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Love In A Blue Time Hanif Kureishi (Faber and Faber £8.99)
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Don DeLillo Wed I-l .Ian. 7pm. t2 rredeemahle against hook r. \Vater'stone's. I53 Saucluehall Street. 32 ‘)I()5. .-\ rare chance to meet .-\irierrcan author I)on l)el.rllo. as he talks ahout his neyy noyel ('Irt/t'rrmr'lt/ t l’icador L l S r.
John Banville and A.L. Kennedy to It) .Iari. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). \V;IIL‘I\IUIIL‘\. l53 Sauchiehall Street. 332 752 I. ()ne of Ireland's most higth regarded \yr‘rters. Banyrlle. makes his lll’\l yrsrt to (ilasgtm.
.‘\.l.. Kennedy rorns him for air eyeririrg of
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Burns 1998 Conference Sat l7 .Iari. 9.30am 5pm. U5 t£7r Includes lunch. l'nryersrty of Strathclyde. lecture Room 325. John Anderson Iiurldrng. I‘or further details and to hook a place contact (’entre for Scottish (‘ultural Studies. 5-18 i5 It). .-\ host of. \y rrters discuss \ arrous aspects of Burns. the man. poet and songyy rrter. Speakers include William Mcllyaririey. (‘arl .\Icl)ougall and .I Derrick .\Ic(’lure. Storytelling For Children: Karen Boyd Sat l7 Jan. I lam. I'l't‘t‘. \Vatei'storie's. I53 Sauchiehall Street. 332 752 I. See Kids listings.
Robert Temple .‘ylon I‘) Jan. (r.-15prrr. I)lllotls. I74 I70 Arger Street. 248 JSl-l The author talks ahotrt his neyy hook I’lrt' Sirius .llrsrt'rr t('enttrry tlb‘Nr \yhrch looks at neyy scientific ey rderice that alien contact took place 5000 years ago.
Janice Galloway and Colin Toibin Mort l‘) Jan. 7.30pm. £3.50 t£2,5()r. Waterstoiie's. I53 I57 Sauchiehall Street. 3329105. (ialloyyay talks .rhotrt her most recent hook Where You l’lllt/ II. and 'I'orhrn reads from his tlrrrd rioer I‘lrt' Story ()f The Night. I’tirl or (‘t'lrrt
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The Summer Walkers ‘I‘ue 2t) _l.ll‘.. 7.30pm. £3.50 r£2.5(h. \Vaterstone's.
I53 I57 Sauchiehall Street. 332 ‘)It)5 'I'rmothy Neat. author of The .Srrrrrrrrt'r Hill/wry hosts an exerting ol song. music and story celehrating the way of life of. the trayelhng people and pearl fishers ol North and \Vest Scotland I’trr'l of (.('//I( ('orrrit't Ito/ii.
Ian Crichton-Smith, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and Joseph O'Connor \yctl 2I .lari. 7.30pm. \Vater'stoiie's. I53 I57 Sauchiehall Street. 3 32 ‘Jlll5. .-\ri eyenrng \\ ith author and playyyrrght (‘rrchton- Siiirtli. \yho is routed hy one ol Ireland's top contemporary poets I)horrihnarll. and storyteller ()'(‘oriiior. l’trr'r o/ (t/Irt ('orr/it't tin/ii.
Kate Clanchy, Angela McSeveney and David Kinloch Thu 22 Jan. 7. 3()prii. £3.50 t£2.5()r. \Valci'stoiie's. I53 I57 Sauchiehall Street. 332 ‘)l()5. .-\ri eyeriing of poetry readings \y ith these popular poets. I’ri/‘I of (.('/II( ('rrrrrit't Hurry
The New Feminism Natasha Walter (Little Brown £17.50)
Natasha Walter is miles ahead of most commentators. Feminism, she says, is no longer a single political movement, but courses through the mainstream of modern living in fragmented forms.
Stark inequalities still exist - British women who have children take an average 55% drop in lifetime earnings (compared to 7% in France), while becoming a father makes no impact on the average man's income - but Walter offers innovative remedies.
Rooted in research and attuned to the latest shifts in attitudes, Walter's optimism can hardly be faulted, the hope that Labour
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would support single mothers being one exception. Looking behind the media obsession with laddish masculinity for instance, she finds that men are moving in step with these changes, and benefiting.
She is not alone in recognising all this. What sets Walter apart is her readiness to go out on a limb, arguing that feminism has no business prescribing our personal activities, relishing women's fashion alongside men's fiction, skipping from a women’s breastfeeding project in Easterhouse to the corridors of Parliament in one sentence, and proffering Margaret Thatcher as the unsung hero of British feminism.
The New Feminism ricochets with dynamic ideas. boasting a breadth of vision and irresistible panache that is, quite simply, to die for.
(Deirdre Molloy)
Edinburgh
Joy Hendry and Peter Mortimer Sun I I .lan. Spm. £1.50 til I. I‘rurtmarket (iallt't’). ~15 Market Street. 225 2333. Poetry readings
Steven Pinker 'I'hu I5 .Iaii. (r3llpiti. L2 Royal Museum ( )l' Scotland. ('hariiher‘s Street. 2-17 -12 I‘). :\ lecture gry err hy Steyeir l’rrrker surrounding the issues raised in his hook Him The .llr/it/ ll'or'lti rl’engurn L25 r.
Kirsty Gunn and Jenny Diski ‘l‘lru IS Jan. 7 30pm. \Vater'storie‘s. S3 George Street. 225 3-130. An exerting \y rth (iraiita hooks \\ rth I)rskr readrrrg from her" papei'hack Slur/Hie ’lrr XIII/(II'IH (l ((iraiita UHNr and Iidrrihurgh-horn (iunn. reading from The Kev/mike t(iranta {5.9%.
The Writing On The Wall Sun 18 Ian.
7.30pm. £5 Lit). Iidrnhurgh I-‘estryal
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\\'ater'stone's. l3 I-I Princes Street. 55h 303-1. The tl\\;ll'tI-\\'llllllllg Irish tioyeltst (‘olum .‘\Ic('anii reads from his new hook '/'/11\ Sale ()I line/1mm r (Phoenix
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Lee M Silver 'I‘hu 20 Jan. 7pm. £5
ti 3.5m I~'rtrrtiiiai'ket (iallery. 45 Market Street. 225 2383. Professor Silyer. author oll Renal/yum lit/ell WVL‘ItIr‘lIlt‘ItI «K Nicolsonr toms a distinguished pairels of experts to dehate the moral. etlircal and legal issues surrounding cloning.
Ian Rankin Wed 2l .laii. 7pm. \Vttlt‘t'slollds. I2tS Princes Street. 220 2(r(r(r, lidinhurgh‘s t'rrrest crime \yr‘rter reads ll't)lli his neyy hook 'I‘lre Hrmerrre (fun/err t()rrori L'IhU‘JI and lJ/ut A :Irrt/ li/rrt' r()r'ron £5.99) \yhich is non
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Joseph O'Connor Thu 22 Jan. 7pm. Waterstorie’s. I3 I-I Princes Street. 556 Ktl3J lire popular Irish \H'llt‘l‘ chats ahoirt his next hook '/‘/rt' Sultry/mm rSecker L‘I‘J‘h.
Don DeLill talks about his new novel Underworld at Waterstone’s, 153 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow. 7pm Wed 14 Jan