Milngavie Milngavie Books & Arts Festival 2010 Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Thu 9. and sign copies. Please book in advance. Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various Venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
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Books Events
Events Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to suzanne.black@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Tasmin Campell.
Isle Of Arran McLellan Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. The annual Arran Arts Festival includes exhibitions, poetry workshops, storytelling, ceilidhs and more in venues across Arran. Milngavie Milngavie Books & Arts Festival 2010 Various venues. Times and prices vary. Six days of readings, signings, discussions, exhibitions and music from some of the top emerging and established faces on Scotland’s art scene. See milngaviefestival.org.uk for details of individual events.
Friday 10
Dunfermline An Evening with Mark Billingham and Christopher Brookmyre Waterstone’s, Unit LG17, Kingsgate Centre, 01383 720237. 7pm. £3. Meet two of the UK’s top crimewriters, hear excerpts from their latest books and get your copy signed, all while enjoying a nice, chilled glass of wine.
Isle Of Arran McLellan Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Thu 9. Milngavie Milngavie Books & Arts Festival 2010 Various Venues. Times and prices vary. See Thu 9.
Saturday 11
Isle Of Arran McLellan Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Thu 9. Milngavie Milngavie Books & Arts Festival 2010 Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Thu 9.
St Andrews FREE StAnza v. Melbourne: A Skype Poetry Slam Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. Noon. Ticketed. A live, quick-fire poetry-off between St Andrews Poetry Society and Overload, the Melbourne Poetry Festival via the power of the internet.
Stirling Off the Page Various venues. Times and prices vary. Now in its fifth year, Stirling’s book festival boasts an array of big names including Iain M Banks, Louise Welsh and Christopher Brookmyre. Readings, signings, discussions, a book-swap and a whisky tasting will be taking place, alongside a packed programme for kids. Finalists of Off The Stanza, Stirling Council Libraries’ poetry competition, will also read their entries ahead of the prizegiving in Bannockburn Library.
Sunday 12
Glasgow FREE The Year of Open Doors Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 2pm. Cargo Publishing launches its latest offering: a collection of short stories from young Scottish literary talent. Hear readings from contributors Alan Bissett, Anneliese Mackintosh, Tawona Sitholé and Allan Wilson. 42 THE LIST 9–23 Sep 2010
Stirling Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various Venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
Edinburgh FREE Blackwell Book Group Blackwell, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8222. 6pm. Blackwell’s regular book group this month examines John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany. Next month’s book is Stephen Fry’s The Hippopotamus. Stirling Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
Tuesday 14 Edinburgh FREE Departures and Arrivals National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. 6pm. A showcase of new, unpublished works from Scottish PEN writers, some of whom will be in attendance for readings and discussion. Philippa Gregory and Geoffrey Carnall St George’s West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, 229 9207. 7.30–9pm. £5 (redeemable against purchase of the book). The Edinburgh Bookshop hosts an evening with bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, and Prof Geoffrey Carnall, author of Ghandi’s Interpreter. The pair will discuss biography and fiction, answer questions
Wednesday 15 Stirling Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various Venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
Thursday 16
Glasgow FREE Dougie’s War Book Launch Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. 6.30–8pm. Dave Turbitt and Rodge Glass will be discussing and signing copies of their highly anticipated graphic novel about a Scottish soldier struggling to come to terms with his experiences at war in Afghanistan. Stirling Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
Friday 17
Anstruther St Monans Arts Festival Various venues, St Monans. Times and prices vary. A truly diverse festival weekend in the pretty seaside village of St Monans, featuring art exhibitions, poetry readings, dance workshops, and concerts by country, folk and classical artists. Stirling Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
Christopher Brookmyre A busy old fortnight for the king of comedic Tartan Noir with his
opening event of three coming as part of a highly impressive double bill with Mark Billingham, whose ’tec, DI Thorne, will soon be made flesh on the small Sky One screen c/o David Morrissey. In the Stirling and Ayr festival events, the Paisley author will be doing a solo venture discussing Pandaemonium, his ’09 novel about shadowy goings-on within a religious high school. ■ Waterstone’s, Dunfermline, Fri 10 Sep; Tolbooth, Stirling, Mon 13 Sep; Carnegie Library, Ayr, Wed 22 Sep.
Saturday 18
Glasgow FREE Doors Open Day at the Mitchell Library Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, 287 2999. 2–3pm & 3–4pm. Free tour behind the scenes at the library. Anstruther St Monans Arts Festival Various venues, St Monans. Times and prices vary. See Fri 17.
Stirling Off the Page: Stirling Book Festival Various venues. Times and prices vary. See Sat 11.
Sunday 19
Edinburgh Meet the Author: Libbie Escolme Schmidt National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, 247 4238. 2pm. Free with admission. The ex-BOAC stewardess and author of Glamour in the Skies: The Golden Age of the Air Stewardess chats about and signs copies of her book. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. Henry Marsh reads his own poems on John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots, accompanied by fiddle music by Ian Laing. Anstruther St Monans Arts Festival Various venues, St Monans. Times and prices vary. See Fri 17.
Monday 20
Edinburgh FREE The Boy who Bit Picasso National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The Mound, 624 6200. 12.45–1.30pm. Antony Penrose – son of Surrealist artist Roger Penrose and bearing the distinction of having sunk his teeth into one of the most famous artists in history – signs copies of his new children’s book, The Boy who Bit Picasso.
Wednesday 22
Glasgow Meet Peter F Hamilton Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. 6.30–8pm. £3 (redeemable against purchase of the book). The British sci-fi author discusses his new novel The Evolutionary Void and signs copies afterwards. Edinburgh The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3918. 6pm. £4. Alistair Moffat discusses his book The Faded Map, which chronicles the half-forgotten Celtic kings and kingdoms of two thousands years ago.
Ayr Christopher Brookmyre Carnegie Library, 12 Main Street, 01292 286385. 7.30pm. £1.50. The Glaswegian satirist speaks about his latest novel Pandaemonium. For adults and older teenagers. Part of Septembayr 2010.
Thursday 23
Glasgow An evening with Chris Ryan Waterstone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. 6.30–8pm. £3. SAS soldier turned bestselling author Chris Ryan chats about and signs copies of his latest thriller, The Kill Zone. Edinburgh FREE Ken MacLeod and Peter F Hamilton Waterstone’s West End, 128 Princes Street, 226 2666. 6–7pm. See Wed 22.