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Mitchell Library

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Glasgow, G3 7DN

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The first phase of Mitchell Library redevelopment has introduced 'Leisure and Lifestyle at the Mitchell'. Included in that is a lending library to complement the long-time non-circulating collection. As well, a smart, open and airy café bar has been added. It is located adjacent to the new rows of computer terminals with internet access and the shimmering floor-to-ceiling windows facing south towards Kent Road. [Not recently visited.]

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The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Debate
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	More than thirty years after his death, Hugh MacDiarmid remains a colossal and controversial figure, central to modern Scottish literature and political thinking. What relevance do MacDiarmid, and Scots, have in the twenty-first century? Speakers include Lesley Duncan, Janet Paisley, Scott Lyall, John Manson and Rab Wilson. The event is chaired by Alan Riach. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Add-Art
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	Building on last year's involvement at Aye Write! - add-ART will work alongside a drama practitioner and professional playwright over a ten week programme. With the support of the artists, participants in recovery from addictions in the North East area of Glasgow will create and perform their own work; celebrating individual and group skills as well as creative writing. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 4pm	Free

Agnes Nairn and Carol Craig
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	A joint event with the Centre for Confidence and Well-being. Recent UNICEF research shows that, out of 21 wealthy countries, British children have the worst well-being. Dr Agnes Nairn's research suggests there is some link to the UK's pronounced inequality and materialistic culture. Centre CEO, Carol Craig, will explain why materialistic values have become so dominant. Chaired by Public Health professor, Phil Hanlon. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Alan Bissett and Zoë Strachan
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	In the conference round-up, two of Scotland's hottest talents will give their unique take on the writing process and business. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Alan Bissett, Rodge Glass and Richard Wilson
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	Since 1888 Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into an intense and frequently explosive rivalry. Focussing on the 2010 New Year Derby, Richard Wilson's Inside the Divide presents a mix of closeup observation and big picture thinking, starting as the fans begin to arrive in Glasgow and ending as the long night stretches out in front of them following the match. Wilson is joined in discussion by Alan Bissett – Spirit of Scotland Scottish Writer of the Year – whose Pack Men looks… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Alex Gray and Ian Rankin
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	A Pound of Flesh is the latest novel from Alex Gray, an author who 'Brings Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh' (Daily Mail). She is joined by Rankin himself, whose most recent novel, The Impossible Dead, is the second in his series starring Malcolm Fox, a DI who investigates bent coppers. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Alex Preston and John Lanchester
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	John Lanchester's Capital is a postcrash, state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and truth, featuring a cast of characters that you will be sad to leave behind. Alex Preston's gripping novel of ideas, The Revelations, lays bare a world where the advancement of a movement becomes more important than the lives of its followers as money, sex and God collide. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 12.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Alexander McCall Smith
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	March 2012 sees the publication of the latest in Alexander McCall Smith's highly successful series of novels about the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection featuring Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's leading, and only, female detective. Smith is also the author of the new all-age book on Precious Ramotswe's childhood, Precious and the Monkeys, the Isabel Dalhouse, Corduroy Mansions and 44 Scotland series, among others, as well as several stand-alone books. He is… View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£6)

Alison Murray
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	Little Mouse can waddle like a penguin, eat like a horse and splash like a whale. So why does her mother call her Little Mouse? Join author Alison Murray for some storytelling and animal mask making - which animal will you be? Suitable for 3 -6 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar Noon	0141 353 8000 £3

Alistair Darling
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	Back from the Brink tells the gripping story of 1,000 days of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. As Chancellor, Alistair Darling sanctioned the bailouts of RBS and HBoS just before their cash machines would have ceased to function; at the 11th hour, he prevented Barclay's from acquiring Lehman Brothers; and he used controversial legislation to stop Icelandic banks from withdrawing funds from the UK. He provides a unique perspective on the events that rocked global capitalism and… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Allan Morrison
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	It's 50 years since trams ran in Glasgow. Grab this unique opportunity to reminisce as you shoogle along on The Last Tram tae Auchenshuggle, under the guidance of its best selling author, Allan Morrison. The personality of Last Tram's heroine, Big Aggie MacDonald, the tram conductress, embodies the many colourful characters employed as conductors and conductresses. Their patter and antics are still legend in the minds of Glaswegians of a certain age. Edinburgh folks are also invited! Hurry… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Amnesty International
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	Authors appearing at Aye Write! take the time to show solidarity with persecuted writers from around the world, reminding us that not all authors are free to express their own opinions or thoughts. This event, chaired by Amnesty International, highlights the work of four writers, exploring the issue of freedom of expression. An opportunity to hear the words of extraordinary people, continuing a noble tradition of writers being at the forefront of action for human rights. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 5pm	Free

Amnesty International
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	Authors appearing at Aye Write! take the time to show solidarity with persecuted writers from around the world, reminding us that not all authors are free to express their own opinions or thoughts. This event, chaired by Amnesty International, highlights the work of four writers, exploring the issue of freedom of expression. An opportunity to hear the words of extraordinary people, continuing a noble tradition of writers being at the forefront of action for human rights. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 5pm	Free

Amnesty International
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	Authors appearing at Aye Write! take the time to show solidarity with persecuted writers from around the world, reminding us that not all authors are free to express their own opinions or thoughts. This event, chaired by Amnesty International, highlights the work of four writers, exploring the issue of freedom of expression. An opportunity to hear the words of extraordinary people, continuing a noble tradition of writers being at the forefront of action for human rights. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 5pm	Free

Andrew Greig
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	Andrew Greig is one of Scotland's finest writers and poets. At the Loch of the Green Corrie is regarded as a classic memoir, his fiction has won Scottish book of the year, and new poetry collections were published in 2011, including Getting Higher: The Complete Mountain Poems. He talks about his work. Expect some music too. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Animal Carnival
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	Whether you're as shy as a mouse or as brave as a lion, enjoy a roaring time of animal-themed stories, crafts and games. Plus, can you tell your paws from your claws with our crazy creatures quiz! It'll be grrrrrreat!! Suitable for 5 -8 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar Noon	0141 353 8000 £3

Anna Reid
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	On 8 September 1941, eleven short weeks after Hitler launched his brutal surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Leningrad was surrounded. During 872 days of blockade and bombardment about a million Red Army soldiers died in battle, and three-quarters of a million civilians – just under a third of the city's entire population - died of starvation. Anna Reid's Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-1944, is a gripping narrative history interwoven with personal stories – immediate accounts… View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Art Lending Library
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	An experimental library, allowing members of the public to borrow selected works by 50 artists for a limited period, the idea being that art shouldn't always be experienced in a gallery. Part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. View full details
Mitchell Library	20 Apr–7 May Mon–Wed 11am–5pm; Thu 11am–8pm; Fri–Sun 11am–5pm	Free

Aye Write
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	Glasgow’s annual celebration of reading and writing has over 300 events, including a free children’s programme. As well as the festival's 2012 theme of '100 years of Scottish Literature' (commemorating 100 years of the Mitchell Library), there will be events and debates on comedy writing, religion, politics, women’s writing, the digital revolution, media crises and the best in Scottish and international writing. View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar–17 Mar Times vary	0141 353 8000 Prices vary (free–£8).

Badger the Mystical Mutt
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	Glasgow authors McNicol & Jackson have created a charming new book character, a toast-crunching hound named Badger. Can Badger help his spaniel pal Hamish win 'Pet Idol', or will 'Top Dog' and his gang of strays stop him? Meet the star of the book, Badger himself, at this magical event. Suitable for 5-8 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 1pm	0141 353 8000 £3

Battle of the Books
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	Join the Glasgow Libraries' book groups as they do battle over their favourite reads. Each group will champion their book of the year and then the audience will decide. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 5.45pm	Free

BBC Scotland
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	Since its establishment in 1922 the BBC has continually asserted itself as one of the great British institutions at home and abroad. David Pat Walker offers an in-depth analysis of the history of BBC Scotland from its creation in 1923 through to its 50th anniversary. Walker portrays how the broadcaster developed its own Scottish identity despite governance from London and how it thrived within the context of the history it reported and created. He discusses the past and future of BBC Scotland… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 8pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Bidisha and Selma Dabbagh
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	Selma Dabbagh is a British Palestinian writer whose novel, Out of It, is a gripping tale of dispossession and belonging, treachery and loyalty, endurance and bravery that re-defines Palestine and its people. She discusses Palestine with critic and broadcaster Bidisha, who toured the West Bank as a reporter in Spring 2011 and whose forthcoming book, Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path Through Palestine is a sharp, unflinching portrait of life in the West Bank in the twenty-first century, seen… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Billingham and Brookmyre Are Indiscreet!
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	It's always a delight when authors come together to celebrate the capricious spirit of creativity, and to show their profound respect for everyone who plays a part in their journey through the world of literature. However there's only so much of that you can stomach, so by about half past nine we reckon you're ready for the dark side. Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre will therefore present a show where readings from their latest novels and the weighty discussion of genre are jettisoned… View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 9.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Book to Film, Film to Book – Adaptations
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	An inside look at adaptation with author Helen FitzGerald, screenwriter Sergio Casci and film producer Claire Mundell. The session will also look at new developments and opportunities for writers. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 1pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

A C Grayling
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	In The Good Book: A Secular Bible, A C Grayling, Britain's most popular and widely read philosopher, collects, edits, rearranges and organises the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing on all that it means to be human – from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life – one highly readable volume, designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Carol Craig
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	Carol Craig's The Scots Crisis of Confidence is the most successful exposition of Scots' attitudes to and predeliction for negativity. In the new edition, Craig offers a refreshingly different analysis of the big themes of Scottish culture. The Herald called it 'a brave book, a stimulating book, a ground-breaking book. It should shake this little nation to its foundations and smash its complacency'. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar Noon	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Caroline Moorehead and Elliot Perlman
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	A session looking at memory, racism and the human capacity for bravery, friendship, guilt, resilience, heroism, and unexpected kindness. Australian novelist Elliot Perlman's The Street Sweeper is a sweeping novel of twentieth-century American history that spans over 50 years, ranging from New York to Melbourne, Chicago, Warsaw and Auschwitz. Caroline Moorehead's A Train in Winter blends history and multiple biography to provide a portrait of 230 French women resisters who were sent to… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

A Celebration of Angela Carter
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	The tragic early death of Angela Carter 20 years ago robbed the world of a great writer, artist and commentator. Her work remains essential – and continues to be read widely. Critic and broadcaster – and the chair of the event – Bidisha, Marina Warner (author of The Beast to the Blonde, No Go the Bogeyman and Fantastic Metamorphoses) and Susannah Clapp, literary executor for Carter and author of Angela Carter in Postcards, a dazzling portrait of the author, come together to celebrate the work… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Chris Stringer
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	In his ground-breaking book, The Origin of Our Species, Chris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Origins, Natural History Museum, sets out to answer all the big questions in the debate about our origins including how can we define modern humans, how can we recognise our beginnings in the fossil and archaeological record, and what can we expect from future research on our origins? A session to make everyone think about what it means to be human. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Colm Tóibín
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	In his latest book, New Ways to Kill Your Mother, Colm Tóibín ranges from the importance of aunts (and the death of parents) in the English nineteenthcentury novel to the relationship between fathers and sons in the writing of James Baldwin and Barack Obama, illuminating not only the intimate connections between writers and their families but also articulating, with a rare tenderness and wit, the great joy of reading their work. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

David Bainbridge
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	David Bainbridge has just turned 40. As well as the usual concerns about greying hair, failing eyesight and goldfish levels of forgetfulness, he finds himself pondering some bigger questions. In Middle Age: A Natural History, Bainbridge explains the science behind the physical, mental and emotional changes we experience between the ages of 40 and 60, and reveals the benefits of middle age. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

David Erdal
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	Following Local Heroes, his book about the building of Loch Fyne Oysters and its move into employee ownership, David Erdal has written Beyond the Corporation: Humanity Working. He tells the stories of success in many companies owned by their employees, in the UK, the US and several European countries. On the basis of their consistent and long-lived success Erdal shows that the traditional corporate model can be radically improved by sharing wealth with the people who create it: the employees. View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

David Torrance and Alistair Findlay
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	David Torrance's new book brings together a collection of over 60 of the most stirring and memorable speeches in Scottish history, delivered by Scots or in Scotland by important figures. From political oratories to emotive addresses by the nation's celebrated poets, writers and even fictional characters, these speeches have had a remarkable impact on the course of Scottish history. The event will include readings of extracts from the speeches by Alistair Findlay, whose Never Mind the… View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Divine Write
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	The key text of the English and Scottish Reformation, and a cultural and literary touchstone, the King James Bible celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. This exhibition includes two copies of the Bible, with other bibles from earlier and later periods for comparison. View full details
Mitchell Library	23 Jan–23 Feb Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm	Free

Dixie Deans
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	Dixie Deans, a member of the Celtic Hall of Fame, opens his scrapbook of memories on a lifetime of adventures in the beautiful game of football. From the struggle of growing up in a one-parent family to losing his beloved mother just as his career was starting to blossom, to playing under the legendary Jock Stein, Deans recalls the tumultuous days of a roller-coaster career at the very pinnacle of Scottish football. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Fairy Tale Twists
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	Join us for fairy tales with a difference, featuring The Not So Evil Stepmother, The Big Bad Werewolf and more. Have a go at twisting your own fairy tales, and then it's 'eyes down' for our very special fairy tale bingo! Prizes! Suitable for 5 - 8 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £3

The Federation of Writers (Scotland): Sudden Fame
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	The Federation of Writers (Scotland) presents 'Sudden Fame' - a Spoken Word event where members of the public and members of writers' groups are provided with an opportunity to perform a selection of their work. A special optional 'hone your performance skills' session will be offered the week before the event at Hillhead Library. Get ready for the INSTANT RECOGNITION provided by SUDDEN FAME. If you would like to read, please book a slot by emailing admin@writersfederation.org.uk as soon as… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 7.30pm	Free

Fiona MacCarthy
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	In her latest book, The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Fiona MacCarthy, one of our greatest biographers, examines the work of Edward Burne-Jones and what it can tell us about the Victorian imagination. It is a wonderful evocation of a highly celebrated period of art history from one of the most acclaimed biographers of our time. MacCarthy provides a talk with many illustrations from Burne-Jones' work. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Francine Stock
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	In her new book, In Glorious Technicolor, Francine Stock, presenter of BBC Radio Four's The Film Programme, explores the nature of our relationship with film – from the first screenings of the Lumiere Brothers' short films to the perceptionaltering 3D Avatar including the birth of celebrity in the 1920s, film noir in the forties, sci-fi in the fifties, the social change of the sixties, seventies' paranoia and the high-concept blockbusters. Includes clips. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 7pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Fun with Kipper
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	Kipper the adorable, mischievous pup is a picture book favourite. Join us for some furry fun, with stories, crafts and a lovely Kipper gift to take away. Suitable for 3-5 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £3

The Future of the Media
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	The phone hacking scandal has seen huge criticism made of modern news media. At the same time, changes in the industry mean that revenues are down, some newspapers going out of business and a danger that quality journalists are endangered species. What is the future in this perfect storm? Malcolm Dean, former Guardian journalist and author of Democracy Under Attack: How the Media Distort Policy and Politics, joins Charlie Beckett, co-author of Wikileaks: News in the Networked Era and Lucy… View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Gabrielle Walker and Doug Allan
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	Gabrielle Walker's Antarctica is unlike any book that has ever been written about the continent. It brings together, science, natural history, poetry, epic history, what it feels like to be there and why it draws so many different kinds of people back again and again. She is joined by Doug Allan, a wildlife and documentary cameraman who has contributed to many high-profile award-winning films and series including The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet and whose new book, Freeze Frame, is a… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

The Gallus Glesga Quiz
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	Think you know about Glasgow? Pit your wits in our multimedia family quiz on all things 'Dear Green Place'. Will you be a stoater or a numpty?! Suitable for family teams (9 + years). Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £3

George Wyllie at 90: A Celebration
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	George Wyllie is one Scotland's most idiosyncratic artists, a writer and sculptor who gave the nation the Paper Boat, the Straw Locomotive, and the clock running for a bus in Glasgow city centre. As he turns 90 in 2012, Aye Write! joins the national celebration of his work with an evening launching his book of collected poetry, readings of poems and essays, presentation on his life and work, and extracts from his play A Day Down a Goldmine. Featuring, among others, musician and commentator… View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Gideon Defoe and David Sproxton
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	Aardman Animations are well known for Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Morph and much more. Their new feature film (released end March 2012) is the rollicking story The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, based on the novel by Gideon Defoe. Defoe joins David Sproxton, cofounder of Aardman, to show exclusive clips from The Pirates!, talk about taking the book from script to screen, and show other examples of the company's work. Fun guaranteed. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 1.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead
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	Together at Aye Write!: the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, the National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, and Liz Lochhead, the Scot's makar. In Duffy's most recent poetry collection, The Bees, there are drinking songs, love poems, poems to the weather, poems of political anger; her celebrated 'Last Post', written for the last surviving soldiers to fight in the First World War; and elegies for beloved friends and – most movingly – her own mother. Clarke's most recent books are a collection of… View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £10 (£9)

Graeme Smith
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	Famous for glamour and humour, variety, pantomime, musicals, ballet, opera, drama and dance Glasgow's immense Alhambra Theatre, stayed ahead of other theatres and expressed the prowess of the city and its environs. Graeme Smith provides an illustrated talk based on his recently published book Alhambra Glasgow. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Grand Central Hotel
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	Glasgow's celebrity hotel - The Central - opened in 1883 and was the talk of the town with guests who included Gene Kelly, Laurel and Hardy, and The Queen. It was 'the' place to hold a wedding, AGM or celebration. In 2011 the Grand Central reopened after a £20 million refurbishment. Jill Scott, Bill Hicks and Grand Central's manager Laurie Nicol reminisce about the hotel's story so far, and the central role it plays in the heart of Glasgow. Tea and cakes served with this event. Part of Aye… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 11.30am	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Helen Percy
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	In 1995 Helen Percy, a young Church of Scotland minister, was raped by one of her congregation. But instead of the rapist being put on trial, she was - by the media and powerful forces in the Church itself. Scandalous, Immoral and Improper: The Trial of Helen Percy is her revealing, remarkable and candid story of the horror of institutional pressure. It is a book that shakes to the core our sense of ourselves as compassionate beings. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

I Belong to Glasgow, Glasgow Belongs to Me (1)
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	Join adult literacy learners from across Glasgow to celebrate the written word. As well as a display of writing and performances, we will be launching a book of poems and short stories created from last year's Glasgow's Learning events. The book features writing from literacy, creative writing and ESOL learners and reflects a dynamic and cosmopolitan city. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 3.30pm	Free

I Belong to Glasgow, Glasgow Belongs to Me (2)
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	Join creative writing learners from across Glasgow to celebrate the written word. Community writers will display and perform poetry and short stories which look at life in Glasgow, some sad, some funny, all reflecting the quality of writing from community groups. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 3.30pm	Free

I Belong to Glasgow, Glasgow Belongs to Me (3)
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	Join learners from Glasgow's diverse communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, new migrants and settled migrant communities to celebrate the written word. Learners will display and perform writing undertaken to explore life in Glasgow. Find out more about Glasgow from a truly global perspective. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 1.30pm	Free

Iain Clark: Intimate Portraits of Scottish Writers
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	There have been portraiture exhibitions in the past centred on Scottish writers but not one as ambitious in scope and technique. The writers featured range in age from 28 to 77 and the recent death of one – Edwin Morgan – has seen his literary legacy become the subject of heightened public awareness. Iain's technique has been described by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery as “sitting somewhere between photography and painting”. The camera and the photograph are only the… View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar–17 Mar Times vary	Free

Ian Lavender, Ronnie Scott and Shaun Sewell
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	Actor Ian Lavender - fondly remembered by millions as Private Pike in Dad's Army - joins Ronnie Scott and Shaun Sewell - who brought us the diaries of Thomas Cairns Livingstone in Tommy's War and Tommy's Peace, and now the war diaries of Col Rodney Foster in The Real 'Dad's Army' - to talk about the fiction and the fact of the Home Guard in World War II. Includes clips from Dad's Army, one of the most successful television shows ever made and which remains as popular today as it was at the… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 1.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Ian Macpherson
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	Ian Macpherson has spent 15 years editing legendary poet Fiachra MacFiach's memoir, The Autobiography Of Ireland's Greatest Living Genius. Macpherson reads from MacFiach's memoir, and tries to divert the audience while they await the arrival of the famously reclusive author. But will he manage to hold their attention for an hour of high culture? Can he persuade someone to read Macfiach's Heaneyesque poem about his mother's plump plunger with the required gravitas? And will The Great Man… View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

INSP/ Amnesty International: Human Rights and Journalism
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	Join Amnesty International and International Network of Street Papers (INSP) for a lecture on human rights in the media, challenging the negative perceptions of human rights in the media, as well as the populist view that human rights issues violations only exist in other countries. Learn more about the work of Amnesty International and the INSP. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 7.30pm	Free

Is Blogging For You? – Blogging Your Way to Success
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	Whether it's getting started or improving confidence in blogging newbies, experienced writer and blogger Cat Dean will provide practical tips on how to make the most of your blog. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 1pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Jackie Kay
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	Jackie Kay is one of our finest writers and poets, winning 2011 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year for Red Dust Road. She will be reading from her new collection of short stories, Reality, Reality (the title story was written for Aye Write!). All the stories have voices that will not let you go: that give flight to rich inner lives and provoke laughter and tears. As ever, in this newest and most luminous of collections, Kay finds dignity in solitude, humour in love, and… View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Jane Harris
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	Gillespie and I is the hugely acclaimed second novel by Jane Harris, author of Orange Prize-shortlisted The Observations. Partly set in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition, it features a memorable cast of characters, is infused with atmosphere and period detail, and is shot through with wicked humour. It is a powerful and haunting work from one of today's most striking new voices. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Janice Galloway
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	In the second volume of her memoirs, All Made Up, the prize-winning author Janice Galloway reveals how the awkward child introduced in This is Not About Me evolved through her teenage years, living with her stoical mother and domineering older sister. By turns absurd and tender, this is the story of a family's secrets brought to light, revealing the bonds beneath. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 12.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Jill Colonna
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	Have you discovered the Parisian macaron? Do you want to make them yourself but are hesitant to start? Then this event is for you. As the best luxury macarons tend to be expensive to buy, Jill Colonna has risen to the challenge of making pictureperfect macarons easily at home. She invites you to join in the fun and passion: be inspired to bake your own seriously delicious gluten-free confections in your own kitchen, just like the French. And there will be some for you to taste. Part of Aye… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Joanna Bourke
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	Exploring the legacy of more than two centuries, Joanna Bourke's meticulously researched and illuminating What it Means to be Human examines the ever shifting line drawn between the human and the animal. A bold exploration that draws on different disciplines to overturn received wisdom and traditional assumptions, it builds on Bourke's remarkable books Fear: A Cultural History and An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare, among others. Part of Aye… View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 7pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

John Burnside
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	John Burnside's memoirs, novels and poems make him one of Scotland's most prolific and excellent writers. His latest, A Summer of Drowning, is a terrifying and dream-like suspense novel. Set in the white nights of an Arctic summer, it is intensely imagined and exquisitely written, and will hold and haunt every reader. He talks about his recent work. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 7pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

John Sutherland
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	In his book Lives of the Novelists, John Sutherland provides the lives of some 294 novelists writing in English, from the genre's seventeenthcentury origins to the present day. Opinionated, informative, frequently funny and often shocking, Sutherland's authors come from all over the world and their writings illustrate every kind of fiction from gothic, penny dreadfuls and pornography to fantasy, romance and high literature. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 5.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Jon McGregor
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	Using photos, videos, maps and a suitcase full of props, writer and travelling salesman Jon McGregor will tell a selection of stories from his new book This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You. These delicate, dangerous, and sometimes deeply funny stories tell of things buried and unearthed, of familiar places made strange and of lives where much is at risk, much is hidden, and tender moments are hard won. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Julia Donaldson
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	A fantastic show with the inimitable Julia Donaldson performing some of her fantastic picture books, including The Highway Rat and The Rhyming Rabbit. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	7 Apr 10.30am Please note re-scheduled date.	0141 353 8000 £3

Kapka Kassbova
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	In Twelve Minutes of Love Kapka Kassbova takes us inside the esoteric night-time world of tango. With the pulse of tango thrumming through her body and the music filling her head, she has danced from Auckland to Edinburgh, from Berlin to Buenos Aires, suffering blisters and heartbreak, as well as forging lasting friendships and experiencing all-toobrief moments of dance-floor ecstasy. Dance House will provide a tango demonstration as part of this event. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 10.45am	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Katharine Quarmby
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	Every few months there's a shocking news story about the sustained, and often fatal, abuse of a disabled person. These cases point to an uncomfortable and fundamental truth about how our society treats its most unequal citizens. In Scapegoat, Katharine Quarmby looks behind the headlines to trace the history of disability and our discomfort with disabled people. Her tenacious investigation will change the way we think about disability - and how we treat disabled people. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Kathy Lette
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	Kathy Lette is famous for her comic novels that speak directly to women, but her new novel brings far more than just her trademark humour and wit. Drawing on her personal experiences of Asperger's, her latest novel, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, is heartbreaking and humble, heartwarming and hilarious, sometimes all on the same page. Touching, moving and memorable, this is Kathy Lette as you've never read her before. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

A L Kennedy
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	Offering illusions and false trails, magical numbers and redemptive humour, A L Kennedy's The Blue Book is a novel about what happens when we are misled and when we are true: an extraordinarily intricate and intimate journey into our minds and hearts undertaken by a writer of great gifts – a maker of wonders. Kennedy has been described by the Sunday Telegraph as 'One of the most brilliant writers of her generation'. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Let's Bond
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	Have fun with your baby while sharing, playing and learning. Simple songs, games and ideas for shared play. Remember Babies love to learn as babies love to play. Suitable for Parents and babies. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar Noon	0141 353 8000 £3

Let's Bond
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	Have fun with your baby while sharing, playing and learning. Simple songs, games and ideas for shared play. Remember Babies love to learn as babies love to play. Suitable for Parents and babies. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £3

Let's Bond
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	Have fun with your baby while sharing, playing and learning. Simple songs, games and ideas for shared play. Remember Babies love to learn as babies love to play. Suitable for Parents and babies. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar Noon	0141 353 8000 £3

Let's Bond
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	Have fun with your baby while sharing, playing and learning. Simple songs, games and ideas for shared play. Remember Babies love to learn as babies love to play. Suitable for Parents and babies. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £3

Literally Quizzical
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	Do you know your Charles Dickens from your Monica Dickens? Get your team together for a fun quiz. Teams of four needed – and there's a Penguin Books goody bag for the winners. Prizes provided by Penguin Books. Hosted by Glasgow's own quiz mistress, Baillie Liz Cameron. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 8pm	Free

Looking for an Agent? An Expert Guide to the Submissions Process
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	Now you've written – or are writing – your book, how will you get it accepted by an agent, publisher or editor? Nicola Morgan reveals the common traps for the unwary and offers tips for success. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Louis Barfe
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	In The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson, Louis Barfe tells the story of a comedian who, more than any other spoke for the phlegmatic, pessimistic British way of life. A Northern lad who climbed out of the slums thanks to an uncommonly brilliant mind, Dawson was down to earth, yet given to eloquent, absurd flights of fancy. He was human, he was genuine, and that's why audiences loved him. With clips from his work. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 8pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

The Making of a Bestseller - Christopher Brookmyre
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	Award-winning crime writer and author of 14 published novels, Christopher Brookmyre has plenty of experience to share with aspiring writers and interested readers. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 4.30pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Making the Pitch and not Striking Out
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	Novelist Helen FitzGerald and screenwriter Sergio Casci will look at the art of the verbal pitch. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 2.30pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Margaret Heffernan
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	In Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril distinguished business woman and writer, Margaret Heffernan, examines what it is about human nature which makes us so prone to wilful blindness: What makes us prefer ignorance? What are we so afraid of? Why do some people see more than others? And how can we change? Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to the family, Heffernan explains why wilful blindness is so dangerous in the globalised… View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Marina Warner
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	Marina Warner's latest book, Stranger Magic, is a dazzling history of magical thinking, exploring the power of the Arabian Nights and its impact in the West, and retelling some of its wondrous tales. Writers and artists in every medium have found themselves by adopting Oriental disguise. With startling originality and impeccable research, Warner shows how magic, in the deepest sense, helped to create the modern world, and how profoundly it is still inscribed in the way we think today. Part of… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 12.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Mark Bowden
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	Veteran journalist Mark Bowden is best known for his battlefront bestsellers but in Worm: The First Digital World War, he turns to a truly global war. In late 2008 digital experts first became aware of Conficker, a devilishly intricate virus that infected as many as 12 million computers in 200 countries. Bowden tracks the double-edged high-tech hunt to find the culprits and neutralize the virus they implanted, taking you inside the strange world of cyber-crime fighters. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar Noon	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Mark Pagel
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	Mark Pagel's Wired for Culture is a fascinating history of culture's role in natural selection, which will change how we view ourselves, not just as individuals, but as a species of communities. Pagel uses the latest research in evolutionary biology to tell the story of how our success as a species has depended on our facility for culture. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

The Marketplace
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	Interested in the Scottish publishing scene? If so The Marketplace is the place to be. This showcase will feature independent publishers and Scotland-based magazines that provide an outlet for new writers. Pick up the latest and the best new writing along with ideas on how to get started writing or where to place your work. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 12.30pm	Free

Martin Jacques
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	Soon China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more 'Western'. Martin Jacques' groundbreaking book, When China Rules the World, overturns conventional thinking about the ascendancy of China, showing how its impact will not just be economic, but cultural. As China's powerful civilization reasserts itself, it will signal the end of the global dominance of the Western nationstate, and the start of a future of 'contested modernity'. Martin Jacques provides for the first time… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 5.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Martin Rowson
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	Jonathan Swift's classic satire about little people, big people, crazy scientists and rational horses has not only gripped our imaginations for nearly 300 years; it's also one of the greatest indictments of humanity ever written. Now, the award-winning cartoonist and writer Martin Rowson follows Gulliver's descendent in a new book that is both a homage to the original and an entirely up-to-date indictment of the same, enduring human idiocies that enraged Swift so magnificently and memorably. View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

The Mechanics of Page Turning: Narrative Drive
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	Narrative drive is a vital element in getting your work published. Novelist Sara Sheridan provides key hints and tips to keep the pages turning. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Melanie Challenger
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	In Cornwall, hiking around the half-buried ruins of an old tin mine, Melanie Challenger started to think about the things that have disappeared from our world. From our destruction of the natural world to the human cultures that are rapidly dying out, her thought-provoking – and ultimately hopeful – book On Extinction is a passionate exploration of these disappearances and why they should concern us. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 5.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Melissa Benn
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	In her book School Wars: The Battle for Britain's Education, Melissa Benn argues that private education divides our nation, diminishes the work of the majority of state schools and diverts from the struggle for a first-class publicly funded, publicly accountable system. She outlines some key principles for restoring strong educational values within a fair, non-selective public education system, moving from the important concept of universal education to the even more crucial practice of… View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Michael Brooks
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	Scientists present themselves as cool, logical and level-headed, but, as Michael Brooks reveals in Free Radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science, the truth is they will do anything: take drugs, steal, lie and even cheat – in the pursuit of new discoveries. The Daily Telegraph described the book as 'A salutary reminder that scientists are as human and fallible as anyone else'. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Misha Glenny
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	The benefits of living in a digital, globalised society are enormous; so too are the dangers. In Dark Market: CyberThieves, CyberCops and You Misha Glenny has travelled the world to expose the three fundamental threats facing us in the twenty-first century: cyber crime, cyber warfare and cyber industrial espionage. He has tracked down and interviewed all the players - the criminals, the geeks, the police, the security experts and the victims. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

The Mitchell Centenary Exhibition
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	Exhibition of photos and documents telling the story of 100 years in the building at Charing Cross for the Mitchell library. View full details
Mitchell Library	23 Jan–25 Feb Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm	Free

Moira McPartlin
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	When Ellie Amadi arrives in Fife with her son in 1966 from west Africa to join her new husband, a white estate factor, the villagers react with resistance and gossip to a black woman in their community. The Incomers by Moira McPartlin explores racial issues, and prejudice in society in this highly charged and timely story. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 5.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Monster Mayhem
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	Fiendishly frightening fun guaranteed as you take a walk down 'Scream Street', then give yourself 'Goosebumps' with some spine -chilling activities. With prizes for the best dressed monsters, it's sure to be a Hoowwwwlllll! Suitable for 8 -11 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £3

Music and Words
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	Music and words have been inextricably linked throughout the ages - the Psalms, Beowulf, The Barber of Seville, Humpty Dumpty…. Top local chamber ensemble Daniel's Beard present a programme that explores the link between the two, including settings of the nonsense poems by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, Britten's setting of Auden's 'The Night Mail', and some new works, created as part of this year's Aye Write!. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Nairy Baghramian
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	A major new sculptural installation created specially for the Mitchell by the Iranian-born artist. Part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. View full details
Mitchell Library	20 Apr–7 May To be confirmed	Free

Natalie Haynes
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	How modern are our lives? Or are we still living the lives our ancestors lived? Described by the Financial Times as 'jolly, lucid and packed full of good yarns', Natalie Haynes' The Ancient Guide to Modern Life draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time to show that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from ourselves. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Nic Compton and Frances Wilson
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	Marking the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, Aye Write! hosts a session focussing on two books on the always fascinating subject. Nic Compton's Titanic on Trail brings to life the tragedy through the voices of the passengers and crew who survived it while in How to Survive the Titanic, or the Sinking of J Bruce Ismay, Frances Wilson explores the desperate need of the ship's disgraced owner to make sense of the horror of it all, and to find a way of living with his lost honour. Period… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Nigel Warbuton
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	Nigel Warburton's A Little History of Philosophy introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy, exploring their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it. From Socrates to Peter Singer, Warburton presents the grand sweep of humanity's search for philosophical understanding, inspiring us to think, argue, reason and ask awkward questions about the nature of reality. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Noo Saro-Wiwa
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	In Looking for Transwonderland, Noo Saro-Wiwa rediscovers and come to terms with Nigeria, the country her father, murdered activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, loved. She found the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despaired at the corruption and inefficiency she encountered. But she also discovered that it was far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, and was seduced by its rainforest, its ancient palaces and monuments and, most engaging of all, its people. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Owen Jones
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	In his book Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, Owen Jones exposes the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature. He reveals the increasing poverty and desperation of communities all but abandoned by the aspirational, society-fragmenting policies of Thatcherism and New Labour. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient figleaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems, and to justify widening inequality. Part of Aye… View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Paul Mason
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	In this compelling new book, Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere, Newsnight presenter Paul Mason sets out to explore the causes and consequences of the current wave of revolt, illuminating the links between the economic and social crisis. Mingling with protestors in locations from Westminster to Wisconsin, he reports from the frontlines of protest, arguing that the events of 2011 reflect the expanding power of the individual and a call for new political alternatives. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Paul Preston
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	Paul Preston's latest book, The Spanish Holocaust, sheds crucial light on one of the darkest and most unexamined eras of modern European history. As Spain finally reclaims its historical memory, a full picture can now be given of the victims of Franco's reign of terror, framed by the activities of the men whose dogma of eugenics, terrorization, domination, and mind control horrifyingly mirror the fascism of Italy and Germany. Preston is the greatest writer on the war and this book has already… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Pauline Black
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	In her memoir, Black by Design, Pauline Black, an award-winning actress and the lead singer for platinum-selling 2-tone band The Selecter, describes what it was like to be a black child adopted in the 1950s by a white, working class family who saw her at best as a curiosity, at worst as an embarrassing inconvenience. She reflects on her experience and what it says about identity with Jackie Kay, author of the remarkable memoir, Red Dust Road. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	14 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Philip Coggan and Justin Cartwright
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	Philip Coggan looks at money through the ages, including our own unstable future, examining the flawed structure of the global finance systems as they exist today. He discusses money with novelist Justin Cartwrightm author of Other People's Money, the fictional story of Tubal & Co, now facing disaster in the new world of modern finance. The Observer called this a masterpeice. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Poetry Corner
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	St Mungo's Mirrorball – Glasgow's Poetry Network – host their popular open mic session. An opportunity for budding and established poets to read their own work. So whether you have a number of poetry collections out or are reading in public for the first time, this is for you. A wonderful opportunity to experience and enjoy Glasgow's diverse poetic voices. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 7.30pm	Free

Professor Tom Devine
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	For centuries, untold numbers of Scottish men, women and children have sought their fortunes in every conceivable walk of life and in every imaginable climate across the British Empire, the United States and elsewhere, from finance to industry, philosophy to politics. Covering the period from 1750 to 2010, Professor Tom Devine's latest book, To the Ends of the Earth, puts this extraordinary epic centre stage, removing layers of myth and sentiment to reveal the no less startling truth. Part of… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 8pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Raymond Tallis
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	In his magnum opus, Aping Mankind, Professor Raymond Tallis mounts an all-out assault on the claims made by many contemporary thinkers that neuroscience and evolutionary theory together explain human consciousness, behaviour and society. Combative, rigorous, witty and thought-provoking Aping Mankind is an important book: a must for all those who sense that men and women are infinitely more interesting and complex than they appear in the mirror of biologism. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 5.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Richard Holloway
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	For over 40 years Richard Holloway touched the lives of many people in the Church and in the wider community. But behind his confident public face lay a constantly searching mind. Now in his newly published memoir, Leaving Alexandria, a wise, poetic and fiercely honest book, the acclaimed writer, respected thinker and outspoken former bishop explains how, after many crises of faith, he finally and painfully left the Church. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Robert Douglas
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	Glasgow 1961. It is ten years since we last visited the close at 18 Dalbeattie Street in Maryhill. The stalwarts are still there… Ella, Drena, Rhea and 'Granny' Thomson. Glasgow's beloved trams still run on the Maryhill Road. But not for long. In his latest novel, Staying on Past the Terminus, Robert Douglas brings his usual blend of laughter and tears and his many fans will not be disappointed with his continuing tales of Glasgow life. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
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	In his latest book, Becoming Dickens, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens' early career, he examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. The book portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements. Part… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Robert Ross and Tim Brooke-Taylor
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	Robert Ross' new biography of the legendary Marty Feldman tells in full for the first time the fascinating story of a key figure in the history of comedy. It follows Feldman from his youth as a tramp on the streets of London to the height of his fame in America to his premature death at the age of 48. Ross is joined by one of the many friends and colleagues of Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, a writer/ performer on At Last the 1948 Show and Marty and later known as one of the Goodies. With clips. View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Ron Ferguson
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	Ron Ferguson, who was described by George Mackay Brown as 'a true craftsman in literature', tracks with curiosity and passion his friend's spiritual journey, including his controversial move from Presbyterianism to Roman Catholicism. His book George Mackay Brown: The Wound and the Gift – which was shortlisted for a major Saltire Society Award – explores the darker, more tormented side of Orkney's Bard, and uncovers the intense relationship between alcohol, suffering and creativity. Part of… View full details
Mitchell Library	13 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Ronald Reng and Patrick Barclay
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	The news that Gary Speed, manager of Wales, had committed suicide shook the UK in 2011. But it was not the only case highlighting the incredible pressures faced by those involved in the game. Ronald Reng's book A Life Too Short, the award-winning biography of Robert Enke, tells the story of the German goalkeeper who took his own life. He is joined by Patrick Barclay, biographer of Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourhino, for a discussion on modern football. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Ross Raisin, Maggie Craig and Others
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	A special two hour session on Glasgow and the Clyde with words, music and poetry. In his novel, Waterline, Ross Raisin brings vividly to life the story of an ordinary man caught between the loss of a great love and the hard edges of modern existence, tracing a journey from the Glasgow shipyards to the crowded, sweating kitchens of an airport hotel, to the streets and riversides of London. Novelist and historian Maggie Craig's When the Clyde Ran Red looks at the roots of the 'Red Clydeside… View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Ruth Padel
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	Ruth Padel's new collection, The Mara Crossing, offers a unique perspective on migration and immigration. The poems, interwoven with illuminating prose passages, investigate what we learn from animals, how our migrations resemble theirs, and how both animal and human journeys are now affected by the ways in which we have changed, and are changing, our shared planet. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Sam Leith
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	Sam Leith's You Talkin' to Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama is a witty enquiry into the art of persuasion. It looks at the ways people have taught, practised and thought about rhetoric from its Attic origins to its twenty-first century apotheosis. Rhetoric is what gives words power. It isn't just courts and parliament – it's all around us. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't you?. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	15 Mar 7.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Sandy McGrattan and John Wallace
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	Sandy McGrattan, principal trumpet player, Scottish Ballet, and John Wallace, principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a virtuoso trumpet player, have coauthored The Trumpet the first major book devoted to the instrument in more than two decades. They trace a surprising evolution and colourful performance history, from the Baroque 'golden age', through the advent of valved brass nstruments in the nineteenth century, and the trumpet's renaissance in the jazz age, with performance… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Sceptre Prize Evening
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	Featuring the best in new writing from staff and students in the University of Glasgow Creative Writing course, the evening culminates in the presentation of the annual Sceptre Prize to the outstanding student from 2011. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 8pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Scotland's Bookshelf
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	The Mitchell Library is a wonderful home for Aye Write! and when the iconic North Street building celebrated its centenary in November 2011, it seemed a good time to look back at Scottish writing of the last 100 years. Mitchell librarians scoured the shelves for great Scottish books covering this period. Then a panel – made up of The Herald's Rosemary Goring, Karen Cunningham, Head of Glasgow Libraries and Director of Aye Write! and Professor Willy Maley of Glasgow University – had the… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 8pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Scottish Poetry Slam Championship
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	Live poetry competitions take place across Scotland throughout the year. The winners from each of these compete tonight in the final. Poets comic, poets heartfelt, poets lyrical and poets outrageous vie for the title of Scottish Champion - and the winner goes to Paris in May to represent the nation in the World Series. Compered by Robin Cairns. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 9pm	0141 353 8000 £5

Scottish Women's Crime Writing: Ethics and Forensics
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	Crime fiction often concerns moral dilemmas of choice and action. How do writers and their characters deal with these? Forensic science plays an ever-increasing role in crime detection. What impact does this have on crime writing? Leading Scottish crime writers Lin Anderson (author of the Rhona MacLeod series), Karen Campbell (author of The Twilight Time and After the Fire), Gillian Galbraith (author of the Alice Rice series) and Caro Ramsay (author of Absolution and Dark Water) talk about… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Scottish Women's Crime Writing: Ethics and Forensics
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	Crime fiction often concerns moral dilemmas of choice and action. How do writers and their characters deal with these? Forensic science plays an ever-increasing role in crime detection. What impact does this have on crime writing? Leading Scottish crime writers Lin Anderson (author of the Rhona MacLeod series), Karen Campbell (author of The Twilight Time and After the Fire), Gillian Galbraith (author of the Alice Rice series) and Caro Ramsay (author of Absolution and Dark Water) talk about… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Scottish Writers' Centre Showcase
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	The Scottish Writers' Centre Showcase will involve the awarding of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes to each of the Short Story and Poetry category winners in the SWC Open Writing Competition 2012, by judges Chris Dolan, awardwinning author and playwright and award-winning poet Liz Niven, followed by readings of the winning entries. Further details at: www. scottishwriterscentre.org.uk. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 4.30pm	Free

Stefan Collini
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	In his new book, What Are Universities For?, Stefan Collini challenges the common claim that universities need to show that they help to make money in order to justify getting more money. Instead, he argues that we must reflect on the different types of institution and the distinctive roles they play. Collini offers all of us a better, deeper and more enlightened understanding of why universities matter, to everyone. Stefan is in discussion with Herald columnist and rector of the University… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Stephen Armstrong
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	The Road To Wigan Pier Revisited by acclaimed journalist and writer Stephen Armstrong retraces the journey taken by George Orwell 75 years ago, and explores the extent to which the issues of poverty and social injustice revealed then still exist today. Armstrong discovered shocking poverty, missing community and a forgotten generation. However he also found acts of heroism, imagination and optimism that offer hope. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	12 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Sticky Kids
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	Join Molly Muddle and her good friend Old Macdonald to sing along with your favourite Sticky Kids songs and join in with the actions. Lots of slapstick humour, audience participation and fun guaranteed as Molly and Old Macdonald entertain you with their hilarious mishaps. Suitable for 2-6 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 11am	0141 353 8000 £3

Tali Sharot
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	It is estimated that 80 per cent of the population are optimists. But how do we maintain a positive outlook in the face of reality? In her latest book, The Optimism Bias, Tali Sharot, one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, investigates the neural basis of our tendency to look on the bright side. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Tam Dalyell
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	Fiercely independent and a thorn in the side of several Prime Ministers, Tam Dalyell's contributions to politics include his vocal opposition to military intervention in the Falklands and Iraq, as well as his 'West Lothian question' about partial Scottish and Welsh devolution. His memoir, The Importance of Being Awkward, looks back over a lifetime of dedicated service to West Lothian and Linlithgow as well as offering a unique perspective on the most important political developments over the… View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 12.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Tim Jeal
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	In Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure Tim Jeal sheds fascinating new light on the search for the source of the Nile and its colonial consequences. Jeal's protagonists include Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley.The Literary Review described it as 'A vivid tale of adventure… filled with anecdotes and brilliant cameos, which keep the narrative fresh and sparklingly alive'. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Tim Radford
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	Tim Radford's The Address Book: Our Place in the Scheme of Things is fascinating, entertaining, unsettling and insatiably curious. By the time we reach the final line we are beginning to understand that there is no final answer to the question 'Where am I?' - behind every answer lies a new question, receding into unthinkable distance, to the spectacle of galaxies falling away from each other into nothingness. He talks about our place in the universe. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Tom Nairn
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	In his acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its Monarchy, Tom Nairn, one of Scotland's greatest political commentators, deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction. Instead, he argues that the monarchy is both apex and essence of the British state, the symbol of a national backwardness. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 5pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Tom Watson MP: News International and Me
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	Tom Watson MP has led the pursuit of News International in parliament. His new book tells the full behind-the-scenes story of the phone hacking scandal revealing the connections between News Corporation, the police and politicians, and explaining how they became unravelled. With unique information and access, Watson shows what went wrong with some very prominent British institutions and marks the moment when everything began to change. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Trevor Royle and Stephen McGinty
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	In his latest book, A Time of Tyrants, based on previously unseen archives, military historian Trevor Royle examines Scotland's role in the Second World War. The country became a social melting pot with the arrival of European refugees, and was hugely important as an industrial power house and the nation's larder. The war also had a major impact on politics. On 10 May 1941 Rudolph Hess, then the Deputy Fuhrer, parachuted over Renfrewshire on a mission to broker a peace deal with the British… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Tristan Gooley
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	Exploration is no longer about hardship or long distances; it is about celebrating the sense of connection and discovery that is possible in all our travels. Combining the work of some of the most insightful travellers of the past 2,000 years with his own experience, Tristan Gooley demonstrates how it is possible to connect profoundly with the lands we travel through in his new book, The Natural Explorer. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

University of Strathclyde Creative Writing Showcase
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	The fourth annual Aye Write! event showcasing the best of creative writing talent at the University of Strathclyde. Three undergraduates from the popular Journalism and Creative Writing degree, winners in the university's long-running and prestigious Keith Wright Memorial Prize for creative writing, read and discuss their work alongside members of staff. The event will be introduced by Doug Johnstone, the current Keith Wright Literary Fellow at the university. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 9.30am	Free

Wayne Price and Elizabeth Reeder
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	Wayne Price is one of the most outstanding short story writers working in Scotland today. Recognised in numerous national and international awards, his haunting debut story collection Furnace launches at Aye Write!. Wayne is joined by Elizabeth Reeder, originally from the US but based in Glasgow for over a decade, Elizabeth will be previewing her extraordinary debut novel, Ramshackle. A beautifully written story of loss and self-discovery set in her native Chicago, it follows 15-year old Roe… View full details
Mitchell Library	16 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

What Are Publishers Looking For?
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	Nicola Morgan, author of 90 books, will share her knowledge of what makes agents and publishers say yes, giving you the best chance of success. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 2.30pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

What's Wrong with Women's Writing?
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	The people who buy books, read and recommend to friends - in short those shaping the publishing trends - are women. The people writing the reviews and winning the prizes are men. A panel of women publishers, writers, and readers including Karen Cunningham, Claire Squires, Sue John, Karen Campbell and Laura Marney discuss the controversial state of women's writing today and what we can do to improve it. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 3.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

William Boyd
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	Moving from Vienna to London's West End, the battlefields of France and hotel rooms in Geneva, William Boyd's latest novel, Waiting for Sunrise, is a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche and a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe. After his triumphs most recently with the television film of Any Human Heart and Restless Boyd delivers a plot-twisting thriller and a literary tour de force. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 6.30pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

William McIlvanney
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	The Kilmarnock-born novelist and poet William McIlvanney has enjoyed acclaim ever since his debut novel, Remedy is None, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1967. Since then, he has won the Saltire and Whitbread prizes for his novels, and two Silver Daggers for his crime writing as well as the Herald's People prize twice. In the year of the 35th anniversary of Laidlaw, which started Tartan Noir, McIlvanney looks back at his career and reads some of his latest work. Part of Aye… View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 6pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

Write Now: Creative Writing from Passion to Profession
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	Write Now is an exciting new addition to Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival. Organised by creative writers at the University of Strathclyde, Write Now offers attendees the chance to think seriously about writing and to develop new skills over an engaging two-day programme. Friday 9th March - Come along and learn how to improve your writing and market your work effectively in our series of workshops delivered by professional authors. Meet independent publishers and representatives from… View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 9am	0141 353 8000 £90 (£70)

Write Now: Creative Writing from Passion to Profession
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	Write Now is an exciting new addition to Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival. Organised by creative writers at the University of Strathclyde, Write Now offers attendees the chance to think seriously about writing and to develop new skills over an engaging two-day programme. Saturday 10th March: Critical Approaches to Creative Writing - Researchers and writers will present their work in a critical context with an opportunity for attendees to ask questions at the end of each session. For more… View full details
Mitchell Library	10 Mar 9am	0141 353 8000 £90 (£70)

Writing For Graphic Novels
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	Rodge Glass discusses the process of writing a graphic novel: the challenges of collaboration between writer and artist, and gives tips and advice on making your graphic novel a success. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 1pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Young Sherlock
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	Calling all young investigators! Solve the puzzles to unmask the true criminal in this 'Young Sherlock Holmes' inspired adventure game, full of twists and turns. It's elementary my dear readers! Suitable for 8 -12 years. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	17 Mar 2pm	0141 353 8000 £3

Your Book Needs You!
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	Novelist Sara Sheridan debunks the myths of book promotion and publicity and gives expert advice on how to use all the communications tools available to sell yourself effectively. Part of Write Now! A 2-day programme of creative writing workshops from the University of Strathclyde. Part of Aye Write! View full details
Mitchell Library	9 Mar 2.30pm	0141 353 8000 £15 (£12)

Zygmunt Bauman
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	Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most significant global social thinkers of our age. His work, spanning nearly five decades, steadfastly refuses to be constrained by arbitrary disciplinary boundaries within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Extraordinarily productive, his writings continue to be relevant to his host subject of sociology, but also to social and political theory, philosophy, ethics, art theory, media/communications studies, cultural studies, and theology. He discusses his… View full details
Mitchell Library	11 Mar 7pm	0141 353 8000 £8 (£7)

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