Upcoming Events

Hazel McHaffie: Remember, Remember
17 March, 10am – 11.45am
Scottish Caring and Dementia Congress, Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
Panel discussion: Practical ethical dilemmas in dementia care.
See the Alzheimer’s Scotland website for more information.

Clark McGinn: Out of Pocket
Thursday 18 March, 6.30pm registration for 6.45pm start.
Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, Drumsheugh House, 38b Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, EH3 7SW.
As a current senior banker, Clark McGinn explains the building blocks of banking, identifies the long term cycles that result in repeated crashes and analyses the motivations and moralities of the financial world. Out of Pocket is a clear and witty ‘must read’ for all of us, whether bank customers or finance professionals, who want to understand why the current crisis happened, and what can be done to delay or avert the next one.
To reserve a place, please contact the Luath Events
Co-ordinator, or call 0131 225 4326

Alasdair Gray: A Gray Play Book
Thursday 25 March, 6pm
National Library of Scotland, 57 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW. Join author, playwright and artist Alasdair Gray and special guests for an evening of spoken word and performance. The event marks the recent publication of 'A Gray Play Book' featuring 22 plays. They include 'The Fall of Kelvin Walker' on 1967 TV and 'Voices in the Dark', recently staged at Glasgow's Oran Mor. Event followed by book signing.
Book online or call 0131 623 3918.

AyeWrite!

Aye Write!
Tickets can be purchased from the Aye Write! website, by calling 0844 847 1683, or in person at the Mitchell Library.

Daniel Gray: Homage to Caledonia
Sunday 7 March, 12.30 – 1.30pm
Daniel Gray will be interviewing Paul Preston, author of We Saw Spain Die
Tickets: £7/£6


Ian R Mitchell: Clydeside: Red, Orange and Green
Sunday 7 March, 3.30 – 4.30pm
An illustrated presentation going along the towns on the banks of the Clyde, looking at their industrial history.
Tickets: £7/£6

Henry McLeish: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Sunday 7 March, 6.30 – 7.30
A discussion of the future of Scotland with Henry McLeish, Alan Spence and James Robertson.
Tickets: £7/£6

Alastair McIntosh: Love and Revolution
Monday 8 March, 6 – 7pm Alastair McIntosh and Madeline Bunting discuss the radical changes in land rights awareness and legislation in Scotland during the last 20 years.
Tickets: £7/£6

The Book That Changed My Life
Saturday 13 March, 5 – 6pm
Join Allan Bissett, Ewan Morrison and Sara Sheridan to find out what book changed their lives.
Tickets: £7/£6

The Bookworm, Beijing

Liz Niven will be taking part in a number of events at The Bookworm, Beijing.

Opening Night
Friday 5 March, 8pm
The Bookworm Sanlitun
50 RMB
A very special festival evening raising the curtain on The Bookworm International Literary Festival 2010. Explore the magic of books and the lure of literature, as revealed by Amitav Ghosh, Jonathan Tel, Ram Devineni, Steve Connell, Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Liz Niven and Zoe Heller.

Poetry – Home
Tuesday 9 March, 8:30pm
The Bookworm Sanlitun
50 RMB
Poets Liz Niven, Yong Shu Hoong, and Scott Ezell, all writers with broad international experience and with their feet in many different cultures and continents, read selections of their work chosen to explore the theme of 'Home'.

Folk Tales
Thursday 11 March, 12.30pm
The Bookworm Sanlitun
50 RMB
Liz Niven
, Alberto Ruy Sánchez and others - writers from very different countries - share the folk tales and superstitions particular to their respective locales, as we explore whether there are bogles and ghosties common to us all!

The Shard Box - book launch
Sunday 14 March, 4pm
The Bookworm Sanlitun
50 RMB
Using the metaphor of the broken Chinese porcelain collected to create shard boxes, Liz Niven's brand new collection of beautifully crafted poems explores the disintegration and reconstitution of families, communities and societies. Join us this afternoon to hear readings from this, Niven's fourth poetry collection, and hear how her experiences in Asia informed its creation.

Stanza

Stanza tickets can be purchased from the Stanza website, by calling 01334 475000, or in person at the Byre Theatre, St Andrews.

Christine De Luca: North End of Eden
Music & Verse from Shetland
Saturday 20 March, 2.15-3.15pm
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, Studio Theatre
Music & Verse from Shetland
Tickets: £3/£4

Ceilidh Culture

Stuart McHardy: New History of the Picts
Stuart McHardy goes beyond popular pre-conceptions and long held historical assumptions about the Picts. He aims to get to the truth of who the Picts really were, and what their influence has been on Scotland's past and present. The Picts are not mysterious figures from history, but the direct ancestors of Scots today, and a part of our unique heritage.
Thursday 1 April, 6.30pm
Blackwell's Bookshop, South Bridge, Edinburgh
Free event, all welcome.
To reserve a place, please contact the Luath Events
Co-ordinator, or call 0131 225 4326

Mike Harding: Strange Lights Over Bexleyheath Friday 9 April, 8pm
The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ
Join Mike Harding for an eclectic mixture of conversation, song and also poetry from his new book, Strange Lights Over Bexleyheath. As a BBC Radio 2 presenter and founder of the annual Radio 2 Folk Awards, as well as being an author and folk musician, Mike Harding has a unique take on events, which is isn't afraid to express. Harding's is an existential and fantasy world; he invariably shows that only through the contemplation of the everyday can truth, meaning and beauty be understood.
Tickets: £8/£6
To book, call Ceildh Culture on 0131 228 1155, or go in person to the Usher Hall, Lothian Road Box Office, or the Pleasance Bar.

Homage to Caledonia

Homage to Caledonia: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War is a landmark publication on Scotland's contribution to the seminal conflict. 2009 was the 70th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War and author Daniel Gray has spoken at numerous events throughout Scotland. Please email us for more information about any event.

Friday 29 January 2010 - Open University History Society of Edinburgh, 8pm, FREE

Tuesday 30 March 2010 - East Renfrewshire Storytelling Festival, 7.30pm, Mearns Library, £2 entry

11 October 2010 - Dollar History Society, 7.30pm, Dollar Academy, FREE

8 November 2010 - Marx Memorial Library, 6.30pm, Marx Memorial Library, Clerkenwell, London, FREE

Blue Hen

NLP Theatre Company present the world premier of Blue Hen (included in They Scream When You Kill Them) by Des Dillon.

Two redundant men. A blue hen. Twelve blood-thirsty chickens. One grave robber and a psychopathic drug dealer. Can Paddy and John use their working class wits to get through this one intact? Or will the roughest scheme in Coatbridge strip them of their dignity, their dreams, and their lives?

Blue Hen is a gritty, moving story about two ordinary guys who are out of work, out of patience and out of luck when they hit on a scheme to keep themselves occupied and their bellies full. They're going to rear chickens out the back green.
Starring Charlie Lawson (Coronation Street’s legendary Jim McDonald).

From NLP, the company that brought you the hugely successful Singin’ I’m No A Billy He’s A Tim.

ON SALE NOW!

Wed 5 – Sat 8 May, 7.30pm
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Box Office: 0141 429 0022
www.citz.org.uk

Tue 11 May, 7.30pm
The Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
Box Office: 01563 554900

Thu 13 – Sat 15 May, 7.30pm
The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Box Office: 0131 248 4848

Tue 18 May, 7.30pm
Lemon Tree Theatre, Aberdeen
Box Office: 01224 641122

Wed 19 May, 7.30pm
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Box Office: 01463 234 234

Thu 20 May, 7.30pm
Webster Theatre, Arbroath
Box Office: 01241 435800

Fri 21 May, 7.30pm
Eastwood Park Theatre
Giffnock
Box Office: 0141 577 4970

Sat 22 May, 7.30pm
Cumbernauld Theatre
Box Office: 01236 732887

Mon 24 May, 7.30pm
Paisley Town Hall
Box Office: 0141 887 1010

Tue 25 May, 7.30pm
Rutherglen Town Hall
Box Office: 0141 613 5700

Wed 26 May, 7.30pm
Albert Hall, Stirling
Box Office: 01786 473544

Thu 27 May, 7.30pm
Town House Theatre,
Hamilton
Box Office: 01698 452 299

Fri 28 May, 7.30pm
Arts Guild Theatre,
Greenock
Box Office: 01475 723038

Sat 29 May, 7.30pm
FTH, Falkirk
Box Office: 01324 506850

Tue 1 June, 7.30pm
Howden Park Centre,
Livingston
Box Office: 01506 777666

Wed 2 June, 7.30pm
Carnegie Hall,
Dunfermline
Box Office: 01383 602302

Thu 3 – Sat 5 June, 7.30pm
Whitehall Theatre, Dundee
Box Office: 08717 029486

Tue 8 June, 7.30pm
The Byre Theatre,
St Andrews
Box Office: 01334 475000

Wed 9 June, 7.30pm
Birnam Arts and Conference Centre, Dunkeld
Box Office: 01350 727674

Thu 10 June, 7.30pm
The Buccleuch Centre,
Langholm
Box Office: 013873 81196

Fri 11 June, 7.30pm
Theatre Royal, Dumfries
Box Office: 01387 253383

Sat 12 June, 7.30pm
The Ryan Centre,
Stranraer
Box Office: 01776 703535

Recommended for age 14+, contains strong language.
Sponsored by Globe Gas Ltd.

Ongoing Events

Robin Laing, author of The Whisky Muse: Scotch Whisky in Poem and Song is a professional singer/songwriter who performs in Scotland and further afield, incorporating whisky songs and tastings. See his gig guide.

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