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Bad Language
19:30 – 23:00, FreeThe Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1LESpoken word open mic night organised by the Bad Language bunch.
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Neu! Reekie! (Krystelle Bamford, Stevie Jackson, Admiral Fallow)
19:00 – 22:15, £7Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, The Meadows, Edinburgh, EH9 1QHStellar night of avant-garde poetry, music and film, this time taking in musical performances from Belle and Sebastian's Stevie Jackson alongside the rousing collective rabble of Admiral Fallow, plus myriad other lyrical and literary lovelies.
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Scott Ian: Speaking Words
19:00 – 22:00, £15Sound Control, 1 New Wakefield Street, Manchester, M1 5NPA speaking words evening with legendary Anthrax metalhead Scott Ian, in which he plans to tell us all about his crazy life and try to avoid using the phrase 'spoken word'.
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Angel Headed Hipsters Presents Beat Night
19:30 – 23:00, FreeThe Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1LEA night of beat recordings, essays, documentaries and discussion.
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Scott Ian: Speaking Words
19:00 – 22:00, £15 adv.The Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow, G2 8DLA speaking words evening with legendary Anthrax metalhead Scott Ian, in which he plans to tell us all about his crazy life and try to avoid using the phrase 'spoken word'.
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Tales of Whatever
19:30 – 23:00, FreeThe Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1LEMonthly live story telling event – listen to strangers tell true stories, in a live setting, and without notes.
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Paul Morley
18:30 – 22:00, £7Gorilla, 54-58 Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 5WWLaunch event for Paul Morley's new book, The North (And Almost Everything In It) – in conversation with Dave Haslam about his life and career.
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Neu! Reekie! Summer Special (Sparrow and the Workshop, HELL UNLTD)
19:15 – 22:15, £8The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place, Glasgow, G3 8QGThe first of two summer specials for the avant-garde night, taking in music from Sparrow and the Workshop, a screening of HELL UNLTD (with bespoke live score), and myriad other lyrical and literary lovelinessÉ Plus a mystery guest.
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Rally & Broad: End of Term Party!
19:30 – 22:00, £5Counting House, West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DAThe celebration of spoken word, music and other such lyrical loveliness rounds of 2013, with poetry from Hannah Jane Walker, Peter Mackay and Agnes Torok, plus music from Glasgow-based sonic boomer Jonnie Common and Edinburgh songwriters Hiva Oa.
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Experimental Poetry
19:30 – 23:00, FreeThe Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1LEA gathering of experimental writers, sharing the fruit of their labours with a mixed crowd of poets and poetry lovers.
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Neu! Reekie! Summer Special (Vic Goddard, MOMUS)
19:15 – 22:15, £8Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, The Meadows, Edinburgh, EH9 1QHThe second of two summer specials for the avant-garde night, taking in music from Vic Goddard, a special celebration of poet Sandie Craigie (curated by MOMUS), and myriad other lyrical and literary loveliness.
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