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with music courtesy of Young Fathers, Andrew Weatherall and FiniTribe, spoken word star Hollie McNish (pictured) and a short film showcase. See preview, page 60. edbookfest.co.uk Bibliophiles get excited as the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival programme is announced. The event runs from Sat 15–Mon 31 Aug.
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Central Hall, Edinburgh, Tue 9 Jun, centralvenues.org A night of live performance,
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
BOOK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME LAUNCH
Wed 10 Jun,
Harmony Garden, Melrose, Thu 11–Sun 14 Jun,
bordersbookfestival. org This year’s lineup features the likes of Patricia Hodge, Celia Imrie, Andrew Marr, Jonathan Miller and Dom Joly.
GLASGOW COMIC CON CCA, Glasgow, Sat 4 Jul, cca-glasgow. com Indulge your love of all things graphic at this fiesta of films, comics and
fandoms. See feature, page 40.
GO SET A WATCHMAN Out Tue 14 Jul, published by William Heinemann Recovered from the shock yet? The unexpected sequel to Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird was written before that 1960 classic, but finally gets a release all these decades later.
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Events are listed by city, then date. Submit listings for your event at list.co.uk/add GLASGOW
JOHN COOPER CLARKE Platform, Fri 5 Jun, platform-online. co.uk The legendary Mancunian punk poet, who is a spiritual godfather to the likes of Mike Skinner and Plan B, hauls his insatiable laconic wit on tour.
THE BIG GLASGOW COMIC & CRAFT FAIR
The Arches Café Bar & Restaurant, Sat 6 Jun, thearches. co.uk & Walkabout, Sat 18 Jul, walkaboutbars.co.uk The Big Glasgow Comic Page presents a day of assorted geekery complete with 17 vendors selling back issues, graphic novels, original art, fan art, toys, t-shirts, jewellery, crafts, cupcakes and loads more. Cosplay / fancy dress encouraged with a competition for under and over 16s.
SEX BETWEEN THE COVERS Glasgow Women’s Library, Mon 8 Jun–Fri 31 Jul, womenslibrary.org. uk A capsule exhibition, featuring a series of objects and texts on sex that have made social, cultural and political waves
PATTI SMITH & TONY
CHRIS DOLAN: ALIYYAH CCA, Fri 19 Jun, cca-glasgow.com A launch event, featuring readings from Chris Dolan and Peter Arnott, songs from Maeve Mackinnon and a Gaelic choir, as well as a short play based on Chris Dolan’s Aliyyah.
GAELIC VOICES WITH CATRIONA LEXY CAMPBELL AND ALISON
LANG CCA, Tue 23 Jun, cca-glasgow. com An evening with two Gaelic writers, Catriona Lexy Campbell and Alison Lang.
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Stereo, Sun 28 Jun, stereocafebar. com A literary-flavoured cabaret night, boasting spoken word, ‘live literature’, new music and dancing into the wee small hours. Hosted by Jenny Lindsay and Rachel McCrum, with AL Kennedy (pictured above), Findlay Napier, Michael Pedersen, Kirsty Logan and Maud The Moth.
Usher Hall, Mon 15 Jun, usherhall. co.uk Spend some time with the writer, humorist and wit (pictured above), who will no doubt be brimming with sardonic social observations. and Rachel McCrum, with Ross Sutherland, Dan Willson (Withered Hand), Hannah Silva, Ryan Van Winkle and Caro Bridges.
SHANAHAN: AN EVENING OF IN PROCESS MASTERCLASS
SPOKEN AND SUNG: LIZ
WORDS & MUSIC
WITH ALASDAIR GRAY
ALY SIDGWICK: LULLABY GIRL LOCHEAD WITH RUDSAMBEE
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Tue 9 Jun, glasgowconcerthalls.com The redoubtable New York punk diva is joined by accompanist Tony Shanahan to perform stripped-back renditions of classics from her back catalogue and share some free-flowing spoken word.
CAFE SCI: LOOKING FOR LIGHT Mono, Wed 10 Jun, monocafebar. com Professor Martin Hendry of the University of Glasgow and author Pippa Goldschmidt discuss how astronomy and astrophysics have inspired some intriguing contemporary literary fiction.
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CCA, Tue 7 Jul, cca-glasgow.com A session on the work of Alasdair Gray, author of the famous Lanark.
JOE ABERCROMBIE: HALF A WAR Waterstones Newton Mearns, Sun 12 Jul, joeabercrombie.com The fantasy author discusses his latest book, Half a War. It’s free, and a chance to buy the book a full four days before it’s released.
EDINBURGH
AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS
Looking Glass Books, Tue 16 Jun, lookingglassbooks.com Author Ali Sidgwick launches her new novel, a psychological thriller about a mysterious girl who is taken to a psychiatric home in the Highlands. RALLY & BROAD: EV’RY TIME
St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Fri 19 Jun, rundambee.org.uk An evening of poetry and song with Rudsambee Company of Singers, poet Liz Lochhead, Christine de Luca and Ron Butlin to raise money for the Scottish Poetry Library.
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SEASON SHOW Bongo Club, Fri 19 Jun, thebongoclub.co.uk A literary- l avoured cabaret night, boasting spoken word, ‘live literature’, new music and dancing into the wee small hours. Hosted by Jenny Lindsay
The Banshee Labyrinth, Wed 22 Jul & Fri 21 Aug as part of PBH Free Fringe, thebansheelabyrinth. com A poetry session inspired by the game ‘Cards Against Humanity’. If you’ve ever played it, you’ll know what to expect. If not, read up.