‘But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim’ (‘Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts’ Bob Dylan) On Sat 8 March in Glasgow, thi wurd paid literary and musical tribute to Bob Dylan’s magnificent album ‘Blood on the Tracks’. The sold-out event took place at Stereo in Glasgow […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT To go on the waiting list should tickets become available, please email: editor@thi-wurd.com For our forthcoming ‘Blood on the Tracks’ event at Stereo in Glasgow, Sat 8 March, 7-10pm, we are once again offering half-price student tickets. If you’re a full-time student and want a £5 ticket, then email editor@thi-wurd.com. It […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT To go on the waiting list should tickets become available, email: editor@thiwurd.com “I would have followed you in the door but I didn’t have a ticket stub” (‘Up To Me’ Bob Dylan) On Saturday 8th March 2025, at Stereo in Glasgow, thi wurd will present a literary & musical tribute […]
Our final live event of the year will take place on Friday 22 November. It’ll be our last event before we take a break to begin work on our new literary projects. We’ll be talking about those projects on the night. BUY TICKETS Yesterday, I told a friend I was due to write this blogpost. […]
Click here for tickets for The Glad Cafe Fri 23 Aug 2024 On Fri 23rd August 2024, at The Glad Cafe in Glasgow, we’re putting on a second and final literary night to celebrate our latest publication ‘Earthly Rewards’. But what will happen at this ‘literary event’? It was a question some of our team were […]
To get you in the mood for our live event at The Glad Cafe in Glasgow on Fri 23 Aug 2024, here’s a little pictorial glance back to our last event. The images in the gallery capture the launch of our anthology ‘Earthly Rewards’ at Glasgow University Union on Friday 10 May 2024. Our brilliant […]
Due to popular demand, thi wurd returns to the southside of Glasgow for the first time in two years to play a favourite venue. Tickets £10. Book here. On Friday 23 August 2024, we present ‘Earthly Rewards (southside version)’ at The Glad Cafe. This event will feature completely new readings & performances from thi wurd’s […]
1.30-5.30pm (with breaks) Sunday 30th June 2024 ONLINE Join us for this discussion of 10 literary techniques that can be employed in multiple ways to create better short stories and novels. Using examples from a range of published fiction and through in-class writing tasks, we’ll develop new thoughts and approaches to writing fiction. Beginners and […]
It’s exciting to announce our greatest and most thrilling publication to date… Earthly Rewards is published by thi wurd on 13th May 2024. Copies will be available ahead of this date at our live literary event ‘thi wurd presents Earthly Rewards’ on Friday 10th May 2024 at Glasgow University Union. Doors open 7pm, event starts […]
10 TECHNIQUES FOR FICTION WRITERS (Day School) 1.30-5.30pm (with breaks) Sat 29th June 2024 Glasgow Join us for this discussion of 10 literary techniques that can be employed in multiple ways to create better short stories and novels. Using examples from a range of published fiction and through in-class writing tasks, we’ll develop new thoughts […]
On Friday 10th May 2024, we present our latest live event at The Dining Hall in Glasgow University Union. The night features literary readings, visual art, curated playlists and stalls selling books and artworks. thi wurd has a reputation for putting on incredible literary events in Glasgow – where people travel from across the UK, Ireland, […]
Reading Short Stories/Writing Short Stories, Day School Date: Saturday 2nd December 2023. Time: 1.30pm–5.30pm. Venue: west end of Glasgow (TBC). Format: in-person, seminar discussion with writing tasks attempted in class. Number of participants: Limited to 22 places maximum. Tutor: Alan McMunnigall. SOLD OUT (Please email editior@thi-wurd.com about our waiting lists for classes.) The primary aim […]
For a number of reasons autumn/winter 2022 is an extremely exciting time for us. This November we celebrate 10 years of indie publishing. In the same month we also publish our new anthology of fiction, poetry and experimental writing, entitled ‘Alternating Current’, a book that is the culmination of 15 months of work. […]
On Saturday 26th November 2022, we present our biggest ever live event. It takes place at Civic House, Glasgow, featuring literary readings, live music, visual art, film reels, curated playlists and stalls selling books and artworks. Tickets Here Buy your tickets here Alternating Current During the evening, we’ll celebrate two landmark events for thi wurd: […]
If you have purchased tickets for thi wurd at The Glad Cafe, we’d like to point out that there are no physical tickets for this event. Simply give your details to the person on the door and they will tick off your name from a list and let you in. Also we DO NOT […]
Our event ‘107 word short story’ took place on Thursday 24th March 2022. It brought together 36 writers who read stories of exactly 107 words in length. It was an intriguing task with no set theme or guidelines other than the length. What could be done in such a short form? What narrative structures might […]
Our event ‘107 word short story’ took place on Thursday 24th March 2022. It brought together 36 writers who read stories of exactly 107 words in length. It was an intriguing task with no set theme or guidelines other than the length. What could be done in such a short form? What narrative structures might […]
INTRODUCTION Our event ‘107 word short story’ took place on Thursday 24th March 2022. It brought together 36 writers who read stories of exactly 107 words in length. It was an intriguing task with no set theme or guidelines other than the length. What could be done in such a short form? What narrative structures […]
On Monday 24th May 2021, the legendary Bob Dylan turns 80. To celebrate this important cultural occasion, thi wurd is putting on a celebratory event, featuring original fiction, non-fiction and poetry inspired by Dylan. Essentially this is a small event, but we’re opening up a few extra places to writers & artists who might be […]
Over the years thi wurd has put on many music/fiction nights. Since 2020 these have been taking place on Zoom. In the past they’ve been open to writers from thi wurd’s writing groups & classes, but in 2021 we’re opening these up to other people who might want to come along. On Thursday 13th May 7.30pm-9.30pm, […]
On Friday, April 2nd 7-9pm (UK time) the official launch of thi wurd Magazine, Issue 4 will take place. The event is limited to 100 people and is sold out. (We do have a waiting list, so please sign up as spaces may become available.) But don’t worry if you’ve missed out this time as […]
On Friday 5th March 2021, thi wurd hosted an online literary event, paying tribute to Ali Smith’s short story ‘Free Love’. There were readings and performances of original works by 36 writers, inspired directly or loosely by the original story. The pieces are brief, written quickly to be performed on the night. All use Amsterdam […]
On Friday 5th March 2021, thi wurd hosted an online literary event, paying tribute to Ali Smith’s short story ‘Free Love’. There were readings and performances of original works by 36 writers, inspired directly or loosely by the original story. The pieces are brief, written quickly to be performed on the night. All use Amsterdam […]
On Friday 5th March 2021, thi wurd hosted an online literary event, paying tribute to Ali Smith’s short story ‘Free Love’. There were readings and performances of original works by 36 writers, inspired directly or loosely by the original story. The pieces are brief, written quickly to be performed on the night. All use Amsterdam […]
Over the years thi wurd has put on many ‘Short Story Tribute Nights’ and after a long break the nights return on Friday 5th March, 2021, 7-9pm. Our chosen short story will be Free Love by Ali Smith from the 1995 collection Free Love and Other Stories. How to Take Part Read the short story Free Love by […]
Over the years thi wurd has put on many ‘Classic Album Fiction Nights’. Since 2020 these have been taking place on Zoom. In the past they’ve been open to writers from thi wurd’s writing groups & classes, but in 2021 we’re opening these up to anyone who wants to come along. On Friday 5th February […]