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Alasdair Gray: Every Short Story from 1952 to 2012
Date	Location
An interview and reading with Alasdair Gray to launch his new book, Every Short Story from 1952 to 2012. View full details
2 Aug 6pm	Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

Andy McNab
Date	Location
His new novel is shrouded in mystery, but the author of Bravo Two Zero reveals all at his Scottish book launch. View full details and ticket info
17 Jun 4.30pm	Harmony Garden, Melrose

Ash Dickinson: Slinky Espadrilles
Date	Location
Multiple slam champion and performance poet reads from his debut collection. View full details
2 Jun 8pm	The Canon's Gait, Edinburgh

Book Launch: Colin Poole and Tawona Sithole
Date	Location
Two Glasgow-based poets launch their new collections, Verse Versus the Bourgoisie and In Living Spirit, with a night of spoken word and music. View full details
31 May 6.30pm	CCA, Glasgow

Chris Beckett & Southern Tenant Folk Union
Date	Location
Award-winning sci-fi author Chris Beckett celebrates the recent release of his novel Dark Eden with a reading from the book, a Q&A session and an acoustic set from Edinburgh-based folk/bluegrass band Southern Tenant Folk Union (who released a song last year inspired by his novel The Holy Machine). View full details
21 Jun 7pm	Pulp Fiction, Edinburgh

Chris Brookmyre: When the Devil Drives
Date	Location
Launch of the bestselling crime writer's latest book, about a private investigator who uncovers a hidden story of sex, drugs, ritualism and murder. View full details
11 Jun 7pm	The Caves, Edinburgh

Christopher Harvie and Michael Gardiner
Date	Location
MSP Christopher Harvie launches his new book, Floating Commonwealth. He is joined by Michael Gardiner, Associate Professor at the University of Warwick and author of At the Edge of Empire. View full details
12 Jun 12.30pm	Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh

Ciaran O'Driscoll
Date	Location
The Irish poet launches a new novel. Part of Edinburgh Book Fringe. View full details
11 Aug 1pm	Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh

Féile na Gaeilge Glaschú: Oíche na Scriobhneoirí – Writers Night
Date	Location
Writers from the writers’ group Ciorcal Scríbhneoireachta Gaoth Dobhair, from the Donegal Gaeltacht, visit Scotland together for the first time and read from their collection of poems and short stories go dtí an lá ban, joined by local Gaelic writers. There's also music from musicians native to the Donegal Gaeltacht. View full details
9 Jun 7.30pm	CCA, Glasgow

Iain Hyslop: Is the Baw Burst?
Date	Location
Iain Hyslop introduces his unofficial review of the current state of Scottish football, looking in particular at the tricky recent months for the sport. View full details
2 Jun 11am	Waterstone's, Ayr

The Mirror and the Inkwell
Date	Location
Launch of a chapbook brimming with work by members of the Spring Tides Poetry Group. View full details
31 May 6.30pm	Books and Beans, Aberdeen

Nuruddin Farah
Date	Location
The prolific international political author discusses Crossbones, his new novel exploring piracy and conflict in Somalia. View full details
3 Jul 6.30pm	Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh

The Sexual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950–1980
Date	Location
Talk and launch of new book looking at the impact of the 20th-century sexual revolution on governance in Scotland. Try not to think about Alex Salmond. Tickets available from the front desk at Blackwell's Edinburgh. View full details
31 May 6.30pm	Blackwells, Edinburgh

Simon Jackson/Torpedo Buoy, Poetry Book and Album Launch
Date	Location
Multi-talented Simon Jackson, aka Torpedo Buoy, launches his poetry book Fragile Cargo and his new album Tomorrow when I awake as god. Live music, poetry, drink and biscuits are all on hand. View full details
23 Jun 2pm	Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

Times of Troubles: Britain's War in Northern Ireland
Date	Location
Launch of a new academic study of the British Army in Northern Ireland, by Andrew Sanders and Ian S Wood. View full details
7 Jun 6.30pm	Blackwells, Edinburgh

Tom Pow
Date	Location
Launch of the poet's lyrical account of small European communities on the verge of extinction, told in a narrative woven from poems, stories and photographs. View full details and ticket info
16 Jun 6.15pm	Harmony Garden, Melrose

Tom Pow: In Another World
Date	Location
Launch of Tom Pow's new book exploring the impact of population change, In Another World – Among Europe's Dying Villages. View full details
19 Jun 6.30pm	Blackwells, Edinburgh

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