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Cargo Publishing launch a new crowd-sourced audiobook

Cargo Publishing launch a new crowd-sourced audiobook

Glasgow-based publishing house use social media to find new readers

25 Nov 2011

Publishing has seen all sorts of breakthroughs in the last few years, with a wide variety of exciting e-book projects springing up. But, as interactive as these projects promise to be, they rarely capture the aural tradition of storytelling, and the…

Henry Rollins

Interview: Henry Rollins on his eating habits

Rollins set for Edinburgh Festival Fringe spoken word show

16 Aug 2011

What time is breakfast? Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour of getting up. Tea or coffee? Both. Usually tea in the morning, coffee after that. Smoking or non-smoking? Non.

Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat - Everything’s Getting Older

Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat - Everything’s Getting Older

A great jazz, folk and spoken word collaboration

25 Apr 2011

(Chemikal Underground) Lovers of a collaboration both – Bill Wells with The Pastels and Isobel Campbell among others, Aidan Moffat with the likes of Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite and FOUND – it was really only a matter of time before this pair got it…

Let’s Get Lyrical

Edinburgh's Let’s Get Lyrical festival celebrates the art of the song lyric

Highlights include lectures on disco lyrics and Bob Dylan

3 Feb 2011

This month-long celebration of song lyrics keeps on rolling with a bunch of superb events across the capital. Among the many highlights on offer are Naturally Lyrical at Royal Botanical Garden, an exhibition which looks at songs that deal directly with…

Hole In My Pocket mark Pope's Scottish visit by starting their own church

Hole In My Pocket mark Pope's Scottish visit by starting their own church

Eilidh MacAskill and the Parsonage choir appear at Arches event

22 Sep 2010

Inspired by the papal visit, Allistair Burt, more usually known as an architect and the brains behind Glasgow blog Southside Happenings, has just started his own religion. ‘With the Pope being in town, it just seemed like the perfect time,’ says the…

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Popular events

Caesura
Date	Location
A night of poetry, performance and spoken word. View full details
29 Jun 8pm With performances from slam champion Kevin Cadwallander, Peter Manson (famed for his experimental…	The White Horse, Edinburgh

Love Club
Date	Location
Infamous New York performance artist Markus Makavellian (OK, he's just too outrageous to be real, it's actually performance poet Drew Taylor) presents a series of relaxed evenings of spoken word, music, knitting, tea and cake, celebrating a different 'occasion' each time. View full details
9 Jul 7pm A celebration of Good Housekeeping Day.	The Arches, Glasgow

Age of the Geek
Date	Location
Hayden Cohen. Dictators have fallen. Empires have been won and lost. Now geeks rule the world. Combining spoken word, music and comedy Hayden shows how the geeks have inherited the earth. All ages. Contains strong language. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
3 Aug–4 Aug Fri & Sat 3.05–3.55pm Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Theatre 3 at theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 3.05–3.55pm 2 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Theatre 3 at theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
8 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Sat 3.05–3.55pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Theatre 3 at theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Anthropoetry
Date	Location
Ben Mellor / PBH's Free Fringe. BBC R4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor takes you on a stand-up poetry and music fuelled tour around the body, attempting to get the measure of modern life through anatomical analogy. With sounds, beats, beeps and whistles by Dan Steele. Ages 18+. Contains strong language. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
5 Aug–17 Aug Tue–Sun 7.50–8.50pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Fingers Piano Bar, Edinburgh

Arguments and Nosebleeds - Free
Date	Location
Arguments and Nosebleeds. Warning: excessive side-splitting may lead to blood loss. A craic squad of performance poets tackle life's major issues (scary schoolteachers, body hair, missing teapots etc) pausing only for laughter and medical emergencies. Ages 18+. Contains strong language. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
26 Aug 4pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	The Gothic Bar at Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, Edinburgh