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

Bookface Sip & Swap with Graeme Armstrong at Glaschu

 Sat, 06 Jun at 09:30 am Glaschu Restaurant & Bar GBP 28

An Evening with Maggie O'Farrell at Glasgow University Union with Argyle St

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Glasgow University Union Debates Chambers GBP 15 to 35

Single White Female Live at Theatre Royal Glasgow

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:30 pm The King's and Theatre Royal Glasgow

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

Sufi Festival Family Fun Day & Charity Concert for Gaza

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

Bookface Sip & Swap with Chris Brookmyre at Glaschu

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

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

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

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

Poetry Open Mic

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

Overcoming Overthinking

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm Hampden Auditorium Free

An Evening with Emily St John Mandel at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

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

From Big Country

 Fri, 05 Jun at 08:00 pm 14 stewart street, G626BY Milngavie, United Kingdom

Ancient Futures Fantasy Panel - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Lake District and Windermere Day Trip

 Sat, 14 Mar Strathclyde Business School GBP 49

Go for Launch! Astronauts, Authors, and Scottish Launchers.

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Adam Smith Business School Free

Glasgow International talk & screening: The Ocean’s Edge

 Fri, 05 Jun at 04:00 pm Kelvin Hall Cinema Free

Expo Scotland Business Show

 Thu, 04 Jun at 10:00 am Hampden Park GBP 0 to 318

A Discussion of Outlander and Scotland at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 18

Graveyard of Skinny Jeans Book Launch

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm The Rum Shack GBP 6

Sathnam Sanghera Celebrates George Michael at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

CinemARC at Refugee Festival Scotland

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

WESTFEST Presents ROBOTS AND ORANGES WITH ALAN WINDRAM

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

Lisa Jewell Book Signing (Glasgow Argyle Street)

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

"Win, lose or draw":The first conference on the history of Celtic FC

 Sat, 06 Jun at 09:30 am Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park Free

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

Author & Punisher @ Slay, Glasgow

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Slay Glasgow

A Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine-making event

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

GSA Choir Summer Concert

 Sat, 06 Jun at 07:30 pm New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

UNCONFORMITY. Gaps, absences and erasures in cultural history

 Sat, 30 May at 09:30 am Barclay Curle Complex Free

Harry Baker: Tender @ Glasgow

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Adelaide Place Venues GBP 17 to 20

Scottish Literature in the Classroom: in-person CPD workshop

 Fri, 22 May at 10:30 am Kelvin Hall Free

Excelsior Comic Con Rutherglen

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

Ayo Adenekan: Work In Progress

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

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

An Evening With Elle Kelk at Waterstones Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Sun, 31 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 12

Mammas Write

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

Trans & Non-Binary Punk Night

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm The Hug and Pint GBP 12 to 14

Special Interests: A Powerpoint Presentation Party

 Sun, 24 May at 06:00 pm The Briggait, Wasps Studios GBP 0 to 14

Fantasy's Present Pasts

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

An Evening with Lex Croucher

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

Glasgow Networking for Female Entrepreneurs (May '26)

 Wed, 20 May at 11:15 am The Glad Cafe CIC GBP 15 to 20

Voices Beyond Borders: A Multilingual Creative Gathering

 Fri, 14 Aug at 07:00 pm MILK Free

Mothers under the Frame: Seeing, Sensing, Saying

 Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am Gallery of Modern Art Free

Creative Writing in Gaelic

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

Literary Escape Festival - `Glasgow

 Sat, 03 Oct The Boardwalk GBP 0 to 12

Fantasy Bookclub Presents: The Craft Club - Fantasy Map Making

 Sun, 07 Jun at 07:00 pm Social Bite GBP 17

TISSUE #18: LUCY'S GLASGOW FUNDRAISER

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm The Glad Cafe CIC GBP 0 to 28

Wee Dementia Film Festival: Screening and Q&A

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:30 pm Kelvin Hall Open Collections Free

From Barga to Britain. Migration, Memory & Wine.

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm The Glasgow Art Club GBP 20

An Evening With Hazel McBride - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Sat, 30 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

Glasgow Bookshop Crawl

 Sat, 30 May at 09:00 am Glasgow, Scotland

An Evening with Heba Al-Wasity at Glasgow Argyle St

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

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

 Sat, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm G2 3EW GBP 6 to 30

An Evening with Jenni Fagan - Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Glasgow

 Mon, 25 May at 07:00 pm Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church GBP 5 to 22

EVERYWHERE AT ONCE: THE WIZARDS TOURNEY

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

Glasgow Book Bonanza

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

Chilling Tales with Rhiannon Grist & Neil Williamson at Argyle St

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

Children's Book Club - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Sat, 02 May Waterstones Free

Loud Poets: Glasgow Spoken Word Showcase

 Sat, 02 May Civic House GBP 10 to 12

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

HERITAGE TALKS: HISTORY OF HILLHEAD

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:45 pm Kelvin Hall

Sradagan san Iarmailt: Peter Mackay & Anna Frater

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Hillhead Library Free

Islands of the Self:

 Wed, 20 May at 09:30 am Room 163, Clarice Pears Building Free

New Romantics Book Club - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Wed, 27 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones Free

Create, Write, Edit · Glasgow Literary Courtyard

 Sat, 30 May at 01:00 pm Arta GBP 39 to 45

Elliot Fletcher & Maggie Eckersley Romance Panel - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

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

The Agnes Owens Archive – Centenary Talk at Kelvingrove

 Sun, 24 May at 01:00 pm Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Free

An Evening with Sunyi Dean at Waterstones Argyle St

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Launch of We Know What You Did - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 4 to 20

Finding Clarity in Journalling

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

An Evening with Andrew Raymond at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 12

An Evening with Claire Daverley - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

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

Launch of The Rainshadow Orphans - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

Lachlan Goudie launches The Secrets of Painting - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

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

Glyph. Lit Mag presents Issue 5: Horror

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Dram GBP 0 to 5

Doing Business in the USA Seminar

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

May Book Club - Glasgow @ iCafe Merchant City

 Sun, 31 May at 11:00 am iCafe Merchant City GBP 10

'Bodies' - College of Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Conference 2026

 Wed, 03 Jun at 09:00 am Gilbert Scott Building Free

Free Tours of AGA and AOA in June

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

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

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

An Evening With Graeme Armstrong at Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Fiction Book Club: The Master and Margarita

 Sun, 31 May at 04:00 pm Waterstones Free

The Effect by Lucy Prebble

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

Pirate Imperialism: A Round-Table Discussion with Prof Manuel Barcia

 Mon, 08 Jun at 05:00 pm 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Free

Wee Dementia Film Festival: Playlist for Life

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

Working Title

 Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm Impact Arts GBP 5

Hannah Kaner launches A Snake Among Swans at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

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

Alan Parks launches Deception (Glasgow Argyle Street)

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

Emma Southon launches Servus at Waterstones Sauchiehall St

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 28

Sharing your story through blogging

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

An Evening with Lamorna Ash - Glasgow Byres Road

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

SWC May Speakeasy 2026 | The Griffin

 Tue, 26 May at 07:30 pm The Griffin Free

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

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

The Midnight Verse Poetry Open Mic

 Tue, 26 May The Drake

Art Symposium - Glasgow Sauchiehall St

 Fri, 01 May Waterstones Free

Glasgow - Authors Invade Scotland 2026

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