Books
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
A Lyrical Good Friday People's l’alace & Winter (iardcns. (ilasgovs (irccn. 27l 295 l. 2 5pm. .-\n afternoon of liaster pricins. music and song in the Winter (iardens. ('onfirrn your attendance in advance by calling 0795i I708! l.
Edinburgh
Our Literary Past ( iladstone's l.and. 477b Lawnmarket. 7|X 5663. 2pm. Free. ticketed. Take a turn around the Old low it on this kiddie-friendly lidinburgh l'NliS('() ('ity of Literature guided walk.
Glasgow
Jamie Stuart Borders Books. Fort Retail Park. 390 l’rovan Walk. 773 29“). 2pm. Free. Stuart signs copies of his best-selling work A (iluserni' Bib/c.
Edinburgh
Lil Fraser litirtlcl‘s Books. l'nit 26. l'til‘i Kinnaird Retail Park. 657 40—“. Ipm. Free. An opportunity to put your parenting questions to the author of the l’rimmv rlrlrrmmv '.v .S'uri'i'i'ril (iuirlr'.
Edinburgh
Fiona Wallace Borders Books. Unit 26. Fort Kinnaird Retail Park. 657 40-”. 2pm. Free. The xii/mm .lIrigi’r‘ author drops in to read from her collection.
Tuesday 18
Glasgow
Alan Bissett ()ran .‘vlor. 73] 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. Free. An e\ening with the IIir'I'r'r/ih/r' xii/um Spur/t atithor.
The Bakery Britannia Panopticon Music Hall. I l3 I I7 'l‘rongate. times vary. Diverse an works. plus poetry recitals by Liz l.ochhead and performances by David Scott of BMX Bandits/Pearllisheis fame and yotmg composer Justin Fung.
Edinburgh
Paul Scott National Library of Scotland. (ieorge IV Bridge. 226 45.“. 7pm. Free. ticketed. The author discusses the Treaty of l‘nion between Scotland and lingland.
Wednesday 1 9
Glasgow
The Bakery Britannia l’anopticon Music Hall. I l3~l l7 'l‘rongate. Times vary. Sec Tue IS.
Edinburgh
Creative Writing National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200.
l0.30am r |2.30pm. Free but ticketed. This creative writing workshop follows a tour of terms Rising.
Glas ow
Kelsang Machig Borders Books. 98 Buchanan Street. 222 7700. 6pm. Free. Buddhist nun Machig gives a talk on how meditation can improve everyday life. The Bakery Britannia Panopticon Music Hall. I l3~l l7 Trongate. Times vary. See Tue l8.
Edinburgh
Creative Writing National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200. 5—7pm. Free but ticketed. See Wed l9.
Tall Tales from Small Countries Scottish Poetry Library. 5 Crichton's Close. Cainorigate. 524 0164. 7pm. £5 03). Danish authors Carsten Rene Nielsen and Lars Frost join novelists Anne Donovan
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Glasgow
The Bakery Britannia l’anopticon Music Hall. I I3 I I7 'l‘rongate. Times vary. See 'l‘uc l8.
Edinburgh
Creative Writing National (iallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200.
2.30 4.30pm. Free but ticketed. Sec \Vctl It).
Glasgow
Children's Fiction Writing Workshop Borders Books. ()8 Buchanan Street. 222 7700. l0.30am 4.30pm. £20. .-\ special workshop for aspiring children's authors led by tutor Alastair l’aterson.
Duncan Burden Borders Books. l-ort Retail Park. 390 l’rovan Walk. 773 2‘)l0. 4pm. Free. Designed to be carried around and worked on. .ilrirrmulliu: If! in .‘ll't'lll/ltl lien is a treasure hunt book. part written in code using encryption methods.
The Bakery Britannia l’anopticon Music Hall. I l3 I I7 'l'rongatc. limes vary. Sec 'l‘ue l3.
Edinburgh
Denmark in Scotland Scottish Poetry Library. 5 ('t'ichlon‘s Close. (‘anongatcx 557 2876. 4pm. £5 lL'3). lcading young Danish writers ('arsten Rene Nielsen and Lars Frost read from their poetry.
Glasgow
The Bakery Britannia l’anopticon Music Hall. I I3 I I7 Trongate. Times vary. See 'l'ue l8.
Monday 24
Glasgow
The Bakery Britannia Panopticon Mtisic Hall. I l3—l l7 'l'rongate. Times vary. See 'l‘ue l8.
Michael Smith Blue Dog. l5l West (ieorge Street. 22‘) 0707. 8pm. Free. Smith regales us with excerpts from his successful debut novel The (iii-u I’lrivlmy'.
Edinburgh
The Hairy Bikers Valvona & ('rolla. l‘) lilm Row. 556 6066. 7.30~-‘).30pm. £22.50. Bearded twosome l)ave Myers and Si King show off the cookery skills they've picked tip on their travels.
Gozo Yoshimasu: A Scottish Journey Scottish Poetry Library. 5 (‘richton's (‘Iose. (‘anongate. 557 2876. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Renowned Japanese performance poet. joined by Brazilian vocalist Marilya (‘orbot
Edinburgh Michael Smith ()pal Lounge. 51 (ieorge Street. 226 2275. 8pm. Free. See Mon 24.
Wednesday 26
Edinburgh
6010 Yoshimasu: The Other Voice lnstitut Francais d'licosse. 13 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366. 6pm. Free. See Mon 24.
Thursday 27
Glasgow
Flower Power Glasgow Worrien‘s Library. 109Trongate. 552 8345. Ipm. Free. ‘Between the Leaves' bookmaking course for women led by artist Pam So. The Artist's Way Glasgow Women's Library. I09 Trongate. 552 8345. 5.30—6.30pm. Free. (‘alling all female writers. artists and musicians whose creativity seems somewhat stifled.
Edinburgh
Robert Muchamore Blackwells. 53—59 South Bridge. 622 8208. I.30pm & 3pm. Free. ticketed. A real life London private investigator. Muchamore uses his work as inspiration for his award-winning ('herirh.
Comics
Monet sex/5c MILT GROSS
He Done her Wrong iEar‘tag'arhicsi .00.
Eve decades he‘c'e V. l Eisner published the supposedly. first ever graphic hover i1E97B's A Contract With God and two years after allegedly helping Charlie Chairlrn finish his 1928 classic The Circus. newspaper columnist and cartoonist. screenwriter and animator and originator of Jevvish ghetto speak l'dun't esk') Milt Gross pen and inked America‘s second wordless lie graphic) novel. One year before that wood engraver Lynd Ward published the first. the portentous God '3 Man. But it's Gross' book - a madcap iriasterpiece inspired prinCipally by the mayhem of the Keystone Kops — that is the cartooning antecedent of Eisner et al.
The misadventures of a Klondike rube. a luckless flapper and a Victorian Villain fuel Gross' furiOLis outp0uring of visual gags (as many as eight unrelated ones per frame). The illustrations slide across the page like a boot sqwshing a banana skin, changing Size and orientation constantly. Creating a dizzying narrative of belly laughs Without a Single speech balloon or caption. Years ahead of its time. (Miles Fielder)
ALTERNATIVE ROMAN DIRGE
Leonore Noogies (titan) oooo
Leonore is a small. cute. naughty dead girl. Her talent for destruction in her search for a little tactile warmth and affection IS both funny and surreal. First created in 1992 for alternative magazme Xenophobe. Leonore finally came to prominence in 1997
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lillll‘ii‘."t‘fl *io' . titiw The result was something of a t‘uhlishiiig iir‘ii'rroniw'). ' with Leonora mourn.) ftlitlty blackened hurts and minds. This. t'te first of three collections to hi- :ssued over the next month, brings the creep. girl's stor‘, up to date for Etiropean audiences. as yet unaware of this cult hit. Though reiiiinisctan’. of Tim Burton's better known on this country) Stainboy cartoons. Dirge's work has its own delightful vulgarity going on, whether she is telling the stories of liiiihless cannibals. Muffin men or IaXiderniied friends. Sinister and freakish. (Paul Dale)
EXPERIMENTAL MALCY DUFF
| Can't Swim: Part 1 (Giant Tank) .0.
This lunt‘)e|ievab|y) being ining Mr Duff's 130th comic the has been self- publishing Since 1997) it seems a little churlish to still refer to his work as 'experimental' but for the life of me I cannot think
of a better description for
these bizarre and delicate paper entities. His new cor'nic. a
seouel prequel of sorts to last year's / Can't Swrm: Part 2 shows the Scottish cartoonist it) typically perpleXing form. It tells the story of twins at the seasmle who seem to JUSl enjoy standing or) the sand contemplating the philosophy of sport as a SWlflllTllf‘ig competition takes place
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iii 388 1E GRANT MORRISON 8: DUNCAN FEGREDO
Kid Eternity
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larniiiar ll‘ffllttf‘i for "ill‘: 0‘ ih‘: l't‘fll-tlllF‘. trimmed scribes. tint illl‘, l‘i‘i'i miniseries doesn't attaii. the finesse of later Hurts by Morrisoi‘; such a‘. 7hr: lows/b/er.‘ or 7hr) / i/fr'r this tale of a failed ‘s‘léti'lfl‘lll, (,().'lll’. and "I, encounter .'/:th the Kilt. Mr Keeper. .Jack the Ripper an: the raw echelons of new timer ’ltlll‘1fifh'tf‘ifli": Murrzson's best .vo'k Confused at ilfltffl, h, it', own tragirit;i)tr;/f ti'nw 'l‘: and various stor‘, threads. it comes across like a testing grouri': for 'fl‘fllfiillétl€1f‘:tlr()f‘;lllliy’ realised iate' if tri‘, career. Diiii’,<’ir‘ Fegredo"; soratctiy, ,r; strangely beautifiil. painted art at times further lli'./l(ll‘:‘; the waters. lflOUQi‘ his depictions of Hell arr; breathtaking and brutal. There's a large chuck of expositiOr‘. towards the end that disrupts the already erratic flow but this IS still a dill/mg ride packed with startling. fearsome concepts.
“Henry Nonhrnore)