Events
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Thursday 3
Glasgow
WriterFest Rdllhllillll 'l licatrc. ‘lh Ingram Strccl. 552 USU. l.l5 2pm. l'l'L‘t'. Margaret l',lplllll\lUllL‘ rcadx ll'Hlll hci \Mil’lx at tlnx ticc lunchtnnc \cwron. Judith Miller liiil'dch lirmkx, US Buchanan Strcct. 322 77le, (rpm. l‘rcc. “Mulch coincx mcr a hit .‘llllli/IHW /\'Iuli/\/IIIH ax thc co—loundcr‘ ol .lli/ln '\ .lllllr/ll(‘\ l’rii (' (inn/r launchcx lici lalcxl art\ and L’l'tlll\ collcctorx‘ guidc and
\alucx antiqucx brought along,
Edinburgh
Alistair Findlay 'l'hc ’l’ron. ‘) lluntcr Sguarc. lligli Strcct. 230N031. Sillpm. L5 if: t. llic Sn. Hui/Ii um/ l'oullni/l author appcarx at thc lalcxt Big \Vord pcrlorinancc pocli'} cwning.
Edinburgh
Piranha Poetry Hohrtmd 'l'axcrn. 0 llol_\rood Road. 55'7 4973. 9pm. l‘rcc. .lcnin l.ind\a} _|Ulll\ .\l(\ (ia/ Dcalh and Jonathan R Muirhcad lot‘ morc pocli‘)
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Edinburgh
Robin Laing Scotch .\lali \Vhixk} SUL‘lL‘l}. lllL‘ \iallllx. «ST (illL'\ Sll’L‘L‘l. 5.5-1 3451.030 9.30pm. £25 IUS lor drncrxi. 'l'lic lolk musician and author ol' 'I'ln' iii/[Hid .lliru‘ hcadlincx lhc Scotch .\lalt \Vllixk} Socict} K WINS/xi .Urlmlm or ll’lnxki .llimlrcl' m cm.
The School of Poets Scollixlt l’octi'} library 5 (‘richton‘x (low. (‘anongalu 5.57 3S7h. 7.30pm. {Ill (£5). \Vol‘kxllop— mic scxxion tor poclx. hoth hcginncrx and rnorc cgwricnccd \\ ritcrx. \\ ith lhc aim ol~ encouraging and dcxcloping uriting
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Wednesday 9
Stirling
An Evening with Iain Banks MacRohcr‘l. l'niwrsit} ol Stirling. “I 730 «meet». 7pm. [.5 (1:55”). 'l-llL‘ lk‘dm‘lllng author and Stirling l'ni graduatc takcx qucxtionx and rcadx trom lllx \xork.
Glasgow
Andrey Kurkov ()ttakar\ Bookstorc. l'nit h. Buchanan (iallcrim. Buchanan Sll‘L‘Cl. 5.55 ISM). (3.50pm. i'il'L‘C. iiL‘ixClL'kl. 'l'hc St l’ctcrxhnrg-horn author of cult claxxic Dull/i and 1114' l’i'nuirm tll\c‘ll\\c\ hix latcxl hix \xoi‘k. thc darkh lllllllUl'Ulh .-l .llum'r r’flJ/i' and [hut/i.
Edinburgh
Selected Works with Mark Doty Scottixh l’octr} Librar). 5 (‘richlonK ('onc. (‘anongatu 55" 28%. "..‘~(lpin. £3
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Wednesday 1 6
Edinburgh
Ian Thomson llhlllul l tallc'ah diltc‘owc. l 5 Randolph (ilt'\c'L'lll. :35 55(\(\ (rpm l‘lL‘L‘ illlk' lL'\PC(iL'\l Scoh artixt tll\L‘l|\\C\ thc llNlth .llllch'lMtl'} ol the tlL'alll l‘l .llllL'\ \L'l'lk' .tl lllt' \\Ul’ltl\\ hlL' launch ol [In I “at rgmimi/ ( in. \crncK L‘l;l\\lc \xoi‘k \ct undcr loch K.lll'llk‘.
* Christopher Brookmyre \oi'tli ladinhurgh .'\l‘l\ ('cntrc. l5a l’cnn} \xcll (’ourt. 3|5 ZI5I. Tillpm L5 iL3.5ll lllL'llllk‘h ol lllc (iood .\'cighhoiii Schcmc U5lh. l'.n|o_\ an cwning \Kllll onc ol Scotland\ llloxl c\citing crimc \xritcrx \Hlll llllS \PL'L'ldl taxtcr ot lll\ lorlhcolnlng book All l‘llII (Hill (iimn‘x
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Liz Lochhead Scottixli l’octr} librar}. .5 (‘l'lL‘lllUll‘\ ('low. ('anongatc. .55— :57). 7.30pm. £3 it: i. lllt‘ muclrlowd poct. pla} \\ right and pcrloi'mcr appcarx ax a gucxt ol thc l’octi‘) .v\\\ocialion ot Scotland. l’lcaxc call ill 31 4-15 ISM» to hook.
Thursday 1 7
Glasgow WriterFest Rtlllhllnl'll 'l‘hcatrc. US Ingram Slrccl. 552 348‘). l.l5 3pm. l‘rcc.
('rinic \xrilcr l.Ulll\C \Vclxh rcadx lroni hcr \xork at thix luncluinic \cxxion. Volker Braun and Wqu Kirsten (ioclhc lnxlitut. 3 Park (‘tl'c‘llx 332 2555. 7pm. l'rcc. Bilingual poclr} rcading \\ilh thcxc t\\o llltt\lL‘l'\ ol' contcniporar) (icrman litcr'aturc.
Edinburgh
Finlandia Scollixh l’oclr} library 5 ('richton'x (’Iow. ('anongatc. 557 2870. 7.30pm. £3 it'li. l5innixh poctx Anni Suinari and l.auri ()il"li\(l\\\i\l rcad lrom HUM In :lr/r/I'r’u I/Ir' I'irg'. tt llL‘\\ bilingual antllolog} ol 25 contcmporar} l-‘innixh pocmx hcing joinil) ptihlixhcd h} lhc Scoltixh l’octl'} Library
Big Word Performance Poetry 'I'hc Troll. 0 lluntcr' Squarc. lligh Strcct. 330 (NH. 0pm. £3 it'll. Scouxc l’aul Birtill. lillic Walton. Brain li (iichan. .-\m_\ Duncan and Jonathan R .\luirhcad coinpctc tor tho but ill} incx. hoxtcd In Jcni Roll\ and Jcnn} l.ind\a_\.
St Andrews
Stateside Poets All Sainlx Hall. North (iaxllc Strcct. (H554 47500“. 5.50pm. ‘47 iL'Ri. lixa Sal/inan «k 'l‘ainar Yoxclhot'. lxxo :\mcrican poctx currcntl} in rcxidcncc in thc l'K. rcad ;l\ part ot' thc Sl.v\n/a poctr) t'cxtixal.
Mo Nations B} rc 'l‘hcatrc. ,-\hhc_\ Strcct. 0155-1 475M)” Spin. L") ((4 I. Tim St.-\n/a poctr} lcxtixal continucx \\ ith rcprcxcntatho troin both \idcx ol thc hordcr ax l)ougla\ Dunn and l)a\ id ('onxtatinc \harc thc B} rc \Iagc.
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Comics
RICK VEITCH, ALFREDO ALCALA AND BRET EWINS Swamp Thing: Regenesis
. a i .0. ANDY DIGGLE AND ENRIQUE BRECCIA Swamp Thing: Bad Seed
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It was; always; going to be a hard act to follow Just what do ,ou do when Alan Moore stepr; down front the gl'()tlll(ll)l(}£tl\lllt} monthly that was; Std/(Int!) thing? Rick Veit(:h. who'd been on art (ltllltl‘t; through much of Moore'r; run. was; the next to step up back in H.187. And the first couple of (:hapteis; concerning the birth of a he“: earth elemental to replace S‘.‘.’Zillll)l(:. are ‘.'.ieai<. but inipro‘.e dramatically. \.'."nere Moore was; lll‘.'€3l‘iilll(} a new language for comics to operate ‘.‘.|llllll. Veit<:h lLlfSl reacts; to what has; gone before. This; is; an interesting tale that has tar reaching iinr'JIications; tor the saga as; a whole. but this is; a .‘.l|'t(:l finding his feet.
Cut to 200-1 and Diggle's; attempt at relaenrghirég the series. This tirne it's a .er, different Swamp Thir‘g winner; has happened
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