: 0141 248 9969
Website: www.womenslibrary.org.uk 0141 248 9969 Free

Scottish Lit Fests June- September

16 Jun 2011 - 19 Jun 2011 Borders Book Festival Melrose, Scottish Borders Book Festivals
1 Aug 2011 - 13 Aug 2011 Aos Dana Skye Book Festivals
5 Aug 2011 - 25 Aug 2011 Edinburgh Book Fringe Edinburgh Book Festivals
10 Aug 2011 - 13 Aug 2011 Inverness Book Festival Inverness Book Festivals
13 Aug 2011 - 29 Aug 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh Book Festivals 20 Aug 2011 - 21 Aug 2011 Books, Borders & Bikes Innerleithen, Scottish Borders Book Festivals
27 Aug 2011 - 27 Aug 2011 North Ayrshire Council Readers’ Day North Ayrshire Book Festivals
31 Aug 2011 - 4 Sep 2011 Nairn Book and Arts Festival Nairn Book Festivals
1 Sep 2011 - 30 Sep 2011 New Words Aberdeen Book Festivals
3 Sep 2011 - 4 Sep 2011 Wordplay Shetland Book Festivals
3 Sep 2011 - 4 Sep 2011 Islay Book Festival Port Ellen, Islay Book Festivals
6 Sep 2011 - 10 Sep 2011 Milngavie Book & Arts Festival Milngavie.
9 Sep 2011 - 11 Sep 2011 Black Isle Words Festival Cromarty,Ross-Shire Book Festivals

June Lit Events

The West End Festival takes over this month's lit events. There are so many interesting events that I suggest you get a programme or download one from www.westendfestival.co.uk

The West End Festival: 3rd-26 June
There are too many events to list them here from stories and fun for children to writing workshops, Refugee stories week, book launches, poetry,Goethe Institute's event Nicol Ljubic -The author reads from his book Stillness of the Sea (Meeresstille), in German and English, The Scottish Pen events. An exhaustive list, something for everyone. Enjoy at least some of them and hope the sun shines for the parade.

2 June 6.30 7.45pm:Alison Irvine: This Road is Red (Milton Library 16th June at Royston Library)
As part of three simultaneous author tours dropping in on libraries around north Glasgow, Alison Irvine discusses her novel This Road is Red, which is based on real life stories from past and present inhabitants of the Red Road flats.
Reading the Leaves
Fri 3 Jun 8pm Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, Glasgow
Poetry and storytelling evening.
Tchai-Ovna House of Tea
Saturday 4 June Mairi Hedderwick: Katie Morag and the Dancing Class
Marie Hedderwick reads from her much-loved Katie Morag stories, set on the fictional island of Struay. Part of the West End Festival.
Hillhead Library
Mairi Hedderwick: Katie Morag and the Dancing Class
11:15am Hillhead Library, Glasgow 0141 276 1617
Free
Mairi Hedderwick: Katie Morag and the Dancing Class
2:30pm Hillhead Library, Glasgow
Partick Library, 305 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow Event
Date Tickets
Janis Mackay: Magnus Fin and the Moonlight Mission
Mon 6 Jun 10:15am 0141 276 1560
Free
Janis Mackay: Magnus Fin and the Moonlight Mission
Mon 6 Jun 1:15pm 0141 339 7223
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow Event
Date Tickets
Free
Mon 6 Jun 6pm–7pm 0141 287 2999
£8 (£6)
Christopher Brookmyre: Where the Bodies are Buried Mitchell Theatre, 6 Granville Street, Glasgow Event
Cathy Macphail: Tue 7 Jun 10:15am Hillhead Library, Glasgow 0141 276 1617
Free An insight into the processes MacPhail employs to successfully write for teenagers, from her urban thriller series Nemesis to Grass and Hide and Seek. Part of the West End Festival.
Open Mic
Tue 7 Jun 5:45pm Partick Library, Glasgow 0141 276 1560
Free
An open mic event organised by The Federation of Writers (Scotland). Book your slot by emailing admin@writersfederation.org.uk. Donations appreciated. Part of the West End Festival 2011.
Sinclair MacLeod: The Reluctant Detective
Tue 7 Jun 6:30pm–7:45pm 0141 946 2348
Free
Maryhill Library & Learning Centre, 1508 Maryhill Road, Glasgow
14th June 6.30pm at Milton Library
23 rd June 6.30 pm at Barmulloch Library
Workshop: Performance for Writers
Thu 9 Jun CCA, Glasgow 0141 352 4900
Free
The Scottish Writers' Centre lays on a workshop in performing your words on stage, with lively performance poet Anita Govan.
Date Location Tickets
10 Jun 10.15am Margaret Ryan: Roodica the Rude
Hillhead Library, Glasgow
10 Jun 1.15pm Partick Library, Glasgow
Margaret Ryan reads from her tale of Queen Goodica's youngest daughter Roodica the Rude and her battles against the Romans. Part of the West End Festival
Tue 7 Jun 1:15pm 0141 276 1617
Free
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow Event
Date Tickets
Sue Reid Sexton: Mavis's Shoe
Sue Reid Sexton: Mavis's Shoe
Sue Reid Sexton's new novel is about the Clydebank blitz as seen through the eyes of a young girl during the Second World War. This dramatisation brings to life the devastation and loss of that war. Part of the West End Festival.

More May Events on FB

What a wonderful cover by Penguin Threads by Jillian Tamaki? I had to share it with you.

The usual monthly meetings of Weegie Wednesday is on May 18th and Word Play at the Tron on the 25th of May.

I apologise. I missed out too many events in May on this blog as I put up the events list too early. Please check out details of all the events on the Glasgowlitcorner FB page. There are events on 11th, 13th, 15th 18th and the 19th of May. An eclectic mixture of words in play.
You can take part in a Graphic Novel group, read a media publication at the launch of 'Bad news from Israel', enjoy Poetry at the Ivory, even witness a Matsuri Festival of Japanese poetry and I quote: 'A unique event with Scottish poets Alec Finlay and Ken Cockburn, who have been travelling around Scotland inspired and guided by Japanese poet Basho for the past year. To accompany the 100-haiku word map of Scotland performed by Finlay and Cockburn along with ten other poet friends, there's music and teas from Japan and China, served by the Hidden Gardens' cultural cookery group' or be entranced by a Portuguese singer combining American blues with Argentinian national music. What riches to dip into? Go and enjoy!

May Events

5 May 6pm
Bottled Tears: Scottish War Brides of World War Two

Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow

Find out about the post-war migration of women who ended up with men from overseas in the great shake-up that was World War II. Beverley Tosh, daughter of a World War II pilot and his war bride, gives a presentation on some of the stories of love, family, travel and adaptation that are hidden amid the wider historical moment.

15 May 3pm
The Hidden Gardens, Glasgow
Ryan Van Winkle with Poets from Lebanon, Syria and Scotland
As part of a tour that has taken in Damascus and many other exotic locations, a group of poets who have been working on English-Arabic translations perform their own and each other's works at a cabaret-style event.

19 May 7pm
CCA, Glasgow
Scottish Writers' Centre Discussion Series
Satya Dunning from Dance House dance studios in Glasgow gives a talk entitled 'Words and Movement'.


23 May 2pm
Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow
Irish Writers' Centre Event

Writers from the Scottish Writers' Centre's counterpart over the water in Dublin showcase their works.

April Events

PLEASE NOTE AMENDMENT:

Charlene Moore
Hey,
I'm one of the Strathclyde students students behind new literary journal, Valve, and I'd just like to make an amendment to the information listed on the Glasgow Lit Corner blog page.
At the moment, under April events, it states that we're launching on April 16th in the CCA at 10am, but our April event is actually a readings showca...se, on April 21st, in Mono.
Our launch is on June 16th, in Waterstones, at 6pm.

Thank you for making the changes, and thanks for listing us.Sat 2 Apr 10am–1pm Mitchell Library, Glasgow 0141 287 2999
Free
Glasgow Scribes Book Sale
A sale of books organised by Glasgow's resident group of calligraphy enthusiasts.
Mitchell Library
North Street,
Glasgow, G3 7DN
Phone: 0141 287 2999

6th April 2011 Event Seeds at the CCA
Acoustic music, African drumming, stand up comedy and urban poetry night in a relaxed atmosphere, presented by Seeds of Thought.
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow, G2 3JD
Box office: 0141 352 4900


7 Apr 6pm Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Lively and informal discussions of poetry on the first Thursday of every month.
View full details

8 Apr 10pm Tron Theatre, Glasgow

The Magic Carpet Cabaret

A night of poetry, songs and stories, with open mic spots.
View full details

8 Apr 8pm Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, Glasgow

Reading the Leaves



14 Apr 7pm CCA, Glasgow
Turning the Next Page
A day of workshops, panel sessions and socialising aimed at graduates of creative writing programmes in Scotland or those in the early stages of a writing career. Speakers include Jenny Todd of Canongate Books, Jemima Levick of Dundee Rep and writers including JL Williams, Drew Campbell and Sara Sheridan. Email p.johnston@nawe.co.uk to book your place.

16 Apr 10am CCA, Glasgow
Valve Journal Launch Night
Launch of a new journal created by budding writers at Strathclyde University.

Behind the Scenes
21 Apr 2.30pm Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Guided tour around the dusty shelves of the largest public reference library in Europe. Booking is essential.

23 Apr–24 Apr Sat & Sun 11am–1pm & 2–4pm Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow

RSPB Weekend: How to Make a Heron Happy

Popular Scottish author Lari Don reads from her book How to Make a Heron Happy and there are drop-in arts and crafts on offer too. Best for ages 3–6.

Here is the correct info re April Events organised by The Scottish Writer's Centre:
7 April – David Manderson leads discussion on creative writing teaching/study. (CCA Terrace Bar) 7pm

14 April – Tom Leonard in person. (CCA Club Room) 7pm

21 April – David Kinloch poetry launch 'Finger of a Frenchman' (Carcanet) (CCA Club Room) 7pm

28 April – Iraqi Fiction with special guest Abbas Khider and others. (CCA Club Room) 7pm