EVENTS AT BRDERS
EDINBURGH
FRIDAY 9TH AUGUST I IAM
THE HAPPY GANG
Fun, games and music galore with Scotland's favourite trio.
MONDAYS I IAM
TODDLER MORNING
Activities & Fun for pre-school. Free filter coffee and iuice.
MONDAYS 6PM -' 8PM
ART WORKSHOP
Join professional art teacher Lynda Frame for hints & tips on everything Arty. Watercolor Challenge may only be a brush stroke away.
WEDNESDAYS 7PM - 9PM
HEAD, NECK & SHOULDER ' MASSAGE
Relax and unwind after a hard day‘at the office with our complimentary massage for all customers.
THURSDAYS 7PM
GUITAR LESSONS
Free professional guitar lessons with Gordon Balfour. Darius not invited.
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS 12PM 8. 2PM
CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Stories new and old to delight children of all ages.
SUNDAYS 12PM - 3PM
FACEPAINTING
Spiderman, Star Wars, you say it, we'll paint it.
BOOK/DISCUSSION GROUP
We'd love to hear from like minded people who require a comfortable atmosphere with which to vent their feelings about all things literary. Give us a call or pop in and talk to us to start up' your very own book/discussion group. ‘
20% DISCOUNT ON SELECTED TRAVEL GUIDES
Prepare yourselves for that hard earned holiday.
SUMMER 3 FOR 2
Three paperbacks for the price of two on a large selection of new titles. Perfect holiday reading for the beach, the plane, the .train, you get the drift.
' GLASGOW
THURSDAY 8TH AUGUST 7PM
LOUISE WELSH
Louise Welsh will be reading from her much anticipated debut The Cutting Room, a .book that heralds the arrival of an outstanding, contemporary Glasgow novel. Its charismatic protagonist, Rilke, is an
_ auctioneer by profession. When he comes upon a hidden collection
of graphically violent erotic photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them.
TUESDAY 13TH AUGUST 7PM
KEVIN WARWICK
Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University Kevin Warwick will be talking about his book I, Cyborg, and the remarkable-experiment it describes. Earlier this year, Kevin Warwick had a computer chip surgically inserted into his central nervous system. A key part of the experiment involves the hope that emotions and experiences can be read in terms of patterns of nervous excitement from the chip to the computer, recorded, then beamed back to the chip and
' re-experienced. In this incredibly exciting and potentially groundbreaking experiment, Kevin'Warwick is changing forever just what it means to be human.
WEDNESDAY 14TH AUGUST 7PM
IN SEARCH OF WILLIE PATTERSON
Historian Fred Reid will be talking about his book In Search of Willie Patterson, a family history as well as a history of Glasgow. Musing on the history of his family, Reid came to focus on his grandfather, Willie Patterson. Estranged from Willie by his womanising, Reid's mother had woven a‘legend of ’the black sheep of the family’ which he decided to research and evaluate. This book tells the story of Reid's quest to understand the grandfather he never knew.
THURSDAY ISTH AUGUST 7PM _
LOUISE WENER
Ex-Sleeper singer and guitarist LouiSe Wener wull be talking about her first novel Goodnight Steve McQueen. Danny McQueen has dreamed of being a pop star since he was I3 years old. He’s now 29 and still dreaming. His girlfriend Alison wants him to sort his life out, and has told him to find a record deal by the end of the year or find a new girlfriend. Suddenly Danny needs to decide where his heart really lies.
EVERY SATURDAY I IAM
STORYTIME
In the kids' department. Suitable for 3-8 year olds.
BORDERS
BOOKS, MUSIC, VIDEO, AND A CAFE
UNIT 26, FORT KINNAIRD, EDINBURGH, EH15 3RD TEL:0131 657 404]
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OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO SATURDAY 9AM TO IOPM SUNDAY IOAM TO 8PM
98 BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW GI 38A TEL: OI4I 222 7700
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OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO SATURDAY 8.30AM TO I0.00PM ~ SUNDAY IOAM TO 8PM