Edinburgh Book Festival
Many of author authors are taking part in events organised for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. For more information or to book a ticket visit the Edinburgh International Book Festival website. All events are held within Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh and last for one hour, unless otherwise specified.
Jenny Bornholdt, Bashabi Fraser and Martin MacIntyre
An hour of enthralling poetry from three outstanding poets. Bashabi Fraser's poetry collections, Tartan and Turban, and From the Ganga to the Tay, powerfully evokes the two different cultures she is a part of, whilst Martin MacIntyre's collection of Gaelic and English poems, Let Me Dance With Your Shadow, address the passion and vitality that is human experience.
Saturday 15 August 2009, 4pm, £9
Peppers Theatre, Charlottes Square Gardens, Edinburgh
David Campbell and Wendy Weatherby: Celebrating Scotland
David Campbell, author of Out of the Mouth of the Morning, a magical collection of Celtic folklore, and Wendy Weatherby explore the folklore, myths and legends of Scotland and Ireland.
Sunday 16 August 2009, 4.30pm, £6
Writer's Retreat, Charlottes Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Alastair McIntosh and Stuart Sim: Nature and the Environment
Join these two experts as they tackle the complicated issue of climate change and what we should be doing about it. Alastair McIntosh in Love and Revolution confronts this issue through powerful and passionate poetry that beautifully evokes the need to save this world.
Monday 17 August 2009, 2pm, £9
ScottishPower Studio Theatre, Charlottes Square Gardens, Edinburgh
A L Kennedy, Ian Rankin and James Robertson: The Edinburgh Napier University Event
Join A L Kennedy, Ian Rankin and James Robertson (Voyage of Intent for the launch of a new contribution to the Scottish crime writing scene, Crimespotting, a specially commissioned collection of stories set in Edinburgh for the OneCity Trust.
Monday 17 August 2009, 7pm, £9
ScottishPower Studio Theatre, Charlottes Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Liza Giffen: The Baillie Gifford Event
In How the Scots Financed the Modern World Liza Giffen shows how Scotland was the centre of building many of the great economic institutions of the last century and provides much-needed greater understanding of the current changing economic times through a historical perspective.
Tuesday 18 August 2009, 4pm, £9
Peppers Theatre, Charlottes Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Arrivals and Departures: The Open University Event
Over twenty Scottish authors have come together to write about the theme of migration and homecoming, and these themes links to Scottish identity, to celebrate the Year of Homecoming. Come and join Linda Cracknell, Paul Scott and Christine de Luca, author of Parallel Worlds, who will be reading and talking about this unique project.
Tuesday 18 August 2009, 7.00-8.15pm, £9
Highland Park Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Creating Poetry: Poetry Workshop
Tessa Ransford has been writing poetry for 40 years now, culminating in her most recent collection, Not Just Moonshine. This makes her an ideal candidate to give the lucky few who attend her workshop insight into her life as a poet and working with you to create a new poem. There are only 20 places available for this event.
Saturday 22 August 2009, 11am-12.30pm, £12
Writer's Retreat, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Alasdair Gray: Literature and Drama
Alasdair Gray has been writing plays since he was eleven, as well as working as a novelist and an artist and this is your chance to join him as he discusses and performs some of his dramas. One particular highlight will be a chance to glimpse the as-yet-unmade movie of his novel Lanark, excerpts of the storyboard of which can be seen in A Gray Play Book, a collection of Gray's plays and including some an unused opera libretto and film script for another of his novels.
Saturday 22 August, 3pm, £9
RBS Main Theatre, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Writing Poetry: Poetry Workshop
Luath poet, Liz Niven (Burning Whins and Stravaigin), is offering hands-on help, from advice on finding inspiration to help editing your work. Again, there is a limit of 20 places.
Sunday 23 August, 2pm-3.30pm, £12
Writer's Retreat, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Robert Burns: A 21st-Century Man: The Open University Event
To celebrate Robert Burns's 250th birthday, poet Robert Crawford, photographer Andy Hall and writer Donald Smith, author of Between Ourselves, a talented mix of fact and fiction, charting the romance of Nancy and Burns, as well as a challenging collection of poetry, A Long Stride Shortens The Road, discuss why Burns is so important and alluring after all this time.
Sunday 23 August 2009, 7pm-8.15pm, £9
Highland Park Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Alexander Moffat and Alan Riach: Literature and Culture
In Arts of Resistance Alexander Moffat and Alan Riach discuss the contribution of Scottish poets and artists from the late 19th-Century to the present day and how these people, through their work, resisted intellectual and cultural break-down. Join them as they debate the purpose of art and literature in contemporary Scotland.
Monday 24 August 2009, 12.30pm, £9
Peppers Theatre, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Edinburgh: New Writing, Celebrating Scotland
Two of our contemporary writers, Dilys Rose, who has written in the mediums of both poetry (Bodywork) and fiction (Lord of Illusions and Selected Stories, and Robert Alan Jamieson, author of Nort Atlantik Drift are leaders of a course at Edinburgh's Creative Writing School. Working closely with the Edinburgh College of Art they have created an exciting project of stories and images, the results of which will be presented at this event.
Wednesday 26 August 2009, 2.30pm, £9
Peppers Theatre, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Chris Dolan and Daniel Gray: Spain
To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War Chris Dolan and Daniel Gray highlight the enormous contribution that Scotland made during the conflict. Daniel Gray's book, Homage to Caledonia, explores the involvement of the men and women who traveled to Spain to fight in the conflict and reveals the passion with which these ordinary Scots fought for freedom and democracy.
Thursday 27 August, 4pm, £9
Peppers Theatre, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Des Dillon: Fine Fiction
Don't miss the chance to hear Des Dillon, a multi-talented poet, fiction writer and dramatist, read from My Epileptic Lurcher, a riverting and heart-warming account of one angry man and his dog.
Friday 28 August, 7.30pm, £6
Writer's Retreat, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Beyond Devolution: Celebrating Scotland
With 2009 heralding the 10th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament it is an appropriate time to take review of its success and failures and the impact it has had on the everyday lives of Scottish people and Scotland as a country. On the discussion panel will be Charlie Jeffery, who has contributed essays to The Scottish Parliament, 1999-2009, and Tom Brown and Henry McLeish, who co-wrote Scotland: The Road Divides, a hard-hitting book that discusses the state of Scottish politics today, alongside Hamish Macdonell.
Friday 28 August, 7pm-8.15pm, £9
Highland Park Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
The Bard in Edinburgh: Celebrating Scotland
In this wide-ranging event guests will discover more about the life of Robert Burns and the Edinburgh he lived in, as well as gaining insight into how contemporary writers have been influenced by his work. One of the guests will be our very own Donald Smith, author of A Long Stride Shortens the Road and Between Ourselves.
Saturday 29 August 2009, 7pm, £9
ScottishPower Studio Theatre, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Writing Poetry in Scots: Poetry Workshop
In this special poetry workshop work with poet Liz Niven, author of Burning Whins and Stravaigin, who will discuss issues such as dialect variation and spelling as you create poems about your favourite locations. There are only 20 places available for this event.
Sunday 30 August, 11am-12.30pm, £12
Writer's Retreat, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Jenni Calder and Roger Hutchinson: Travel and Literature
In her insightful books Scots in the USA, Scots in Canada and forthcoming title Frontier Scots Jenni Calder discusses why so many Scots traveled across the Atlantic and the impact they had on these developing countries. At this event guests will be treated to stories of the Scots who conquered the Wild West, as well as a tale by Roger Hutchinson about his own family's journey to America.
Monday 31 August, 12.30pm, £9
Peppers Theatre, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Alison Lang with Martin MacIntyre: Gaelic Writing
At this event, successful Gaelic writers Alison Lang and Martin MacIntyre (Let Me Dance With Your Shadow) discuss their writing and offering insight into and readings from their respective Gaelic fiction.
Monday 31 August, 4.30pm, £6
Writer's Retreat, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh
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Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim
You have read the play now see it performed live!
What happens when you lock up a Celtic fan with a Rangers fan on the day of the Old Firm Match? Fireworks! That's What. A humorous and insightful look at the bigotry that exists between Glasgow's famous football giants Celtic and Rangers.Are they singing your tune?
Play contains strong language. Recommended age 16+
'Explosive' THE EVENING TIMES
'Witty and provocative' THE SCOTSMAN
First Class - SUNDAY MAIL
A genuine must see - THE BIG ISSUE
Consistently funny and highly authentic - THE SCOTSMAN
Strike`s a chord with both theatre-goers and football fans - THE SKINNY
This show will bring tears of laughter to anyone's eyes - CUMBERNAULD NEWS
Holds up a mirror to the darker side of Scottish culture - VIEW FROM THE STALLS
Singin` I`m No a Billy He`s a Tim TICKETS ON SALE 1st DECEMBER 2008
Wed 16th September Kick Off 8:00pm
The Market Place Theatre
, Market Street
, Armagh City
, Co. Armagh
, BT61 7BW
, Box Office:
+44 (0)28 3752 1821
Thu 17th September Kick Off 8pm
The Burnavon Arts & Cultural Centre,
Burn Road,
Cookstown,
BT80 8DN
, Box Office:
+44 (0)28 8676 9949
Fri 18th & Sat 19th September Kick Off 8pm
Belfast Waterfront, 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast, BT1 3WH, Box Office: 028 9033 4400
Wed 7th - Sat 10th Oct 2009 Kick Off 7:30pm
The Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow, G5 9DS, Box Office: 0141 429 0022
Wed 3rd & Thu 4th Feb Kick Off 7:30pm
Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee, DD1 1PB, Box Office: 01382 223530
Fri 5 Feb 2010 Kick Off 7:30pm
Rutherglen Town Hall, 139 Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow, G73 2JJ, Box Office: 0141 613 5700
Fri 12 Feb 2010 Kick Off 7:30pm
Hamilton Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, Hamilton, ML3 6HH, Box Office: 01698 452299
Fri 19th Feb Kick Off 7:30pm
The Palace Theatre, 9 Green Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BN, Box Office: 01563 554900
For more information about the play why not visit the NLP Theatre website.
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