The Creative Conversations Speaker series returns for its fifth year. All events are free and open to the public.

This series is sponsored by the Ferguson Bequest and programmed by Creative Writing at University of Glasgow.

Creative Conversations Damian Barr

Creative Conversations Damian Barr

Creative Conversations College of Arts
Date: Monday 07 December 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: Zoom Event
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Damian Barr
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-conversations-damian-barr-tickets-117620697673

Damian Barr is a writer, broadcaster playwright, and host of the Literary Salon. His books include Maggie & Me (2013) and You Will Be Safe Here (2019). 

Since 2008, Barr has hosted the Literary Salon, which celebrated its 10th Birthday at the Savoy, with Tracey Thorn, Adam Kay and Rose McGowan. He has also been drinks critic for the Sunday Times and has a column 'Novel Destinations' in High Life Magazine. He has also run with Corney and Barrow the successful series A Book and A Bottle, live tasting-readings. His TV show The Big Scottish Book Club brought literature programming back to BBC Scotland. 

Maggie & Me won The Political Humour and Satire Book of the Year at The Paddy Power Political Book Awards, Sunday Times Memoir of the Year and Stonewall Writer of the Year.

Creative Conversations is programmed by the University of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme and funded by the Ferguson Bequest. Professor Thomas Ferguson (1900-1977), Henry Mechan Chair of Public Health (1944-64), bequeathed his estate to the University, with the instruction that the money should be used to foster the social side of University life.

This is a Zoom event and you will be sent the link to attend the meeting once you book on eventbrite. 

 

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