Anna Politkovskaya Memorial Event - Timothy Phillips
By . Published 08 September 2007
Phillips's talk was as poignant as it was insightful
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Richard Dawkins Event
By . Published 08 September 2007Insightful and intellectual, without being at all superior.
Us Kooks Pick Overlooked Books
By . Published 08 September 2007Our choice of books we feel should be better known…
A Feast of a Fest
By . Published 10 July 2007These days they don't even have to bribe me to go
Author Event: Maggie O'Farrell at the North Edinburgh Arts Centre
By . Published 10 July 2007O'Farrell was lively and engaging, with some poignant stories.
Pottermania!
By . Published 10 June 2007One of the major characters will die... serves them right for going anywhere near the 'Deathly Hallows'.
AL Kennedy on Day (ONLINE VERSION!!!!!)
By . Published 11 May 2007AL Kennedy has a secret: ""I am trying, desperately trying to get to write Doctor Who""
AL Kennedy on Day
By . Published 11 May 2007AL Kennedy has a secret: "I am trying, desperately trying to get to write Doctor Who" she says. "To hell with the novels! It's so hard to get that gig…"...
Books at the Buddha
By . Published 12 March 2007Shopping for a cool new personality need not be a massive chore
Creative Writing: Poems by Stephen Dent
By . Published 12 March 2007[title] clyde rarely shimmeringdiscarded browna purple bridgeonce crossedunloved townfound, then lost clydeits pridewaningits swirling stomach churnsbarely containingits melancholic turns [Title] byresroadsnowfall1am a yellow hue snow descendscrunchy footsteps black bin bagsfreshened...
Creative Writing - Poems by Judith Robertson
By . Published 10 February 2007WeatherWords passed over me.They slid from your once 'oh-so-perfect' mouthfragmenting and forming scattered bundles on the floor.You picked the bundles up, snatching the last words,before moving out into the grey,...
You Write, He Writes, She Writes… Aye Write!
By . Published 10 February 2007Our aim was to create a programme that highlighted the best Glasgow and Scottish writers as well as bringing international writers to the city.
LXG: The Black Dossier NEW PRINT VERSION
By . Published 11 January 2007Back in 1984, the cartoonist, writer and satirist Willie Rushton wrote an illustrated novel, W.G. Grace's Last Case. In it, the renowned Victorian cricketer joined forces with Dr. Watson to...
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier
By . Published 11 January 2007This is all central to one of Alan Moore's core beliefs, the role of storytelling as magic.
The Black Dossier.
By . Published 11 January 2007Back in 1984, the cartoonist, writer and satirist Willie Rushton wrote an illustrated novel, W.G. Grace's Last Case. In it the renowned Victorian cricketer joined forces with Dr. Watson to...
Creative Writing: Five Glasgow Tanka
By . Published 12 December 2006How wonderful – snowbright and short-lived descendingwith equal magicon the couple from Iranand our wide-eyed one year old. * The ice cube explodesin my glass of grain whiskyas ice sheets...
Sex, Drugs and Rocket Science
By . Published 12 December 2006While Pynchon possesses a singular prose style and an enormous talent, he also publishes far too rarely.
Christmas is Cancelled
By . Published 12 December 2006His nickname among his peers, 'Darwin's Rottweiler', may only be partially complimentary
Scottish Writers Conquer the Universe!
By . Published 12 November 2006a product of the scientific, engineering tradition on the one hand and the mystic Celtic background on the other, generating SF with a lyrical strand and fantasy with particularly strong...
Slam Dunk - The Big Word
By . Published 12 November 2006In relief to this entertainment machine of processed meets, The Big Word is back to throw a spanner in the works
