Evening events, Talks & lectures, Literature, free events

The prize-winning poet gives a talk about his experiences as a writing, including a look at his latest collection, A Hundred Doors.

How do you set up a poetry website? What are the advantages and disadvantages of online publishing? Join us as we consider the digital alternative to poetry magazines in discussion with website editors Helen Ivory from 'Ink, Sweat & Tears', Caleb Klaces from 'Like Starlings' and Claire Trévien from 'Sabotage…

Lecture by Dr Frances Wood, curator of Chinese collections at the British Library. The lecture is followed by a drinks reception. Booking is essential.

Learn more about four-volume work by the 19th century polymath and his struggles to get the now-iconic work published from Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart.

A panel – comprising Glasgow Women's Library reader-in-residence Magi Gibson, with Elizabeth Bryan (WEA), Jim Crowther (University of Edinburgh) and Sarah Forteath (Edinburgh Libraries) – discuss the role of libraries to mark Adult Learners' Week.

A series of seminars looking at how the 'voice of the people' has manifested in Scotland, from medieval times to today, presented by a variety of scholars in disciplines ranging from literature to politics. All welcome.