festivals
Aye, Write! Hugh MacDiarmid and Scottish Literature
at Burns Room, The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Debate takes place on the first day of the Aye, Write! festival.
Category: festivals, lectures & seminars
Aye, Write! Ruth Padel, The Mara Crossing
at Jeffrey Room, The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Poet Ruth Padel discusses her new collection, The Mara Crossing. Part of the Aye, Write! festival.
Category: festivals, live readings
Aye, Write! Ron Ferguson: George Mackay Brown: The Wound and the Gift
at Jeffrey Room, The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ron Ferguson discusses his book-length study of George Mackay Brown. Part of the Aye, Write! festival.
Category: festivals
StAnza
at St Andrews
Scotland's International Poetry Festival
Category: exhibitions, festivals, films, live music, live readings, open mic sessions, workshops
Aye, Write! Jackie Kay: Reality, Reality
at The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Poet Jackie Kay discusses her new short story collection.
Category: festivals
Aye Write - Andrew Greig
at Jeffrey Room, The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Andrew Greig discusses memoirs and mountains, MacCaig and music.
Category: festivals
Colonsay Book Festival
at Colonsay village hall
Alexander McCall Smith, Liz Lochead, Margaret Elphinstone, Kenneth Steven, James Robertson and Sophie Cooke will all be appearing at the Colonsay Book Festival.
Category: festivals, live readings, Liz Lochhead
2012 Orkney Writers' Course
at Orkney
In partnership with Orkney-based literature organisation, the George Mackay Brown Fellowship, the Orkney Writers' Course will run over the weekend of the St Magnus Festival.
Category: festivals, short courses & writers retreats & one-off workshops
Nature Around Us event with Kathleen Jamie
at Kilrenny Church, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Kathleen Jamie appears as part of the East Neuk Festival.
Category: festivals
The Coast and the Villages with Andrew Greig and Tom Pow
at Smugglers Inn Hotel, Anstruther, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Andrew Greig and Tom Pow join forces to read their poetry and how their surroundings have inspired new work.
Category: festivals