Events
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to jules.graham@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Jules Graham.
Glasgow
WriterFest Raiiishorii Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. 1.15 2pm. Free. The tirst in a series ol tree lunchtime readings kicks ()ll yy rth Hamish MacDonald.
Edinburgh
From Glasgow to Mercury and Back: Translating Edwin Morgan into Italian Italian ('ultural Institute. 82 Nicolsot) Street. Mix 2252. ()pm. Free. Marco l'a/Iini. yy ho has published an Italian yersion ot Morgan's poetry. yyill gryc a critical introduction to the yyork ol the great Scottish poet. With readings by Valerie (iillies.
Big Word Performance Poetry The Tron. 9 lltmter Square. High Street. 226 0931. 9pm. £3 (£2). 1)eadpan man l)ominic Waxing Lyrical creates laughs out ot yerses yyith support trom Liy'erpool boy Ross Sutherland. Anita (Email and l)undee‘s Mark Thompson. plus regular M(‘s1em Rolls and Jenny Lindsay.
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Glasgow
First Writes Screenwriting Workshop (ilasgoyy' liilm Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 332 8128. 10am. 1’ree. contact (il’l‘ directly to book a place. l’ur! o/ Are ll'r'ih'.’
Peter Lamont: The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. l0.30arii. £3.50 (£2.50). Former president ol the lidinburgh Magic ('ircle. l’eter' Lamont joins Aye 1i'rite.’ to read lrotti his book iii/11' Rise (if [/H' IIIt/lllll RU/ir' lite/(1' 7711’ Biography of'u Legend. a tome loyed by l)erren Broyy'n.
Baby Bounce’n’Rhyme Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999.
l lam. Free. l-‘inger rhymes and songs to share with your baby. Age (1 2. Part of Aye tl'rrre.’
Jessica Warner 8. George Rosie: Scottish History Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 1 Iain. £5
(£2.50 £3.50). A top notch history lesson tor sly‘t’ “rt-lei
Natalie Russell: Hamish the Highland Cow Mitchell Library. 20] North Street. 237 2999. 1 lam. £3.50 (£2.50). Hamish‘s author and illustrator appears tor those aged 8 l 1 in Aye 1t'rire.’ Cressida Cowell: How to be a Pirate Mitchell Library. 20! North Street. 287 2999. 11.30am. £3.50 (£2.50). Storytelling with author ('ressida Come” for ages 8-7 1 1. Par! ofAye ll'rrle.'
Aline Templeton: Writing Workshop Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. l 1.30am. £5 (£2.50—£3.50). Aye H'rr‘re.’ welcomes a lesson in creating crime characters for serials.
Toddler‘s Tales Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 12.15pm. Free. Rhymes and games for you and your toddler. Purl ofAye ll'rtlt’.’
Christopher Rush: Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 12.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). The author of Iy'i'tlnuppeil et at is remembered tor Aye ll'rrrefk sake.
GP Taylor. Shadowmancer & Wormwood Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 12.45pm. £3.50 (£2.50). For ang 9+. I’urt rift-lye ll'l'ttt’.'
Hansel & Gretel Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. t.30pm. £2.50 (tamily ticket £7). Pendle Productions presents its adaptation of this classic fairytale during the Aye tl'rr’re.’ t'estiyities.
Richard Mabey and Robert Macfarlane: Nature Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 28" 2999. 2pm. £5 (£2.50 £5.50). Aye Write" tackles nature in all its glory
Frank Rodgers: Eyetooth and Battle for Eyetooth Mitchell library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 2.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). ()ne ()1 Scotland's best- 1o\ ed author-illustrati)rs talks lor the b 111 age group. I’m-r or Aye H'rire'
Douglas Dunn & Kathleen Jamie: Poetry Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 3.45pm. £5
(£2.51) £3.50). llot start/as trotii tyyo ot our tinest eyponeiits in Aye tt'rire' Debate: What's the Point of Literary Prizes? Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 4pm. £5
(£2.50 £3.50). liscellerit question. Part of Aye H'rttr'.’
Natalie Russell: Illustrated Books Workshop Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 4pm. £5 (£2.50 £3.50). lloyy to sketch as part ot Aye ll'rrre' Claire Harman on Robert Louis Stevenson Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 5.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). More chat about R1.S in Aye ll'rile.’ Marina Warner: Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Magic Mitchell library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 7pm. £5 (£2.51) £3.50). The ttoyelist. critic and cultural historian joins in at :ly'e 1i'rrre.’ to discuss her yyorldyy ide research into lairy tales and tolklore.
Pauline McLynn: The Woman on the Bus Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 3.30 9.30pm. £5 (£2.50 £3.50). l-iiI/rer 'Ia/‘s Mrs l)oylc discusses her third crime (toy’el. (it) on. go on. go on at xly'e H'rrte.’
Glasgow
Baby Bounce’n’Rhyme Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 1.30pm. Free. See Sat 19.
Hansel & Gretel Mitchell Library. 20! North Street. 287 2999. 1.30pm. £2.50 (lamin ticket £7). See Sat 19.
Alan Riach 8. Alan Grant: Comics in Glasgow Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 2pm. £5 (£2.50 £3.50). There‘s plenty of them. don't you think‘.’ t'nless they 're chatting about graphic rioy'els. (iet along to Aye it'ri're.’ and tind out.
How to Get Published Workshop Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 2pm. £5 (£2.50 £3.50). Budding yy'riters advised as part of the Aye tt'rrre.’ shindig.
Meg Gardiner, Denise Mina 8: Jackie Winspear: Crime Writing Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 2.30pm. £5 (£2.50-£3.50). Women and crime writing is explored by Mina. one ol our linest current exponents. and a pair of t‘elloyy scribes. Part of Aye ll'rrte.’ Keith Charters: The Lee Books Mitchell Library. 20] North Street. 287 2999. 2.45pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Faniin tun as the (itasyy'cgian author reads from his hilarious Ix’e children‘s series at the Aye H'I‘iiz’.’ book l'estiy‘al.
Colin McEwan: Stories and Songs Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 3pm. £3.50 (£2.50). l-‘amily entertainment at Aye ll'rr’re.’
William Boyd: Fascination Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 4pm. £5 (£2.50- £3.50). The author ol Any Human Hear! and A (;()()(1.lltlll in Africa reads from his new cortically acclaimed collection of short stories at the Aye ti'rr're.’ t‘estiy‘al.
Brian Osborne: Biography Workshop Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 4pm. £5 (£2.50-£3.50). Practical adyice on writing about other people at the Aye ti'rire.’ t'estiyat. Geraldine McCaughrean: Not the End of the World Mitchell Library. 20! North Street. 287 2999. 5pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Noah's ark is reyisited. part of the Aye li’rire.’ book t'es'tiy'al. Age 12+. Liz Lochead Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 5.30pm. £3.50
(£2.50). The acclairiied poet. playyy right and pertor'riier appears at .‘\t' ll'rire' Philippa Gregory: The Virgin’s Lover Mitchell Library. 2(11 North Street. 287 2999, 5.30pm. £5.50 (£2.50). Sauce tn the city as part ot Aye illite'
Quintin Jardine & Anne Perry: Crime in the City Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 7pm. £5 (£2.50 £3.50). More dastardly goings—on at Aye little?
Zoe Strachan, Louise Welsh and Will Napier Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 8.30pm. £5
(£2.50 £3.50). Three ol the (ilasgoyy l'ltt creatiye yy riting creyy gather tor a chat about their oyyii books as part ()1 Air lkl‘llr‘.’
Glasgow
Meg Henderson on Daisy’s Wars Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. lprn. £3.50 (£2.50). Another ol our most solid contemporary yyriters giy es us some other time in Aye ll'ri're'
Nicola Morgan: Understanding the Teenage Mind Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 0.31) 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2511). Wed all loye to achieye that. It's Aye it'rrre.’ time again.
Andrea Levy: Small Island Mitchell Library. 20] North Street. 287 2999. 7pm. £5 (£3.50). The 2004 ()range 1’r'i/e tor l‘ictiori yy inner talks about her critically acclaimed noyel at the Aye ll'rrle.’ t'estiy'al.
Edwin Morgan Celebration Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 8.39pm. £5 (£2.50 £3.50). The liter'ar'.‘ gettith is hailed in she ll'rrle'
Glasgow
Duff Hart-Davis: John James Aubodon Mitchell Library. 20l North Street. 287 2999. 12.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Part til. the .rty't’ llll'llt’.’ lcsttyal.
Juliet Gardener 8. Max Arthur: Glasgow 8: W2 Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 1 2pm. £3.50 (£2.50). The not really good old day s explored in Aye ll’rrte.’
Jason Woods on Nick Broomfield (ilasgoyy l’ilm Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 332 8128. (y~8.15pm. £5 (£4). Aye Hitte' hears all about the documentary -maker
yy ho has directed his lens at the likes ot Margaret Thatcher. Tupac Shakur and Kurt (‘obain
Michael Wood Borders Books. 98 Buchanan Street. 222 7700. (rpm. (‘oinciding yyith a BB(' teley ision series. the intrepid historian appears iii-store to dichss his neyy smash hit book In Sean/i othlIyI/ty um] [A’Qt’ltti\.
Nick Flynn: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 287 2999. 6.30 7.30pm.
Books
Denise Mina shoots the breeze on crime. 3 Sun 20 8 Sat 26 Feb
L V5lli£2 5H) l’.rtt (it the \\l ll )ir’i' tcslryal See icy ieyy
Sarah Hall and Danny Leigh: Young Faber Writers \htclicll l ll‘l.tl\_ .‘(Il North Street. 28‘ 2‘19" ‘ 8pm £5 192:.Sll Li; all) l\r'11ll{r '\\\d\l‘llk \ Htc Booker noiiriiiee and .i riiaii yyho yy r|| surely haye big times ahead ol hriii See l)arin_y leiin riileiyreyy Ill neyt issue Stuart Murdoch: Song Writing Mitchell 1 ibrary. 201 North Street. 28' 2999. 8 9pm. (£2 50 £ 3 50) the Belle .\ Sebastian troritrrran discusses the band's lyrics at the l\( H rm" lestryal Laura Marney and Nick Brooks Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. .‘S ' 2999.8511prir. £5l£250 t y so. (at. rrrorc proiriisrrig iieyy scribes come to to lift/i"
Edinburgh
Maggie O’Farrell: The Distance Between Us ( )ttakar‘s. 5“ ( ieoige Street. 225 4-195. “pin. l-r'ee \1.l;'j.'lt' ()'l‘arrc|l reads lion) and signs topics ol her latest touching rieyy noyel.
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Glasgow
Carl MacDougall: Women and Writing in Scotland Mitchell library. 201 North Street. 28” 2999 1 2pm £3.50 ( £2.50). The chap yyho brought us the history ot Scottish literature on the Beeb recently. rrarr'oyys his tours to yyomen tor the .‘l\(' iii-m" testryal
PB Kerr: Writing for Adults and Children Mitchell Library. 201 North Street. 28“ 2999. (y.|5prn it- 3 50 ( £2 50) Part ()1 the to 117m" testiyal
William Mcllvanney Mitchell library. 201 North Street. 28" 2999 ". iltprii. £5 (£2.50 £3.50).'1he iiiari yyliogayc iistlic hard nut l)ocherty cheyys some lat (or to 1L!‘ll('.'
Rodge Glass, Alan Bissett: New Glasgow Writers Mitchell library. 20! North Street. 28" 2999. Is.-15piir £ i.50 (£2.50). See pt'eyieyy tor his .l\(' 111m" eyeiit.
Edinburgh
Jim C Wilson North l‘.(lllll)lllj_'h .\rts (‘entre. 15a 1’eririyyy ell ('ourt. ;15 2151 2pm. £5 (£1 tor ineriibers ot the (iood Neighbour" Scheme £2) The poet and author reads lrorn S/iu/e/uuie l)in y his collection ot reminiscences about groyying tip in ('orircly Bank and Stm'kbridge in the 195l1s.
Dilys Rose Blackyy ells. 5 t 59 South Bridge. h22 8222. (r. 30pm. lice. .lolll (ilasgoyy -bor'ti pioneer ot the shott story as she launches tyyo rieyy collections. /.uI‘i/ (If ///tiyru)iy arid Se/ei It‘r/ Shirley. Magnus Magnusson ()ttakar's. 5" (ieorgc Street. 225 4495, "pm, £2 per learn ()1 tyyo. Join the legendary tttll/r master tor an eyerirrig ol quick yy it and litre yyords at this qur/ ot quotations. celebrating his latest book ly'ee/mie my llillkly,
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