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Alasdair Gray: Every Short Story from 1952 to 2012
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An interview and reading with Alasdair Gray to launch his new book, Every Short Story from 1952 to 2012.
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2 Aug 6pm Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Andy McNab
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His new novel is shrouded in mystery, but the author of Bravo Two Zero reveals all at his Scottish book launch.
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17 Jun 4.30pm Harmony Garden, Melrose
Ash Dickinson: Slinky Espadrilles
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Multiple slam champion and performance poet reads from his debut collection.
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2 Jun 8pm The Canon's Gait, Edinburgh
Book Launch: Colin Poole and Tawona Sithole
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Two Glasgow-based poets launch their new collections, Verse Versus the Bourgoisie and In Living Spirit, with a night of spoken word and music.
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31 May 6.30pm CCA, Glasgow
Chris Beckett & Southern Tenant Folk Union
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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).
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21 Jun 7pm Pulp Fiction, Edinburgh
Chris Brookmyre: When the Devil Drives
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Launch of the bestselling crime writer's latest book, about a private investigator who uncovers a hidden story of sex, drugs, ritualism and murder.
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11 Jun 7pm The Caves, Edinburgh
Christopher Harvie and Michael Gardiner
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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.
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12 Jun 12.30pm Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh
Ciaran O'Driscoll
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The Irish poet launches a new novel. Part of Edinburgh Book Fringe.
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11 Aug 1pm Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh
Féile na Gaeilge Glaschú: Oíche na Scriobhneoirí – Writers Night
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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.
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9 Jun 7.30pm CCA, Glasgow
Iain Hyslop: Is the Baw Burst?
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Iain Hyslop introduces his unofficial review of the current state of Scottish football, looking in particular at the tricky recent months for the sport.
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2 Jun 11am Waterstone's, Ayr
The Mirror and the Inkwell
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Launch of a chapbook brimming with work by members of the Spring Tides Poetry Group.
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31 May 6.30pm Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Nuruddin Farah
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The prolific international political author discusses Crossbones, his new novel exploring piracy and conflict in Somalia.
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3 Jul 6.30pm Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh
The Sexual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950–1980
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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.
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31 May 6.30pm Blackwells, Edinburgh
Simon Jackson/Torpedo Buoy, Poetry Book and Album Launch
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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.
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23 Jun 2pm Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
Times of Troubles: Britain's War in Northern Ireland
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Launch of a new academic study of the British Army in Northern Ireland, by Andrew Sanders and Ian S Wood.
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7 Jun 6.30pm Blackwells, Edinburgh
Tom Pow
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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.
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16 Jun 6.15pm Harmony Garden, Melrose
Tom Pow: In Another World
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Launch of Tom Pow's new book exploring the impact of population change, In Another World – Among Europe's Dying Villages.
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19 Jun 6.30pm Blackwells, Edinburgh

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