Literary Archive

  • The Merchant City Festival presents a cutting-edge programme featuring the best of Scotland’s theatre, music, visual arts, comedy, dance, film, literature and fashion scene.

    Merchant City Festival 2011

    The Merchant City Festival presents a cutting-edge programme featuring the best of Scotland’s theatre, music, visual arts, comedy, dance, film, literature and fashion scene.

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  • Glasgow's beautiful Botanic Gardens provide the perfect backdrop for a Shakespeare play or two this summer...

    Bard in the Botanics

    Glasgow's beautiful Botanic Gardens provide the perfect backdrop for a Shakespeare play or two this summer...

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  • Leading up to the launch of Valve Literary Journal, the Valve team are putting on a special showcase night featuring a mix of bands and readings.

    Valve Journal Showcase

    Leading up to the launch of Valve Literary Journal, the Valve team are putting on a special showcase night featuring a mix of bands and readings.

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  • 12th October 2009:  Award winning screenwriter and director, as well as a comic book writer, author, actor and cult figure Kevin Smith is coming to Glasgow for his first ever live appearance in Scotland.

    An Evening with Kevin Smith

    12th October 2009: Award winning screenwriter and director, as well as a comic book writer, author, actor and cult figure Kevin Smith is coming to Glasgow for his first ever live appearance in Scotland.

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  • 6th – 14th March 2009  The Aye Write! Bank of Scotland Book Festival returns in 2009 with a scintillating mix of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, crime, comedy, politics and debate. Aye Write! is Glasgow’s annual literature festival which in 2009 will celebrate the best of...

    Aye Write! Book Festival

    6th – 14th March 2009  The Aye Write! Bank of Scotland Book Festival returns in 2009 with a scintillating mix of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, crime, comedy, politics and debate. Aye Write! is Glasgow’s annual literature festival which in 2009 will celebrate the best of...

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  • 23rd – 25th January Glasgow’s City Chambers will be illuminated with the story of Scotland’s favourite poet, Robert Burns, told in sound and light from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January.  Over the weekend, artist Ross Ashton, famed for his outdoor building illumination, will tell...

    Burns Illuminated

    23rd – 25th January Glasgow’s City Chambers will be illuminated with the story of Scotland’s favourite poet, Robert Burns, told in sound and light from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January.  Over the weekend, artist Ross Ashton, famed for his outdoor building illumination, will tell...

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  • Throughout 2009 In 2009, Scotland will host its first homecoming year in order to celebrate Scotland’s great contributions to the world. Such contributions include golf, whisky, technological and medical innovations, a rich ancestry and culture, and the work of Robert Burns whose 250th anniversary is...

    Homecoming Scotland 2009

    Throughout 2009 In 2009, Scotland will host its first homecoming year in order to celebrate Scotland’s great contributions to the world. Such contributions include golf, whisky, technological and medical innovations, a rich ancestry and culture, and the work of Robert Burns whose 250th anniversary is...

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