BOOKS | Highlights
BOOK WEEK SCOTLAND Various venues, Scotland, Mon 21–Sun 27 Nov, scottishbooktrust.com/ book-week-scotland A packed programme of events, kids’ activities and a distribution of free books all combine to form a national celebration of reading. Author highlights include Jodi Picoult, Will Self and
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EDINBURGH COMIC ART FESTIVAL Summerhall, Edinburgh, Sat 26 & Sun 27 Nov, summerhall.co.uk A weekend of new authors, new comic books and new comic art talent. London- based illustrator and writer Isabel Greenberg is the guest of honour and hosts talks and workshops.
Exhibitors at the festival include Stephen Goodall, Aimee Lockwood, Ken McFarlane, Neil Scott, Waterstones, Edward Ross, Clare Forrest, Alan Henderson, BHP Comics, Panels Comics, Adam Murphy and many more.
OUTSIDE-IN / INSIDE-OUT Various venues,
Glasgow, until Sun 20 Nov, outsidepoetryfestival. wordpress.com Poetry festival blending creative performance, visual arts and discussion. Outside- in / Inside-out aims to explore the margins of poetic activity as well as Scottish poetry’s connections with the international poetry scene.
Booker-nominated Graeme Macrae Burnet (pictured). See preview, page 80.
BOOKS HIGHLIGHTS
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GLASGOW IAN RANKIN
Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Sat 12 Nov, waterstones.com Ian Rankin signs copies of his latest novel, Rather Be The Devil. It follows good old Rebus, who despite being retired, finds himself drawn into a cold case from the 1970s involving a female socialite.
MARK FROST: THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS Glasgow Film Theatre, Tue 15 Nov, glasgowfilm.org Ahead of the intensely-anticipated return of Twin Peaks in 2017, series co-creator Mark Frost presents his new novel based on the events that have transpired in the intervening quarter of a century.
SONNET YOUTH Drygate Brewery, Wed 16 Nov, drygate.com Monthly spoken word night on the third Wednesday of the month, with local talent, guest comedians and big name headliners.
his father. Also Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sat 26 Nov, edtheatres. com
A BOOK WHICH CHANGED MY LIFE SCI-FI / HORROR / FANTASY BOOK GROUP
Glasgow Women’s Library, Fri 25 Nov, womenslibrary.org.uk A Book Which Changed my Life showcases books that have changed the lives of BME women across Scotland / Glasgow. Women are asked to choose a book which means something to them, and has impacted their reading journey.
JODI PICOULT: SMALL GREAT THINGS Kelvingrove Art Museum & Gallery, Fri 25 Nov, glasgowlife.org.uk/ museums/kelvingrove The bestselling author signs copies of Small Great Things. When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by
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Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Wed 30 Nov & Wed 28 Dec, waterstones.com Monthly book club for sci-fi, horror and fantasy lovers.
SHARING STORIES Glasgow Women’s Library, Thu 1 Dec, womenslibrary.org.uk Reading session exploring writing, especially for women who love stories but who find reading hard.
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COLLECTIVE HUSH Scottish Poetry Library, weekly, Wednesdays, scottishpoetrylibrary. org.uk Drop-in reading and writing group, where you can study, write or read in perfect peace while having your lunch.
Maggie O'Farrell
FREAK CIRCUS SHOWCASE The Bongo Club, Fri 4 Nov, thebongoclub.co.uk An evening of performance poetry and circus- themed antics, with Scottish Slam Champion Iona Lee, plus Jess Smith, Marianne MacRae and Belfast’s own Elizabeth McGeown; not to mention FREAK Circus regulars Alec Beattie, Tickle, Rebecca Monks, Suky Goodfellow and McCleary & Blair.
LYCEUM VARIETY NIGHTS Royal Lyceum Theatre, Sun 6 Nov, lyceum.org.uk The Royal Lyceum Theatre and Flint & Pitch Productions team up for a series of variety nights featuring poets, musicians and theatre makers. Jenny Lindsay and Sian Bevan host spoken word artists Luke Wright and Rachel Amey, Mercury Prize-nominated musician Emma Pollock, Glasgow’s music hall troupe A New International and authors Christopher Brookmyre and Andrew Greig.
JEFFREY ARCHER: THIS WAS A MAN Usher Hall, Wed 9 Nov, usherhall. co.uk An EIBF event chaired by Ruth Wishart, Jeffrey Archer launches the final book in his Clifton Chronicles series, This Was a Man.
THE APPIN MURDER AND OTHER CRIMES Scottish Storytelling Centre, Thu 10 Nov, tracscotland.org/scottish- storytelling-centre Readings by members and friends of the Robert Louis Stevenson Club focusing on crime in RLS’s novels Kidnapped and Jekyll & Hyde, his play Deacon Brodie, and various short stories.
EDINBURGH GOTHIC: A WIKIPEDIA EDITATHON FOR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON DAY 2016 National Library of Scotland, Sat 12 Nov, nls.uk Help contribute to a greater understanding of Gothic with this Wikipedia editathon.
LISA MCINERNEY AND JENNI FAGAN Ghillie Dhu, Tue 22 Nov, ghillie- dhu.co.uk Join self-titled ‘sweary lady’ Lisa McInerney and Jenni Fagan, also known by the moniker Dead Queen of Bohemia, in what is sure to be a fascinating discussion of writing, creativity and life in general.
AN EVENING WITH MAGGIE O'FARRELL Central Library, Fri 25 Nov, 242 8000 Bestselling author Maggie O’Farrell chats about her seven books, including Instructions for a Heatwave (shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award) and her most recent hit, This Must Be the Place.
EDINBURGH WOMEN'S BOOK CAFE Central Library, Wed 30 Nov & Wed 28 Dec, 242 8000 Bring along a bite of lunch and relax while you listen to readings from specially selected stories and powerful poetry from the GWL and Edinburgh Libraries collection.