Rodge Glass

First Alasdair & Others event at GU ARC with Willy Maley, in conversation with @rodgeglass.bsky.social exploring Alasdair Gray’s creative networks and unveiling Willy’s new archival box. Thanks to all who joined—video coming soon. Photos by @alasdairwatson.bsky.social

REMINDER- Our new themed programme Alasdair & Others begins with an event with Willy Maley at ARC, University of Glasgow. Join us 18 Nov 2025, 4–6pm for talk with @rodgeglass.bsky.social + archive displays. FREE - book via Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.com/e/alasdair-o...

Alasdair & Others: Willy Maley
18 Nov @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free

The @agrayarchive.bsky.social celebrates the lives & work of those connected to Alasdair Gray. This event focuses on Prof Willy Maley & features him in conversation with @rodgeglass.bsky.social
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Join us for Alasdair & Others, launching with writer Willy Maley in conversation with @rodgeglass.bsky.social at the ARC, University of Glasgow — 18 Nov 2025, 4–6pm. Booking via Eventbrite. #alasdairgray #uofg

Rodge Glass looks back to moving to Glasgow, first meeting Alasdair Gray, and latest novel 'Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir' (interview) - SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland Rodge Glass has been writing in Glasgow for decades. He came to the city as an ambitious young student at ...

“Connection reaches into Rodge’s work not just as a responsibility, but through his writing method as well”

@snackmag.bsky.social speaks to @rodgeglass.bsky.social about moving to Glasgow, meeting Alasdair Gray, & his latest book Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir
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📢 New resource LIVE! “Memoir & Biography Writing” Explore how personal stories can inspire inclusive research. Made with @sgsah.bsky.social @sorchadallas.bsky.social @rodgeglass.bsky.social & Lucy Lauder, design by Abby Carter thealasdairgrayarchive.org/wp-content/u...

📣 FREE webinar + resource launch! ‘Memoir & Biography Writing: Towards Inclusion & Social Justice’ 🗓️ Sept 30, 6:30–8pm. With @sorchadallas.bsky.social @rodgeglass.bsky.social & Lucy Lauder. Sign up via Eventbrite – link in bio! 🙏🎉 #webinar #memoir

We had a fun and inspiring afternoon on Friday with Tony Tulathimutte, who was joined by fellow writers Elle Nash and @rodgeglass.bsky.social. Tony’s new book Rejection has been gaining critical praise - great to explore it and discuss the influence of Alasdair Gray.

Listen now to my chat with Melissa Lucashenko on Radio4's #TakeFourBooks about her latest @oneworldbooks.bsky.social novel 'Edenglassie' and 3 influences incl Keri Hulme & Sebastian Barry (recorded with @rodgeglass.bsky.social & live audience at @edbookfest.bsky.social) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Pls Share 👉🏽sign up via Eventbrite to join our FREE webinar on 30.09.25 @ 6.30pm supported by @sgsah.bsky.social with @sorchadallas.bsky.social @rodgeglass.bsky.social & Lucy Lauder - launching a new resource on memoir & biography writing as a tool for research and self-led creative projects 👇🏽

NEW IN STOCK: 'Rejection' by Tony Tulathimutte. Pick up a copy from our online bookstore ahead of our event 'Rejection in Fiction with Tony Tulathimutte' and writers Elle Nash and @rodgeglass.bsky.social on the 15th of August, 2–4:30pm at AGA.
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‘Rejection in Fiction with Tony Tulathimutte’ 15.08.25 begins with a conversation with Elle Nash about his latest short story collection, REJECTION, followed by a discussion with @rodgeglass.bsky.social exploring connections to the work of Alasdair Gray. Limited tix!

BOOK NOW - 25 spaces for PGR researchers for a FREE WORKSHOP with @rodgeglass.bsky.social & @sorchadallas.bsky.social supported by @sgsah.bsky.social

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Play With Gray - Entry Two Process diary - Niamh Gordon - Creative Residency

Our ⁦‪SGSAH supported researcher ⁦‪Niamh Gordon‬⁩ shares her latest process diary as part of her ‘Play with Gray’ creative residency. In this entry, she reflects on a work in progress clay session at First Hand Studio

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Translating Alasdair Gray - Professor Enrico Terrinoni in conversation with Dr Rodge Glass YouTube video by Alasdair Gray Archive

Link below to our recording of: ‘Translating Alasdair Gray’, an in conversation with Prof Enrico Terrinoni (translator of Gray’s work in Italian) & @rodgeglass.bsky.social (Gray’s biographer) which took place at AGA on 23/05/25 supported by The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh ⬇️

On Friday afternoon we hosted an inspiring conversation with Prof Enrico Terrinoni and @rodgeglass.bsky.social on translating Alasdair Gray’s work into Italian. Thanks to IIC Edinburgh for their support, to all attendees and to @alasdairwatson.bsky.social for the wonderful photographs.

So excited for this one: @agrayarchive.bsky.social hosts Enrico Terrinoni & myself in conversation about Gray's work in and out of Italian on 23/5. Places are limited, available via info@thealasdairgrayarchive.org ❤️

The traditional biography details a full life of achievements.

Joshua in the Sky from @rodgeglass.bsky.social instead memorialises the author's nephew, Joshua, who lived for just 3 hours.

This is is a journey through loss and an exploration of the nature of biography itself. bit.ly/Bozzfest

Delighted I'm returning to @bozzybookfest.bsky.social next weekend. Chairing several events @sarasheridan.bsky.social Juano Diaz & Charlie English, I'm also discussing my book Joshua in the Sky with @msmeghanbean.bsky.social ↘️↘️↘️. Whose life gets to be remembered, when we record real lives? And how?

Some very exciting events to look forward to this month! 📅

On Friday 28th March, Scotland’s former ‘Tweet Pitch’ event will take place here on BlueSky!

Writers - pitch your work to publishers & agents in <280 characters + the hashtag #scotwriterpitch2025.

We can’t wait to read your pitches!

More info at www.publishingscotland.org/ps-opportuni....

Ninety-Nine Novels: Lanark by Alasdair Gray - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess’s interest in fi...

“LANARK is a strange, experimental book that immediately thrusts the reader into a weird world with glimmers of familiarity”

—author @rodgeglass.bsky.social & the International @anthonyburgess.bsky.social Foundation discuss Alasdair Gray’s LANARK
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Bernie McGill – Reading - Edge Hill University We are excited to welcome Northern Irish short story writer and novelist, Bernie McGill to the Arts Centre for a reading from her collection, This Train is For, which won the Edge Hill Prize in 2023.

A rare chance to meet @berniemcgill.bsky.social this side of the Irish Sea. www.edgehill.ac.uk/event/bernie...

Unless you are my dad's zip company. In which case. No need to lose faith!!

Hard times, Callum, hard times.

Hey there Lawrence, good taste! I do have some copies yes, depends how many. You can drop me a line on rodgeglass@gmail.com and I promise to get back to you!

Thanks a lot @iainmaloney.bsky.social. You know what a real sentence looks like! Occasionally I write one 😇

BBC Radio Scotland - Sunday Morning, with Zara Janjua Isolationism, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Robert Burns' poetry

As well as hearing Padraig O’Tuama & other inspiring guests here on BBCRadioScotland, you can listen in the 2nd hour to Mona Siddiqui, @rodgeglass.bsky.social & me discussing with Zara anti-semitism & ‘othering’; #DonaldTrump & his ‘mandate’; & the true power of poetry
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