Takeover: Glasgow City of Poets

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 Keeks McTheo CrossChisom OkoronkwoRo MehroozElissa Hunter-DoransSpencer MasonAnne WilkieSaturday 22nd Nov10:30 am
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Join award-winning Scots poet Keeks Mc for a multimedia performance bringing together poetry, music and visual art, illustrating the cultural richness made possible through diversity of language and the importance of language conservation. With readings from poets in Scots, Gaelic, Guernesiais, Igbo and Rohingya, this takeover by the collective Glasgow City of Poets will explore how personal experience is powerfully and poignantly conveyed through work with endangered languages. With readings by Keeks Mc, Theodore Cross, Chisom Okoronkwo, Ro Mehrooz and Elissa Hunter Dorans, music production by Spencer Mason and artwork by Anne Wilkie.

In partnership with Glasgow City of Poets

Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Ibrox Library with our Crime Author Panel Event.

Exit Wounds is the lastest thriller from Neil Broadfoot featuring close protection officer Connor Fraser and sedt in Norther Ireland. Broadfoot is described by Ian Rankin as “A true rising star of crime fiction."

In The Bonnie Dead, the explosive Scottish crime thriller debut from Andrew Raymond, DCI John Lomond is on the hunt for a notorious Glasgow child killer, known as ‘The Sandman’. Could the Sandman’s identity lie buried in the coldest of cold cases? Or is a new killer about to claim their first victim?

David Goodman rec ently won the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize for his novel A Reluctant Spy. ‘Engrossing…ingenious…Goodman combines traditional elements – the nods to Buchan, Fleming and le Carré – with the topicality of 2020s technology and the threat from Russia’ Sunday Times

Chaired by Natalie Jayne Clark the Bloody Scotland debut writer nominee for her book Malt Whisky Murders.

This is a fun viking-themed adventure for middle grade readers, written by Battlefield Writers member, Tracey McBain.

Expect embarrassing dads, over the top teachers, a celebrity judge and a break out from a retirement village!

Will our heroes save the day? 

By Odin's pants, they just might....

Free on Kindle.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FWD3MLM2

Battlefield Writers has partnered with Glad Radio to produce a series of podcasts based on our books Beyond the Battlefield and Tales from the Battlefield.

Listen at  https://glad.radio/category/battlefield-writers/

 Book Week Scotland

Langside Library are delighted to host Battlefield Writers as they launch their latest book Tales from the Southside.  Tuesday 19th November 2024 at 6pm.

Over thirty writers have contributed short stories, poetry and flash fiction to this anthology, each reflecting life in Glasgow’s southside. Hear readings by a selection of writers and discover how you might become involved in future projects.

This is a free event and is open to everyone. Just turn up on the night

Marco and Alex have a new book out called Dining Tales.

 Dining Tales (sub-titled Savory Stories, Tasty Tales) is a collection of 27 stories told first-hand from some of the giants in Glasgow’s bustling dining scene. Over the past forty years, there has been a revolution in the quality, variety, and choice of restaurants in the city. Dining Tales hears from those who made that revolution: their journey often from humble beginnings, the sheer hard work involved and the fascinating stories behind the scenes.
Above all Dining Tales recounts the commitment, resilience, and the skillset essential to producing successful and much-loved venues that transformed Glasgow’s cuisine.
Whether you love food, eat out regularly or are interested in working in the restaurant business, Dining Tales is a compulsive read. 

Beyond the Battlefield is now on sale at Waterstones 153 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow

Greg Shearer, one of our contributors, is appearing as a special guest at  Gladcast Two in Glad Cafe Saturday 9th March at 7.30

Beyond the Battlefield and Tales from the Battlefield are now part of Kindle unlimited. Anyone who has a subscription can read the books or free.