Literary-art Events in Glasgow

Check out happening literary-art events all around Glasgow, SC

Bookface Sip & Swap with Lisa Jewell at Berlinkys

 Wed, 01 Jul at 05:30 pm Berlinkys GBP 33

Sufi Festival Family Fun Day & Charity Concert for Gaza

 Sun, 21 Jun at 12:00 pm The Engine Works GBP 0 to 22

Tennent's Laughter Lounge ft. MARC JENNINGS

 Mon, 15 Jun at 06:30 pm Tennent's Bar, Glasgow

Bookface Sip & Swap with Sophie Gravia at Berlinkys

 Wed, 15 Jul at 05:30 pm Berlinkys GBP 33

MEAN GIRLS

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:30 pm The King's and Theatre Royal Glasgow

Dr John Cooper Clarke / Have It Tour / The Pavilion Theatre / Glasgow / 20.10.26

 Tue, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm The Pavilion Theatre

Dinner with Ajay Kumar and Romy Gill (part of Place at the Table festival)

 Thu, 30 Jul at 07:00 pm Swadish by Ajay Kumar GBP 77

Evelyn Hollow at Provan Hall ParaFest 2026

 Sat, 05 Sep at 11:00 am Provan Hall GBP 20 to 40

An Evening with Irvine Welsh (Glasgow Argyle at Mackintosh Church)

 Wed, 04 Nov at 06:30 pm Mackintosh Queen's Cross GBP 5 to 23

Ayo Adenekan: Work In Progress

 Fri, 19 Jun at 08:30 pm Gael & Grain GBP 6

An Evening with Emily St John Mandel at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

 Fri, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 21

Poetry Open Mic

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:30 pm Glasgow Zine Library Free

Bookface Sip & Swap with Adele Parks at Glaschu

 Sun, 23 Aug at 09:30 am Glaschu Restaurant & Bar GBP 35

Lake District and Windermere Day Trip

 Sat, 14 Mar Strathclyde Business School GBP 49

CinemARC at Refugee Festival Scotland

 Thu, 18 Jun at 05:30 pm Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow Free

Hannah Morton: Crushed (WIP)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 07:45 pm Gael & Grain GBP 6

WESTFEST Presents ROBOTS AND ORANGES WITH ALAN WINDRAM

 Sat, 20 Jun at 11:30 am Kelvin Hall GBP 7

Loud Poets Masterclass with Diz Undone (fka Dizraeli)

 Sat, 04 Jul at 03:00 pm Civic House GBP 12 to 15

Author & Punisher @ Slay, Glasgow

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Slay Glasgow

ACOTAR 6 Midnight Release Party

 Mon, 26 Oct at 08:30 pm Bunker Bar GBP 0 to 25

Loud Poets: Glasgow Spoken Word Showcase

 Sat, 02 May Civic House GBP 10 to 12

Dragged Up + The Rotations + Alex Rex // The Doublet

 Sun, 12 Jul at 06:00 pm The Doublet

Expo Scotland Business Show

 Thu, 03 Dec at 10:00 am Hampden Park GBP 0 to 318

Glasgow Songwriter Round: June Round

 Mon, 29 Jun at 07:30 pm King Tut's Wah Wah Hut GBP 8

A Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine-making event

 Tue, 30 Jun at 06:30 pm Glasgow Zine Library GBP 0 to 14

Lisa Jewell Book Signing (Glasgow Argyle Street)

 Wed, 01 Jul at 01:30 pm Waterstones GBP 12

An Evening with Hernan Diaz at Sauchiehall St

 Wed, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Bookface Sip & Swap with Tom Newlands at Glaschu

 Sat, 10 Oct at 09:30 am Glaschu Restaurant & Bar GBP 28

Excelsior Comic Con Rutherglen

Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am Rutherglen Town Hall

AN EVENING WITH… MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY KING TUTS, GLASGOW

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado Play Suicide / Stereo / Glasgow / 12.07.26

 Sun, 12 Jul at 07:30 pm Stereo

Uncomfortable Truths - Voices of the Commonwealth

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones Free

Queer Glasgow

 Sat, 14 Feb at 11:00 am McLennan Arch GBP 0 to 10

Voices Beyond Borders: A Multilingual Creative Gathering

 Fri, 14 Aug at 07:00 pm MILK Free

An Evening with Lex Croucher

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

Voices of the Clyde

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:30 pm Govan & Linthouse Parish Church GBP 5 to 12

Steve Cavanagh Launches One Of Us Is Guilty at Sauchiehall St

 Tue, 04 Aug at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Glasgow Networking for Female Entrepreneurs (June '26)

 Tue, 16 Jun at 11:15 am The Glad Cafe CIC GBP 15 to 20

We Hold Our Broken Hearts In Common Book Launch

 Thu, 09 Jul at 06:30 pm Strange Exchange GBP 14 to 28

Literary Escape Festival - `Glasgow

 Sat, 03 Oct at 10:00 am The Boardwalk GBP 0 to 12

Mammas Write

 Mon, 01 Jun at 01:00 pm Gallery of Modern Art Free

An Evening with Heba Al-Wasity at Glasgow Argyle St

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Fantasy's Present Pasts

 Tue, 23 Jun at 09:00 am Glasgow University, Sir Charles Wilson Building GBP 75 to 230

A Working Mother

 Wed, 08 Jul at 07:30 pm The Glad Cafe

EVERYWHERE AT ONCE: THE WIZARDS TOURNEY

 Sat, 27 Jun at 07:30 pm Hug and Pint

Chilling Tales with Rhiannon Grist & Neil Williamson at Argyle St

 Tue, 14 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Glasgow Book Bonanza

 Sun, 19 Jul at 11:00 am The Boardwalk GBP 3 to 55

The Glasgow Entertainment Tour

 Sat, 13 Jun St Enoch subway station

IASS & The World in 1776/2026: The Wealth of Nations at 250: Conference

 Wed, 17 Jun at 09:00 am Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow GBP 0 to 100

Persistent and Nasty Coffee Mornings

 Fri, 17 Apr at 11:00 am Tron Theatre Free

Guest Workshop: James Mastraieni - The Premise Pyramid

 Mon, 20 Jul at 06:30 pm The Old Hairdresser's GBP 33

Elliot Fletcher & Maggie Eckersley Romance Panel - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

Rachel Gillig launches The Knave & the Moon - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Sat, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm G2 3EW GBP 5 to 27

An Evening with Ella Willis - Glasgow Byres Road

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

HERITAGE TALKS: HISTORY OF HILLHEAD

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:45 pm Kelvin Hall

This is Your Home!

 Thu, 18 Jun at 10:00 am Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow Free

An Evening with Claire Daverley - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Kat Dunn launches Rottenheart - Argyle Street

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Silvia Moreno-Garcia launches The Intrigue (Glasgow Argyle Street)

 Wed, 15 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Doing Business in the USA Seminar

 Thu, 18 Jun at 12:00 pm Club Hampden Suite, Hampden Park Free

Creative Writing in Gaelic

 Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am The Mitchell Library Free

The Effect by Lucy Prebble

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm The Record Factory GBP 11

Wee Dementia Film Festival: Playlist for Life

 Sat, 20 Jun at 02:30 pm Kelvin Hall Open Collections Free

Portrait drawing in colour pencil: Jake Spicer x Derwent Drawing (aft)

 Fri, 27 Nov at 02:30 pm Cass Art GBP 12 to 15

Celebrating the 50 Coffee Breaks Series at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Herbal Magic: Amanda Edmiston on 'Collected Curiosities'

 Sat, 20 Jun at 01:00 pm Provan Hall GBP 17

Sharing your story through blogging

 Tue, 30 Jun at 01:00 pm The Boardwalk Free

Expanded - The Intuitive Psychology Association Live Event

 Sun, 13 Sep at 02:00 pm AC Hotel Glasgow GBP 52 to 191

The Joys and "Joys" of Academic Writing. Releasing Your Words

 Tue, 23 Jun at 10:00 am Graham Hills Building, University of Strathclyde Free

Finding Clarity in Journalling

 Thu, 18 Jun at 01:00 pm The Boardwalk Free

SWC June Speakeasy 2026 | The Griffin

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:30 pm The Griffin Free

Poetry by Brie

 Wed, 08 Jul at 07:00 pm The Poetry Club SWG3

Lachlan Goudie launches The Secrets of Painting - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 4 to 41

Portrait drawing in colour pencil: Jake Spicer x Derwent Drawing (morn)

 Fri, 27 Nov at 11:00 am Cass Art GBP 12 to 15

An Evening with Chiara Bullen - Waterstones Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Tue, 07 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Author Event - Fashioning Hitchcock by Caroline Young

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:30 pm 57 Glassford Street, G1 1UG Glasgow, United Kingdom

Secrets of Embroidery: Clare Hunter in conversation with Emma Inglis

 Sat, 08 Aug at 02:00 pm Provan Hall GBP 15

The Midnight Verse Poetry Open Mic

 Tue, 30 Jun The Drake

Glasgow - Authors Invade Scotland 2026

 Fri, 26 Jun at 07:00 pm Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel GBP 0 to 25

Talk: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists

 Sat, 20 Jun at 04:00 pm 416 Great Western Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Hannah Kaner launches A Snake Among Swans at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Free Tours of AGA and AOA in June

 Fri, 05 Jun at 11:00 am The Alasdair Gray Archive Free

James McCune Smith Annual Conference 2026

 Wed, 08 Jul at 09:00 am JMS Lecture Theatre, James McCune Smith Learning Hub Free

MSK Assessment Course Glasgow

 Wed, 17 Jun at 09:30 am Sports Therapy Scotland

Non Fiction Book Group - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm Waterstones Free

Alan Parks launches Deception (Glasgow Argyle Street)

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

Falling In Love With Presence - Weekend Retreat

 Sat, 03 Oct at 10:00 am 2 Myrtle Park, G428UQ Glasgow, United Kingdom

Summer craft @ William Patrick Library.

 Thu, 23 Jul at 02:00 pm William Patrick Library Free

TBC Night 2 - Author Night - People in Love by Claire Daverley

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Wunderbar

JOURNEYINGS

 Sun, 28 Jun at 02:30 pm 51-53 Old Coach Road, G74 4DU East Kilbride, United Kingdom

The Growth Compass Workshop - How to Grow Your Business Your Way

 Wed, 26 Aug at 09:00 am 4 Rogart Street, Glasgow, G40 2AA, United Kingdom

Feminist Book Club Glasgow

 Tue, 07 Sep at 07:00 pm The Mitchell Library Free

The Bookclub Collective - Book vs Screen- Off Campus

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm The Marlborough

Book Club: 'Pi mal Daumen' by Alina Bronsky

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm Goethe-Institut Glasgow Free

Kytes | Glasgow, SWG3 Poetry Club

 Thu, 22 Oct at 06:30 pm SWG3 Poetry club

The Bookclub Collective

 Thu, 16 Apr The Marlborough

Agnes Owens Out Of The Margins: Curators Tour

 Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm Lillie Art Gallery Free

V.I.C | Glasgow, SWG3 Poetry Club

 Sat, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm SWG3 Glasgow