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Stuart Neville & Luca Veste: Thrillseekers

Tuesday 13 August 14:30 - 15:30

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Send shivers up your spine with two noir thrillers. In Stuart Neville’s Blood Like Mine, a game of cat and mouse begins when a mother and daughter are pursued in the foothills of Colorado. The past comes calling for a therapist whose patient confesses to…
 

Make a Zine with Glasgow Zine Library

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Tuesday 13 August 14:30 - 16:30

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Follow in the footsteps of the sensational Alice Oseman by trying your hand at creating your very own zine! Join Glasgow Zine Library for a drop-in zine-making session who will take you through how to get started, where to find inspiration and how a zine…
 

Samantha Harvey & Sarah Perry: To Earth with Love

Tuesday 13 August 15:30 - 16:30

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In Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, six astronauts gaze down on Earth, meditating on home as they keep circling it. Meanwhile, Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment traces 20 years between friends; heartsore, one of them finds solace gazing up at the night sky. Both…
 

Think Tank: Ingrid Robeyns

Tuesday 13 August 15:30 - 17:00

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Why not try? First Edition First Edition Fri 23 Aug 10:00 - 11:00
 

On Finding Meaning: Graham Caveney

Tuesday 13 August 16:00 - 17:00

On Finding Meaning: Graham Caveney Find out more
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Does confronting death bring us closer to finding purpose and meaning in life? In his memoir The Body in the Library, Graham Caveney chronicles the year following his terminal cancer diagnosis with uplifting tenderness and frank humour. Joining us today…
 

Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Cut Up (Digital)

Tuesday 13 August 16:00 - 17:30

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In ‘Cut Up’, a written text is cut up and rearranged to create something new. It’s no surprise the technique, allowing the creation of weird juxtapositions and surprising new meanings, was enjoyed by the Dadists, William S Burroughs, and more recently…
 

Yvonne Reddick & Shane Strachan: Groundbreaking New Poetry

Tuesday 13 August 16:15 - 17:15

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Yvonne Reddick and Shane Strachan discuss with Beth Cochrane how poetry can speak to the issues of our times…
 

Susie Alegre & Shami Chakrabarti: What Makes Us Human

Tuesday 13 August 17:00 - 18:00

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In a vital conversation two authors examine threats to human rights in the 21st century from different angles. Baroness Shami Chakrabarti’s Human Rights reasserts the case for dignity and universal freedoms in the face of increasing authoritarianism…
 

Roger McGough: 65 Years of Poetry

Tuesday 13 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Why not try? Will Harris & Nisha Ramayya: Call and Response Will Harris & Nisha Ramayya: Call and Response Wed 14 Aug 18:00 - 19:00
 

Paul Caruana Galizia & Patricia Evangelista: Speaking Truth to Power

Tuesday 13 August 18:00 - 19:00

Paul Caruana Galizia & Patricia Evangelista: Speaking Truth to Power Find out more
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In this event, two journalists who have rigorously investigated the corrupt and murderous tactics of those in power join forces. These fearless writers talk with Maddison Connaughton today about truth and democracy…