EVENTSAT BRDERS
EDINBURGH
THURSDAY l2TH SEPTEMBER 7.3OPM
ROLE PLAYING GAMES GURU J.L. MUMFORD
A talk about the history at war-gaming, introducing his novel Exiledl. lollowed by a role-play demonstration using examples from his trilogy The Adventures of Morgana. A must lor serious gamers everywhere.
FRIDAY 23RD AUGUST 7.3OPM
KATHY REICHS
Best-selling (rime nOVCIiSI KC!th Reichs will I38 in-Store lor an inlorrrrol signing ot her latest No.1 bestseller Grave Secrets.
FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 6PM
CHILDREN'S & TEENS BOOK CLUB
Bored with the telly? Finished all the games on your PlayStation? .lorn our new book club aimed at 8 - l2$ and teenagers. Books up tor dis< ussion this month, are 8 - I28 Doomspell by Cliff McNeish and Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke and lor teens Named by Marianne Curley and Mirror Dreams by Catherine Webb. Come along and lind out theres more to tile than Harry Potter.
THURSDAYS 8.30PM
GUITAR LESSONS
tree prolessional guitar lessons with Gordon Ballour. Impr0ve your lretwork and linger picking skills. Who knows maybe next year T in the Park, Gig on the Green, Richard (3 Judy!
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS 12PM & 2PM
CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Stories new and old to delight childreQ at all ages.
SUNDAYS I‘ZPM - 3PM
FACEPAINTING
Spiclerinan, Star Wars, you say it, well paint it.
BOOK/DISCUSSION GROUP
Wed love to hear lrom like minded people who require a (oinlorIable atmosphere with which to vent their leelings 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 tor that hard earned holiday
SUMMER 3 FOR 2
three paperbcx ks lor the price ol two an a large selection at new titles. l’erlert holiday reading for the beach, the plane, the train, you get the drill.
GLASGOW
THURSDAY ISTH AUGUST 7PM
LOUISE WENER
Ex-Sleeper singer and guitarist LOUlSG Wener .’/III I)(? IiilI nit (rm, ,' her lirst novel Goodnight Steve McQueen. I)(in:iy :‘/.: (3.;«-,-r-r- - e. dreamed ol being a pop star sin( e be was l3 years olrl. ll~-'~, r 79 and still dreaming. llis girllriend Alison wants nnn to sort IH‘, ir‘s- 0ut, and has told him to lind a re< ()Hl deal I)y the end at tire year (r' lincl a new girllriencl. Suddenly I)atniy neirilf, to (lo rile .‘Jl‘rf'lif 7:.'
heart really Iii-u
WEDNESDAY 2IST AUGUST 7PM
JASON WALKER
Freelance iournalist and alt-country musk ran Jason Walker .-.4:|l or- playing an acoustic set and talking ab0ut his Gram Parsons biograir', Gram Parsons: God’s Own Singer
SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST 6PM
ALAIN DE BOTTON
The author Ol TItC Consolations ()I I)Iill()S()l)Ity will IN? talking (IIHI. ' his new book The Art ol Travel. Dealing wrth among other linings airports, exotic carpets, holiday r()in(tn( e and hotel mini Inns, 1' humorous and thought provoking book reveals the nrilrlr-r motivations, expectations and (()III[)II( ations at our voyages into ti .-
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WEDNESDAY 28TH AUGUST 7PM
REINVENTING SCOTTISH LITERATURE
Douglas Gillord, Alan Rim It and Christopher \"./hyle l-onr tw- University Ol GlangW lead (I (lis( USSion on tile ( intent state ()I play
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THURSDAY 29TH AUGUST 7PM
RON BUTLIN
Ron Butlin will be discussing his remarkable novel The Sound of My Voice. Morris Magellan is the model at That( herite values; he's an exer alive at a biscuit lactory, has a beautilul lainily and a house in the suburbs. l I(' is also a chronic alcoholic well on the way to sell (Iestrui tion. In The Sound at My Voice, Butlin creates a vision ol al< oholisrn every bit as rlrs'urlirnrr rr
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WEDNESDAY I lTH SEPTEMBER 7PM AT BARFLY
IRVINE WELSH
One OI Scotland's most inlluential (onternporary writers, Irvine Welsh will be reading II’OIH his new novel Porno at li'iarlly to; ISM. Note Club). Porno linds the ll(tlll‘>[)()lllltg} (rew ten years (low-i 'ni-
track: still scheming, still scarnining, still lighting lor any opportune, that comes their way. Tickets 57?, available only lrorn l‘i()i(Ii-t‘.
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