Black Watch by Gregory Burke, directed by John Tiffany, returns to Glasgow in 2013 playing at the SECC from Wednesday 28th March to Saturday 13th April, supported by Scottish Power. Black Watch has...
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No one reads books anymore. The idea that literature will play a key role in the coming months of debate and argument seems lamentably laughable. Delete the scoop?
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Walking west on Argyle Street, I once enjoyed a fleeting, one-sided exchange with a man slumped against a bin. Crossing the road at the Park Bar, I stepped onto the pavement at the other side and, as I passed him, the man shouted: ‘Hey you, ya cunt, Ah cin smell the fuckin spunk on yer troosers.’ I stopped, laughing a bit, but also in the back of my mind hoping this wild-bearded, elaborately drunk, old man wouldn’t find a sudden reservoir of co-ordination and leap up to stab me. And then it was over. I carried on to the part-time job I had while at university, and the man returned to his silence, a squalid sidewalk ornament for folk to swerve around. Delete the scoop?
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A preview of Unstated: Writers on Scottish Independence, ed. Scott Hames This book (which I think and hope will enliven the whole debate) started in discussion between Bella Caledonia and [...] Delete the scoop?
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Creative Scotland: Opportunities – Jobs, commissions and events for the arts in Scotland and worldwide... Delete the scoop?
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Rodge Glass on Alasdair Gray. As Gray’s secretary, I watched him carve his sentences out first-hand, seeing how he always sought clarity in the fewest words possible. That was my writer’s education. Delete the scoop?
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THE series of books by Mairi Hedderwick about a redheaded Highlander are to be turned into a TV show for CBeebies. Delete the scoop?
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Coming soon, a new book published by Word Power books Unstated: Writers on Scottish Independence edited by Scott Hames. Book it here. Delete the scoop?
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Scotland's first crime-writing festival draws to a close with the announcement of the first Scottish Crime Book of the Year. Delete the scoop?
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A new festival showcasing Scotland's crime writing is to be held in Stirling. Delete the scoop?
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Olympic opening ceremony was first and only time novelist had seen 'Britishness' celebrated, he tells Scotland's first minister... Delete the scoop?
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Brilliant account of teenage love affairs with boys, music and latin scoops £30,000 prize... Delete the scoop?
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In a letter to Sean Connery of 1972, the artist and gallery-owner Richard Demarco referred to Margaret Tait as ‘a classic example of a first class Scot living here and being ignored, [who has] something significant to say to the whole world about Scotland’. Delete the scoop?
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Scotsman Book Week Scotland to become annual event Scotsman A selection of the best contributions to the “treasures” initiative will be compiled for another free book, around 150,000 copies of which will be given away to coincide with the second... Delete the scoop?
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NEXT year is certain to be a big year for Scotland – not just at home, but on the world stage. There’s the Commonwealth Games, the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn, a second Year of Homecoming, and – of course – that referendum. Delete the scoop?
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Christopher Brookmyre, Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall Smith are among a litany of Scots literary stars offering up their favourite books of the year. Delete the scoop?
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Scotland's Favourite Book competition run through Facebook and Twitter pages to celebrate Book Week Scotland & St Andrews Day. Delete the scoop?
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HE is perhaps the greatest literary figure from a city not short of famous writers.The creator of enduring fantasies and adventures from the children’s favourite Treasure Island to the dark horrors of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson... Delete the scoop?
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Scottish arts charity organising a creative writing prize for Scottish and Russian school pupils. Delete the scoop?
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IAN Rankin and Val McDermid are two of the top names appearing at Scotland’s first crime writing festival. Delete the scoop?
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THE winner of the Scottish Book of the Year Award said she was forced to change the words to her prize acceptance by the nation's arts funding body. Delete the scoop?
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by Irvine Welsh I’ve always considered myself belonging to the school of writers who should be read but not heard, so I don’t know what set of circumstances leads [...]... Delete the scoop?
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SCOTLAND has more literature festivals per capita than any other country in the world with more than 400,000 people attending book events in past year, according to research released today. Delete the scoop?
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Organisers of a Highland book festival say this year's line up will be "more ambitious" than previous events. Delete the scoop?
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