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SUMMARY:A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
DTSTART:20260908T173000Z
DTEND:20260908T193000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_313741313@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**'If you care about something you have 
 to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love\, you
  have to find the courage to live it.'**\n\nSummer\, 1953. In the small to
 wn of Gravesend\, New Hampshire\, eleven-year-old John Wheelwright and his
  best friend Owen Meany are playing in a Little League baseball game. When
  Owen hits a foul ball which kills John's mother\, their lives are changed
  in an instant.\n\nIt is dismissed as a tragic accident but Owen disagrees
 . He believes that he is God's instrument\, put on Earth for a higher purp
 ose. And as the boys come into adulthood to the background of the Vietnam 
 War\, a series of remarkable events show that perhaps Owen's divine plan w
 as not imagined after all.\n\n**Discover the funny yet poignant classic by
  the bestselling author of The World According to Garp.**
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SUMMARY:1929: Inside the Crash (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
DTSTART:20260908T190000Z
DTEND:20260908T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_315950966@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Bonanza Non-fiction Book Club\nNB This may get moved to Octobe
 r\n\n**1929: Inside the Crash (Andrew Ross Sorkin)**\n\n*A New York Times 
 Bestseller*\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail\, “the def
 initive history of the 2008 banking crisis\,”\\* comes a spellbinding na
 rrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history. With the depth
  of a classic history and the drama of a thriller\, 1929 unravels the gree
 d\, blind optimism\, and human folly that led to an era-defining collapse
 —one with ripple effects that still shape our society today.\n\nIn 1929\
 , the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market we
 nt into a freefall\, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that wo
 uld reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicke
 d traders\, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters\, t
 itans and dreamers\, euphoria and ruin.\n\nWith unparalleled access to his
 torical records and newly uncovered documents\, New York Times bestselling
  author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash\, b
 ehind the scenes of a raging battle between Wall Street and Washington and
  the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and naivete in an endless 
 boom led to disaster. The dizzying highs and brutal lows of this era eeril
 y mirror today’s world—where markets soar\, political tensions mount\,
  and the fight over financial influence plays out once again.\n\nThis is n
 ot just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power\, psychology\, and th
 e seductive illusion that “this time is different.” It’s about disre
 garded alarm bells\, financiers who fell from grace\, and skeptics who saw
  the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late.\n\nHailed 
 as a landmark book\, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are t
 old. Now\, with 1929\, Sorkin delivers an immersive\, electrifying account
  of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—with lessons that remai
 n as urgent as ever. More than just a history\, 1929 is a crucial blueprin
 t for understanding the cycles of speculation\, the forces that drive fina
 ncial upheaval\, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril.
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URL:https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-book-club-meetup-group/events/3159509
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Fresh Fruit 18-30s Workshop: The Room With the Objects: A speculat
 ive writing workshop
DTSTART:20260910T170000Z
DTEND:20260910T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215631Z
UID:10002705-1789063200-1789070400@www.fruitmarket.co.uk
CATEGORIES:education,literary
DESCRIPTION:10.09.26\, 6-8pm. Free. For 18-30s. \nThis speculative writing
  workshop takes inspiration from Olga Ravn’s science-fiction novel The E
 mployees\, which chronicles the visceral\, emotional impact a room of obje
 cts has on the crew of a spaceship – and was initially written as an exh
 ibition text accompanying a collection of sculptures.  \n  \nMoving thro
 ugh the gallery\, participants are invited to write about their experience
  of Eva Rothschild’s The Void Presses the Wall\, attending to the sculpt
 ures’ material\, affective presences. Responding to a series of prompts\
 , we’ll use writing and deep attention to commune with the sculptures\, 
 sensing speculative relations between ourselves and the work.   \n  \n
 We reflect on the line between object\, sculpture\, and being. How would w
 e write about these sculptures if we discovered they were alive? Participa
 nts are invited to write two speculative texts: one\, a ‘scientific’\,
  clinical catalogue text to accompany the sculpture in an institutional se
 tting\; two\, an embodied first-person text drawing on emotion\, sensation
 \, and memory. We’ll end by returning to the gallery for (optional) coll
 ective sharing of our work\, reading around and to the sculptures.  \n  
 \nXuanlin Tham is a Singaporean writer\, curator\, and maker based in Edin
 burgh\, keenly interested in the (collective) body and desire. Their book 
 Revolutionary Desires: The Political Power of the Sex Scene explores the s
 ex scene’s capacity to interrupt the violences of capitalism\, and is ou
 t with 404 Ink. They programme at Take One Action\, an arts organisation h
 arnessing the transformative power of film and storytelling for social and
  environmental justice in Scotland and beyond. As an independent curator a
 nd facilitator\, they have worked with Glasgow Short Film Festival\, Queer
  East\, Rhubaba\, and the Edinburgh Art Festival. Xuanlin’s writing on f
 ilm and culture has been published in e–flux\, British GQ\, i-D\, Little
  White Lies\, and AnOther Magazine\, among others.  \n  \nAccess \n\nOur
  building has step-free access and is wheelchair accessible via a li
 ft.\n\n\nAll of our toilets and gender neutral.\n\n\nDuring events and 
 workshops\, we can facilitate a quiet space if required.\n\n\nWe have s
 ensory backpacks available.\n\n\nFurther access information can be fou
 nd at the link below:\n\nwww.fruitmarket.co.uk/accessibility/ \nIf you hav
 e any specific access requirements that you’d like to tell us about wh
 en you’re booking a Fresh Fruit workshop or event\, please let us know
  at info@fruitmarket.co.uk \nFresh Fruit is made possible with funding f
 rom the Garfield Weston Foundation and William Grant Foundation.
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 om-with-the-objects-a-speculative-writing-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Late Summer Gathering: meditation\, pranayama and therapeutic writ
 ing
DTSTART:20260912T140000Z
DTEND:20260912T160000Z
DTSTAMP:20260904T121523Z
UID:10037247-1789225200-1789232400@www.salisburycentre.org
CATEGORIES:literary,wellness
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nJoin us for a soothing and chilled out sessio
 n to reset after the excitement of summer – time to wind down and reconn
 ect with yourself. \nThis workshop offers time to wind down after the busy
  summer season – to connect with our breath\, set intentions and reflect
  on the summer as well as begin to prepare for autumn through writing prom
 pts\, guided relaxations and breathing practices. \nThis is a lovely chanc
 e to connect with others in the community\, share thoughts\, ideas and our
  practice. There will be time for optional tea\, snacks and chats too. Sui
 table for all from beginners to advanced practitioners. \nThis event will 
 begin in the Library\, if nice weather we will spend some of the session o
 utdoors in the beautiful garden \nFacilitator info\nEmily is a yoga teache
 r and writer based in Edinburgh. Her workshops combine yogic practices\, w
 riting and journalling prompts to allow us to explore ourselves on a deepe
 r level. \nYogarootsuk@gmail.com \n  \nAccessibility\nThe Library is whee
 lchair accessible. \nThe Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are 
 now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs 
 via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex. Please let the organisers know 
 in advance of any access requirements. Additionally\, if relevant\, please
  fill in this PEEP template and share it with the organisers. \n  \nCost 
 & Booking\nPlease see the link below.
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LOCATION:Library\, The Salisbury Centre\, 2 Salisbury Road\, Edinburgh\, E
 H16 5AB\, United Kingdom
URL:https://www.salisburycentre.org/event/late-summer-gathering/
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X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.salisburycentre.org/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Book Tribe
DTSTART:20260921T170000Z
DTEND:20260921T183000Z
DTSTAMP:20260904T003611Z
UID:10001297-1790013600-1790019000@lgbthealth.org.uk
CATEGORIES:community,literary
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a relaxed and social LGBTQ+ book club. This is a s
 pace for LGBTQ+ people to come together and connect over a shared love of 
 reading and books. \n  \nWe meet on the 3rd Monday of the month (6-7.30pm
 ) at LGBT Health and Wellbeing. \n  \nThe group will read a variety of b
 ook from different authors and genres. \n  \nFor more info\, email LGBTQ
 BookTribe@lgbthealth.org.uk or connect with us on Instagram @lgbtbooktri
 be. \n  \nWe are a community group led by community members with suppor
 t from LGBT Health and Wellbeing.
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LOCATION:LGBT Health and Wellbeing (Edinburgh)\, 4 Duncan Place\, Edinburg
 h\, EH6 8HW\, United Kingdom
URL:https://lgbthealth.org.uk/event/lgbtq-book-tribe/2026-09-21/
X-SOURCE-NAME:LGBT Health and Wellbeing
X-SOURCE-URL:https://lgbthealth.org.uk/
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SUMMARY:Eva Rothschild: artist’s talk and book launch
DTSTART:20260921T173000Z
DTEND:20260921T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215631Z
UID:10003162-1790015400-1790020800@www.fruitmarket.co.uk
CATEGORIES:arts,literary
DESCRIPTION:21.09.26\, 6.30–8pm. Free. \nArtist Eva Rothschild in conver
 sation with Fruitmarket Director\, Fiona Bradley to celebrate her exhibiti
 on The Void Presses The Wall\, and the new book that accompanies it. \nPub
 lished to celebrate an exhibition at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh\, this fully
  illustrated book features work from the last ten years alongside very rec
 ent sculpture\, finished as the book was going to press. New writing from 
 Andrea Schlieker and Philippa Snow shed new light on Rothschild’s visual
  language. \n  \nPhoto: Neil Hanna.
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URL:https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/eva-rothschild-artists-talk-and-bo
 ok-launch/
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X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Allan Cameron\, Things Can Only Get Worse
DTSTART:20260922T173000Z
DTEND:20260922T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215631Z
UID:10003165-1790101800-1790107200@www.fruitmarket.co.uk
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:22.09.26. 6.30–8pm \nWhilst indignation saturates Allan Came
 ron’s third collection\, Things Can Only Get Worse\, whose title is a re
 minder of Tony Blair’s unkept promises before his first mandate which le
 d us into another NATO war of aggression aimed at terrorising peoples and 
 purloining the property of other nations\, this collection also praises th
 e humanity of the great majority of people everywhere. Although Cameron is
  a writer who goes in search of paradox\, there is no contradiction here. 
 Valuing humanity in these cynical times goes hand in hand with outrage at 
 the behaviour of the powerful and the politicians who serve them. \nWe liv
 e in a period of insane and unforgiveable violence inflicted by the West o
 n defenceless civilians with all the force of modern military technology. 
 Of all the recent wars\, however\, Gaza takes on even greater demonic prop
 ortions not seen since the Second World War. Even silence is culpable in s
 uch circumstances\, so the poet has reorganised the collection in order to
  underscore the horrors we are witnessing\, whilst not forgetting that thi
 s genocide has historical roots in the European colonisation of the rest o
 f the world\, particularly Africa\, America and Australia. \n  \nAbout Al
 lan Cameron  \nBorn in 1952\, Allan Cameron went to boarding school at th
 e age of six while also living in Nigeria and Bangladesh during holidays a
 nd\, though he is no fan of such institutions\, he found that it gave him 
 a very sound education which compensated for the naval college he moved to
  in 1965. Mutual dislike prompted an early departure in 1968\, and after t
 hat he could once more pursue his education while trying out various occup
 ations for fifteen years in Italy and England – too many to list. This p
 art of his life could be defined as “down and out in London and Florence
 ”. In 1983 he went to Sussex University and afterwards taught there for 
 five years without tenure. In 1992 after moving to Glasgow\, his first tra
 nslated book was published and he went on to translate twenty-eight more o
 f them. In 2004 and 2005\, his first two novels were published by Luath Pr
 ess. Since then two more novels\, two poetry collections and two non-ficti
 on works have been added to his published works. The Scottish Review of Bo
 oks summed up his output: “… there is … in Cameron’s work\, a ling
 ering spirituality\, a faith that something soulful and significant is pre
 sent in the everyday\, in the ordinary ‘heroism of mortals’ he writes 
 of. … he is dubious about ‘progress’\, political\, economic and scie
 ntific. … if Scottish literature has a true outsider\, it is not Irvine 
 Welsh\; it’s Allan Cameron.” \nAbout Vagabond Voices\n\nFounded in 200
 8 and based in Glasgow\, Vagabond Voices is an independent publisher that 
 is both Scottish and fervently European in its aims. Vagabond is committed
  to introducing new titles from Scottish authors and translating fiction f
 rom other languages. Our library reflects our aims to promote literary amb
 ition and innovative writers\, and to challenge readers.
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URL:https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-launch-allan-cameron-things-c
 an-only-get-worse/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:A Book I Hated
DTSTART:20260922T173000Z
DTEND:20260922T193000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_315589918@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\nBy popular demand ...\n\nRather than rea
 ding a specific book this time\, we'll chat about books we disliked. Every
  attendee will have the chance to present one book and at the end of the s
 ession\, we'll take a vote and potentially read one of them for a later ev
 ent. Books are naturally subjective and often what one person dislikes\, a
 nother loves!
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URL:https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-book-gang/events/315589918/
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SUMMARY:1929: Inside the Crash (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
DTSTART:20260922T190000Z
DTEND:20260922T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_315950975@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Bonanza Non-fiction Book Club\nNB This may get moved to Octobe
 r\n\n**1929: Inside the Crash (Andrew Ross Sorkin)**\n\n*A New York Times 
 Bestseller*\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail\, “the def
 initive history of the 2008 banking crisis\,”\\* comes a spellbinding na
 rrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history. With the depth
  of a classic history and the drama of a thriller\, 1929 unravels the gree
 d\, blind optimism\, and human folly that led to an era-defining collapse
 —one with ripple effects that still shape our society today.\n\nIn 1929\
 , the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market we
 nt into a freefall\, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that wo
 uld reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicke
 d traders\, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters\, t
 itans and dreamers\, euphoria and ruin.\n\nWith unparalleled access to his
 torical records and newly uncovered documents\, New York Times bestselling
  author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash\, b
 ehind the scenes of a raging battle between Wall Street and Washington and
  the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and naivete in an endless 
 boom led to disaster. The dizzying highs and brutal lows of this era eeril
 y mirror today’s world—where markets soar\, political tensions mount\,
  and the fight over financial influence plays out once again.\n\nThis is n
 ot just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power\, psychology\, and th
 e seductive illusion that “this time is different.” It’s about disre
 garded alarm bells\, financiers who fell from grace\, and skeptics who saw
  the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late.\n\nHailed 
 as a landmark book\, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are t
 old. Now\, with 1929\, Sorkin delivers an immersive\, electrifying account
  of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—with lessons that remai
 n as urgent as ever. More than just a history\, 1929 is a crucial blueprin
 t for understanding the cycles of speculation\, the forces that drive fina
 ncial upheaval\, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril.
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URL:https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-book-club-meetup-group/events/3159509
 75/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: A Home in Space: Selected Concrete\, Visual and Sound
  Poetry of Edwin Morgan
DTSTART:20260924T173000Z
DTEND:20260924T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215631Z
UID:10003164-1790274600-1790280000@www.fruitmarket.co.uk
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:24.09.26. 6.30–8pm \nAn evening to discover and celebrate th
 e incredible body of visual and sound poetry by Edwin Morgan\, much of whi
 ch is rarely seen and will now be available in this significant new volume
  from Reaktion Books. This new selection reveals Edwin Morgan’s groundbr
 eaking multimedia poetics beyond his celebrated lyric voice. With editors 
 Greg Thomas and Julie Johnstone\, poets Iona Lee and Dan Power\, and Morga
 n’s publisher\, bibliographer and friend\, Hamish Whyte. \nEdwin Morgan 
 is best remembered as Scotland’s foremost national poet\, a bold\, lyric
  voice who shaped conversations around queerness\, politics and post-war l
 ife. But Morgan was also a restless experimenter working far beyond tradit
 ional verse. This book brings together\, for the first time\, the full ran
 ge of his visual and sound poetry – from vibrant poster poems and surrea
 list collages to concrete poetry\, cut-ups and sonic permutations. It reve
 als Morgan as a major figure in twentieth-century multimedia art\, linking
  language\, image and sound in surprising and timely ways. Attuned to ques
 tions of identity\, ecology and empire\, Morgan’s work remains as urgent
  and inventive as ever – a celebration of poetic form at its most expans
 ive and alive. \n–––––––––––––––––––
 ––––––––––––––––––––––––
 ––––––––––––––––––––––––
 –––––––––––––– \nGreg Thomas is a writer\, cri
 tic\, poet and artist based in Glasgow\, Scotland. He is the author of Bor
 der Blurs: Concrete Poetry in England and Scotland (2019) and has written 
 extensively on visual and concrete poetries\, text art and multimedia art.
  \nJulie Johnstone is an artist\, curator\, editor and publisher based in 
 Edinburgh\, Scotland. She works primarily in the artists’ book form and 
 her bookworks are in numerous national collections. She was previously Hea
 d Librarian at the Scottish Poetry Library and established and curated the
  Edwin Morgan Archive held there. www.juliejohnstone.com \nHamish Whyte wa
 s born in 1947 near Glasgow where he lived before moving to Edinburgh in 2
 004. A former librarian and Honorary Research Fellow in Scottish Literatur
 e at the University of Glasgow. Shoestring Press has published five collec
 tions\, the latest being A Spell of Watching: New & Selected Poems (2024
 ). HappenStance published a memoir\, Morgan and Me\, in 2020 and he edit
 ed Edwin Morgan: Centenary Selected Poems (2020) for Carcanet Press. For
  many years he was Edwin Morgan’s Scottish publisher\, at the award-winn
 ing Mariscat Press. He has also compiled a bibliography of Morgan’s work
 . \nIona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose work encompasses poetry\, mu
 sic\, visual art\, and live performance. She has read her work in venues a
 nd on festival stages all over the UK and Europe\, from Shetland to Cornwa
 ll\, Paris to Berlin\, dive bars to the Royal Albert Hall. Her debut colle
 ction\, Anamnesis (Polygon\, 2023) won the Somerset Maugham Award\, and in
  2024 she published What I Love About A Cloud Is Its Unpredictability (Tri
 ckhouse Press)  ̶  a collection of visual and concrete poetry created t
 hrough interactions with the geolocation software what3words. Iona’s wor
 k is concerned with themes of magic\, media\, art and artifice\, memory an
 d other hauntings. \nDan Power was shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry
  Award in 2024. His poems appear in Poetry London\, Poetry Ireland Review
 \, Gutter\, Magma\, Wet Grain\, and more. Dan is the founding editor of Tr
 ickhouse Press\, a publisher specialising in visual poetry\, and holds a P
 hD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. His film poems have been
  exhibited at the Off-Page Vispo exhibition in 2025\, Beaconsfield Gallery
  in London\, and at StAnza: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival. Da
 n can be found on Instagram @therealdanpower\, or at danpower.xyz. \nAdva
 nced reviews: \nEdwin Morgan’s is the kind of poetry I want. A Home in 
 Space is a multiverse chock full of concrete word-patterning\, sound-ups a
 nd cut-ups\, galaxies and constellations\, collages\, overlays\, typograph
 ic arrays\, acoustic riffs\, lettrist elations and noncesensical confabula
 tions\, graphic designs\, ur-computer inventions\, and iconoclastic ads an
 d icons. Greg Thomas and Julie Johnstone’s detailed\, historically infor
 mative\, and discerning introduction sets the stage for Morgan’s verbo-v
 isual-vocal – patalexical! polychromatic! – lollapalooza of a book.\nC
 harles Bernstein\, Donald T. Regan Professor Emeritus of English and Compa
 rative Literature\, University of Pennsylvania \nThis eagerly awaited stud
 y is a veritable triumph. Greg Thomas’s fine introduction ranges seamles
 sly over the intricate details of Morgan’s multifaceted career as a poet
 . The decision to reproduce many of the poetic texts in the versions that 
 Morgan himself devised enhances the book’s historical importance.\nSteph
 en Bann\, Emeritus Professor of History of Art\, University of Bristol\, a
 nd editor of Concrete Poetry: An International Anthology (1967) \nA Home i
 n Space is a fantastic presentation of the extensive work of the Scottish 
 visual/concrete poet Edwin Morgan. Greg Thomas and Julie Johnstone have cr
 eated an artfully curated volume that showcases the many dimensions of Mor
 gan’s practice – from his early scrapbooks through his explorations of
  typewriter\, graphic\, visual poetics in various media. Thomas’s initia
 l essay situates Morgan’s work in the context of twentieth-century liter
 ary activity\, making the case once and for all that visual poetry was a c
 entral – rather than marginal – component of modern aesthetics. For th
 ose unfamiliar with the poet\, this is a terrific introduction and\, for t
 hose already fans\, the book is an opportunity to appreciate the range and
  variety of Morgan’s thought and expression. So much of his work is scat
 tered and distributed in different venues and repositories and circulated 
 in niche networks that the sheer effort of locating\, selecting and collat
 ing this collection is admirable. It’s such a pleasure to see the combin
 ation of solid research and beautifully designed publication honouring Mor
 gan’s creative spirit.\nJohanna Drucker\, author of Affluvia: The Toxic 
 Off-Gassing of Affluent Culture (2025) and Inventing the Alphabet (2022) \
 nThis is a marvellous book\, revealing for the first time the full range o
 f generous wit with which Edwin Morgan wrote radical new poetries. Here\, 
 indeed\, are oodles of thrillingly self-estranging technical experiment an
 d much avant-garde mischief.\nDrew Milne\, Judith E. Wilson Professor of P
 oetics\, University of Cambridge\, and author of In Darkest Capital: Colle
 cted Poems
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Silent Reading Group
DTSTART:20260928T170000Z
DTEND:20260928T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260902T122136Z
UID:10002687-1790618400-1790625600@www.fruitmarket.co.uk
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Last Monday of the month\, 6–8pm. £4 which can be redeemed 
 at the cafe on the night. \n\n\nThe Silent Reading Group events are hosted
  by Publishing Scotland\, in association with UNESCO Edinburgh City of Lit
 erature. Enjoy the time and space to read whatever you like in a convivial
  and welcoming atmosphere alongside other friendly bookworms. \n\n\nEach m
 onth we have a guest author join us for a reading and book signing – for
  our September event\, our guest author will be novelist Olga Wojtas\, who
  will read from her novel\, Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogu
 es. \n  \n\nEvent Schedule\n6pm – 6.15pm: Welcome\n6.15pm – 7.15pm: I
 ntroduction and Silent Reading\n7.15pm – 7.30pm: Guest author talk / Rea
 ding\n7.30pm – 8.00pm: Book Chat / Book Buying / Author Signing\nBring y
 our own book\, buy a book from the Fruitmarket bookshop\, or take a book 
 from the UNESCO Edinburgh City of Literature book box.
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URL:https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/silent-reading-group-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:The Sea\, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
DTSTART:20260930T180000Z
DTEND:20260930T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215654Z
UID:event_315932701@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Bury Me In Books - Edinburgh Book Club\n**The venue for this e
 vent is TBC.**\n\nFor our September event we'll discuss **The Sea\, The Se
 a - Iris Murdoch**\n\nCharles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of 
 his days in hermit-like contemplation.\n\nHe buys a mysteriously damp hous
 e on the coast\, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his
  name\, and there he swims in the sea\, eats revolting meals and writes hi
 s memoirs. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley\, and memori
 es of her lovely\, younger self crowd in – along with more recent lovers
  and friends – to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of ‘learn
 ing to be good’\, Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be
 .\n\n‘It isn’t all brainy fantasising in Murdochland\; there’s wild 
 swimming\, appalling sandwiches\, death\, madness and sex’ Guardian\n\n
 ‘Dazzlingly entertaining and inventive’ The Times
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SUMMARY:Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
DTSTART:20261013T173000Z
DTEND:20261013T193000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084530@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\n*'A mast
 erpiece' Julian Barnes*\n\nFlaubert's erotically charged and psychological
 ly acute portrayal of a married woman's affair caused a moral outcry on it
 s publication in 1857. Its heroine\, Emma Bovary\, is stifled by provincia
 l life as the wife of a doctor. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels\,
  she seeks escape in fantasies of high romance\, in voracious spending and
 \, eventually\, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment
 \, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expecta
 tions\, the consequences are devastating. It was deemed so lifelike that m
 any women claimed they were the model for his heroine\; but Flaubert insis
 ted: 'Madame Bovary\, c'est moi.'
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Hmn\, we know the date but not the book
DTSTART:20261013T190000Z
DTEND:20261013T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_315950862@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Bonanza Non-fiction Book Club\n**A couple of books that were p
 opular beforepril 2025**\n\n* **Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of th
 e Largest Sting Operation Ever (By Joseph Cox)**\n* Out in paperback: now\
 n* https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/978154170
 2707/?lens=publicaffairs\n* **His Majesty's Airship (S. C. Gwynne)**\n* Ou
 t in paperback: now\n* https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/His-Majest
 ys-Airship/S-C-Gwynne/9780861547098\n* **London Falling (Patrick Radden Ke
 efe)**\n* Out in paperback: ???\n* https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/pa
 trick-radden-keefe/london-falling/9781035056279\n* **Chokepoints (Edward F
 ishman)**\n* Out in paperback: now\n* https://eandtbooks.com/books/chokepo
 ints/\n* **Deadwood - Gold\, Guns and Greed in the American West (Peter Co
 zzens)**\n* Out in paperback September 2026\n* https://atlantic-books.co.u
 k/book/deadwood/\n\nmentioned by the twerps that sound interesting\n\n* **
 The Nord Stream Conspiracy (Bojan Pancevski)**\n* Out in paperback: ??\n* 
 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/474845/the-nord-stream-conspiracy-by-pance
 vski-bojan/9781804958360
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 62/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:A Dog's Heart by Mikhail Bulgakov
DTSTART:20261027T183000Z
DTEND:20261027T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084582@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\nWhat wou
 ld happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man
  into the body of a stray dog? In Mikhail Bulgakov’s topsy-turvy world\,
  the dog starts to walk on two legs\, drink\, smoke\, thieve\, chase women
  and recite every swear word in Russian. The perfect candidate for a gover
 nment official\, in other words. This rude\, riotous send-up of the Soviet
  Union\, banned immediately on publication\, is satire red in tooth and cl
 aw.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:The Outsiders - S E Hinton
DTSTART:20261028T190000Z
DTEND:20261028T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215654Z
UID:event_315932762@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Bury Me In Books - Edinburgh Book Club\n**The venue for this e
 vent is TBC.**\n\nFor our October event we'll discuss **The Outsiders - S 
 E Hinton**\n\nIn Ponyboy's world there are two types of people. There are 
 the Socs\, the rich society kids who get away with anything. Then there ar
 e the greasers\, like Ponyboy\, who aren't so lucky. Ponyboy has a few thi
 ngs he can count on: his older brothers\, his friends\, and trouble with t
 he Socs\, whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy. A
 t least he know what toe xpect -- until the night things go too far...
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Book Launch: Elizabeth Cook: Tumbling
DTSTART:20261102T183000Z
DTEND:20261102T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215631Z
UID:10003169-1793644200-1793649600@www.fruitmarket.co.uk
CATEGORIES:literary,music
DESCRIPTION:I thought I would still be the me\nthat I was when you lived w
 hen\nyou died. I could not then see\nthat your death would bereave\nme not
  only of you but of me. \n\n\n\n\nThe poems in Tumbling are written from l
 oss — of partner\, friend and family. There is grief but also curiosity 
 and openness to the sometimes surprising ways in which these essential rel
 ationships persist and change. The poems are written with Cook’s charact
 eristic precision and intensity — never heavy and with humour often brea
 king through. \nReadings from Michael Stephenson and Elizabeth Cook.\nMusi
 c from The Self-Righteous Brothers.\n\n\nElizabeth Cook was brought up in 
 Dorset\, lived in Suffolk with her late partner and now lives in East Lond
 on. Her poetry includes two collections from Worple Press (Bowl and When I
  Kiss the Sky) and a pamphlet (The Sound of the Rain) from The Garlic Pres
 s. Her fiction includes Achilles (Methuen) and Lux (Scribe). She has taugh
 t in universities\, prisons and a Franciscan friary and has written the li
 bretto for a Passion oratorio. \nThe painfully touching poems of grief and
  mourning in Elizabeth Cook’s Tumbling\, are so necessary\, so luminous 
 that they comfort and sustain us. \n\n\nMICHAEL LASKEY \n\nMariscat is now
  one of the longest-running self-funded small presses in Scotland. The ‘
 jewel in the Scottish poetry crown’ (Ian McMillan)\, Mariscat has twice 
 won the Michael Marks Publishers’ Award (2023 & 2015). The press is know
 n for its tastefully designed publications and a quality backlist which in
 cludes work by figures such as Douglas Dunn\, Diana Hendry\, Stewart Conn\
 , Jackie Kay and Michael Longley\, as well as many publications by Edwin M
 organ\, Whyte’s friend for over 30 years.
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 g/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
DTSTART:20261110T183000Z
DTEND:20261110T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084600@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\n**One of
  the most acclaimed novels of the 21st Century\, from the Nobel Prize-winn
 ing author**\n\nKazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students g
 rowing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by 
 Kathy\, now thirty-one\, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come t
 o terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and wi
 th the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wid
 er world. A story of love\, friendship and memory\, Never Let Me Go is cha
 rged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.
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SUMMARY:A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
DTSTART:20261124T183000Z
DTEND:20261124T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084615@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\nWINNER O
 F THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION\nNEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2010\n\nJ
 ennifer Egan's spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar\, an
  ageing former punk rocker and record executive\, and Sasha\, the troubled
  young woman he employs. We first meet Sasha in her mid-thirties\, on her 
 therapist's couch in New York City\, confronting her longstanding compulsi
 on to steal. We meet Bennie at the melancholy nadir of his adult life - di
 vorced\, struggling to connect with his nine-year-old son\, listening to a
  washed-up band in the basement of a suburban house.\nAlthough Bennie and 
 Sasha never discover each other's pasts\, the reader does\, in intimate de
 tail\, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose pat
 hs intersect with theirs\, over many years\, in many places.\nWith music p
 ulsing on every page\, this is a startling\, exhilarating novel of self-de
 struction and redemption. Breathtaking work from one of our boldest writer
 s.\n'Irresistible. Fiction of the highest quality' Sunday Times\n'Egan's p
 recise\, calm underwater prose is a persistent pleasure' Daily Telegraph\n
 'Stories that defy narrative convention' Financial Times\n'A must-read' Su
 nday Times
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SUMMARY:Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
DTSTART:20261125T190000Z
DTEND:20261125T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215654Z
UID:event_315932914@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Bury Me In Books - Edinburgh Book Club\n**The venue for this e
 vent is TBC.**\n\nFor our November event we'll meet to talk about **Catch 
 22- Joseph Heller**\n\nDiscover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satir
 e on military madness\, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.\n
 \nIt's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been clo
 ser to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of It
 aly\, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined
  to kill him.\n\nBut the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is hi
 s own army intent on keeping him airborne\, and the maddening 'Catch-22' t
 hat allows for no possibility of escape.\n\n'The greatest satirical work i
 n the English language' Observer\n\n'The most devastating satire ever writ
 ten about the lunacy of war and military bureaucracy' Antony Beevor
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 932914/
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SUMMARY:The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
DTSTART:20261208T183000Z
DTEND:20261208T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084634@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\n\\*SELEC
 TED AS THE WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022\\*\n\nCould one rare
  plant hold the key to a thousand riches?\nIt's the summer of 1822 and Edi
 nburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. In botan
 ical circles\, however\, a different kind of excitement has gripped the ci
 ty. In the newly-installed Botanic Garden\, the Agave Americana plant look
 s set to flower - an event that only occurs once every few decades.\nWhen 
 newly widowed Elizabeth arrives in Edinburgh to live with her late husband
 's aunt Clementina\, she's determined to put her unhappy past in London be
 hind her. As she settles into her new home\, she becomes fascinated by the
  beautiful Botanic Garden which borders the grand house and offers her ser
 vices as an artist to record the rare plant's impending bloom. In this pur
 suit\, she meets Belle Brodie\, a vivacious young woman with a passion for
  botany and the lucrative\, dark art of perfume creation.\nBelle is determ
 ined to keep both her real identity and the reason for her interest the Ga
 rden secret from her new friend. But as Elizabeth and Belle are about to d
 iscover\, secrets don't last long in this Enlightenment city . . .\nAnd wh
 en they are revealed\, they can carry the greatest of consequences . . .
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:A Book I Loved
DTSTART:20261222T183000Z
DTEND:20261222T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084674@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\nNo book 
 to read for this meeting - instead come along and tell us about a book you
 've really enjoyed which you'd like to nominate for future book group meet
 ings.\n\nAfter hearing everyone's choices\, there may be a chance to add s
 ome unread books to add to the list.\nAfter the meetup\, members can vote 
 for the books they all want to read.\n\nAs this is the final meetup before
  Christmas\, there will also be a Secret Santa for anyone who wishes to pa
 rticipate. Simply bring along a used book (preferably wrapped) to give awa
 y to another attendee.
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SUMMARY:Waverley by Walter Scott
DTSTART:20270112T183000Z
DTEND:20270112T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260829T215656Z
UID:event_316084686@meetup.com
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Book Group\n**Due to an unavoidable change of venue\
 , the numbers for this event are capped at 12. Please only RSVP if you gen
 uinely think you will attend the event.**\n\n**The meetup location will be
  confirmed closer to the time. It will be central Edinburgh.**\n\nSet agai
 nst the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745\, Waverley depicts the 
 story of Edward Waverley\, an idealistic daydreamer whose loyalty to his r
 egiment is threatened when they are sent to the Scottish Highlands. When h
 e finds himself drawn to the charismatic chieftain Fergus Mac-Ivor and his
  beautiful sister Flora\, their ardent loyalty to Prince Charles Edward St
 uart appeals to Waverley's romantic nature and he allies himself with thei
 r cause - a move that proves highly dangerous for the young officer. Scott
 's first novel was a huge success when it was published in 1814 and marked
  the start of his extraordinary literary success.\n\nWith its vivid depict
 ion of the wild Highland landscapes and patriotic clansmen\, Waverley is a
  brilliant evocation of the old Scotland - a world Scott believed was swif
 tly disappearing in the face of a new\, modern era.
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