INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS On Sat 31 May at Glasgow University Union, 7.30 till 10.30pm, thi wurd presents ‘Blood on the Tracks Revisited’, a tribute to Bob Dylan’s iconic ‘Blood on the Tracks’ album in its 50th anniversary year. Doors open 7pm. A limited number of half price student tickets are available at £5. Contact: editor@thi-wurd.com […]
TO BUY TICKETS CLICK HERE If you’re a full-time student please drop an email to editor@thi-wurd.com to purchase special half-price £5 tickets. Note: there are a limited number of student tickets available. On Sat 31 May at Glasgow University Union, 7pm till 10.30pm, thi wurd presents ‘Blood on the Tracks Revisited’, a tribute to Bob […]
‘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, 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]