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FRE Julia Lazar and Gyorgy Dragoman Waterstone‘s. 153—157 Sattchiehall Street. 332 9105. 6.30-7.30pm. James Sutherland Smith leads a discussion by two Httngarian authors.
FREE Allan Cameron Borders Books. 98 Buchanan Street. 222 7700. 6.30pm. Cameron presents In Praise oft/1e (iarriiloiis. which charts the threat to language posed by modern society.
Edinburgh
FREE Alanna Knight Blackwells. 53—59 South Bridge. 622 8222. 6.30pm. Ticketed. A double celebration for Alanna Night: the 40th anniversary of her first title. Legend of the loch and her newest book. .Wlll‘tlt’l' in Paradise.
Edinburgh
FREE Allan Cameron Blackwells. 53—59 South Bridge. 622 8222. 6.30pm. Ticketed. See Thu 13.
FREE The Future of the Book Scottish Book Trust. Sandeman House. Trunks Close. 55 High Street. 623 4675. 7pm. Panel event and informal discussion about the upcoming smackdown between ebooks and the old paper kind.
FREE Postcards from the Song Forest Cafe. 3 Bristo Place. 220 4538. 8pm. Poetry and music from Hugh McMillan. Rachel Pox. Kim lidgar. Pauline Meikleham. Andy Spiller. Kevin O‘Donnell. Charlie Williamson and Verona.
Saturday 1 5 :
Edinburgh
FREE Frank Woods Word Power Bookshop. 43 West Nicolson Street. 662 91 12. 2pm. Launch of Dancer in the Light: The Life ofGerrla Pyl! (lei/(It’s.
Edinburgh FREE Reading Group: Round Table
Scottish Poetry Library. 5 (‘richton's Close. '
Canongate. 557 2876. 6—8pm. Ticketed. An informal poetry reading group. For booking and more details please phone or email reception(a‘spl.org.uk
Tuesday 1 8 '
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FR Michael Meighan Mitchell Theatre. 6 (iranville Street. 287 2999. 2—3pm. .\leighan provides an olfactory journey around the (ilztsgow of the 1950s and ()(lS in (Ilasgott' Smells.
Mark Gatiss Waterstone’s. l53--1157 Sauchiehall Street. 332 9105. 6.30—8pm. £2 (redeemable against purchase). One of the twisted minds behind The League of (;('Ill/("li(”l. (iatiss talks about his latest novel. Black Butterfly: A Lucifer Box Novel. If you fancy an outside bet for the next Timelord . . .
Edinburgh
Reading Group: Nothing but The Poem Scottish Poetry Library. 5 (‘richion's Close. Canongate. 557 2876. 6.30pm. £5 (£3). This gentle reading group led by Julie Johnstone focuses on the reader‘s response to the text.
Wednesday 1 9
Glasgow
Alastair Campbell \‘v’aterstone‘s. 153-157 Sauchichall Street. 332 9105. 6—7.30pm. £2 (redeemable against
purchase). A chance to have your head spun by the former Director of Communications & Strategy for Tony Blair and his debut novel. All in the Mind.
Edinburgh
FREE James Jauncey Blackwells. 53—59 South Bridge. 622 8222. 6.30pm. Ticketed. Young adult/teenage fiction with very grown-up themes from Jauncey in his latest novel. The Reckoning.
Angus Calder Memorial Reading Scottish Poetry Library. 5 (‘richton's Close. Canongate. 557 2876. 7.30pm. £5 (£3; PAS members free). A Poetry Association Scotland event. in which friends and admirers of Calder read froin his work.
Glasgow Alexei Sayle Mitchell Theatre. 6 Granville Street. 287 2999. 7~8pm. £5. Sayle talks about his new coming-of- age tale. Mister Roberts. FREE Teréza Mora Goethe lnstitut. 3 Park Circus. 332 2555. 7pm. Hungarian author Mora reads from her debut novel. Day in Day Out.
Edinburgh Mark Gatiss Waterstone‘s. 128 Princes Street. 226 2666. 6—7.30pm. £2. See Tue 18. FREE Alasdair Gray Blackwells. 53—59 South Bridge. 622 8222. 6.30pm. Ticketed. We‘ve peeked under the cover and between the pages in his recent biography by Rodge (ilass. Now Gray launches the script of his Paustian play. Fleck. FREE Inspirations at NLS: Rankin on Spark National Library of Scotland. 33 Salisbury Place. 623 4675. 7pm. Ian Rankin talks about his literary debt to Muriel Spark in an event chaired by Rosemary Goring.
Monday 24
Glasgow
Conversation Pieces: Kate Adie Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sattchiehall Street. 353 8000. 1pm. £5 (£4 in advance). The former BBC war correstxmdent mines her experiences in war zones to talk about her new book. Into Danger.
Edinburgh
Reading Group: Nothing but The Poem Scottish Poetry Library. 5 Crichton's Close. Canongate. 557 2876. 6.30pm. £5 (£3). See Tue 18.
Edinburgh
Beyond Prague Scottish Poetry Library. 5 Crichton‘s Close. (‘anongate 557 2876. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Petr Borkovec. the Czech poet. is joined by his translator (lrish poet Justin Quinn) as they dip into From tlte Interior and the Sit Czech Poets anthology.
Wednesday 26
Edinburgh
FREE Robert Burns and the Politics of the 1790s National Library of Scotland. (ieorge IV Bridge. 623 4675. 7pm. Bums scholar (ieiTy Caruthers talks about the bard‘s political affiliations.
Glas ow
Vital Syn: Sloan's. 62 Argyle Arcade.
108 Argyle Street. 221 8917. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). (ilasgow's poetry association presents Ron Butlin. Tickets available on the door.
Edinburgh
Close Encounters: Kathleen Jamie Scottish Poetry Library. 5 (‘richton‘s Close. Canongate. 557 2876. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Local poet Jamie discusses two poems in depth. Please book in advance as spaces are limited.
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fi Akr'zrnASHsrr 1 On a trajectory from the surreal to the satirical Russian-born New Yorker Boris Artzybashett lies somewhere between Man Ray and Gerald Scane.
First published in 1954, As ISee is a collection of striking illustrations reflecting. among other things. the burgeoning psychiatric movement on America's east coast. Themes of cultural vanity. phobia. machismo and mental discombobulation are all dealt with in the artist's
inimitable grotesque and antliropomorphic style.
There is modernity to Artzybashetf's work that is absurd. gleeful and troubling. Playful and full of hallucinaIOiy illusion (a style later picked up by the Youth international Party and the hippie movement). oeuvre is ripe for re- evaluation and this is a pretty good place to start. (Paul Dale)
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Born out of the 70821110 BUS—mired misappreltension that CB radio talk was the vernacular of the future (let's blame Burt Reynolds for that). this weekly 2000AD serial nevertheless became one of the British comics best for a while. That's partly down to the ever—amusnig writing partnership of Scotland's Grant and Wagner. and the Italian
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illustrator Massimo Belardinelli. who passed away last year.
As Simple-minded. pointy-headed space trucker Ace Garp and his crew spend a list of scrapes involvmg petty crimes. Jail. hijacking. Mush Rushes (an intergalactic Cannonba/l Run). being mistaken for deities and more at each others' throats. an array of Belardinelli's pleasnigly preposterOLis aliens stalk the sculpted backgrounds. Younger readers. in particular. will (ind such painstaking world-building a real treat. although adults and nostalgics should also raise a laugh at the unrelenting levels of farce on display.
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