(Tickets are £10 and available here.) (Half Price Student Tickets are £5 and available here.) Endings Our new live event ‘So What If It’s The End’ is a literary night dedicated to endings. Come along to experience stories, poems, film, music and art about endings. It’s true that endings can be sad, but they […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
Square 10: Sonic Youth Hidden Gems – Jack McKeever How does one write anything fresh and new about one of the most lauded rock bands of all time? I struggled to answer that question before writing this piece, but decided that the answer was to ignore the classics. So here are 10 ‘hidden gems’ from […]
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, […]
In 1992, The Wedding Present famously released twelve singles – one a month from January till December. The A-sides are original compositions and amongst their strongest work. The B-sides consist of inspired covers of artfully chosen songs. All twelve singles made the UK Top 30, spawning videos, reviews, appearances on Top of the Pops (TOTP) […]
Today we continue our occasional series of guest posts by thi wurd team and beyond. Mark Jackson chooses ten songs from bands who said goodbye at just the right time. Good Exits – Mark Jackson My record box contains loads of bands who departed before their time, gracefully fading away, leaving behind only untainted, bombproof […]
Today we continue our occasional series of guest posts by thi wurd team and beyond. Duncan Hotchkiss chooses ten Frightened Rabbit songs. Square 10: A Frightened Rabbit Song List – Duncan Hotchkiss This isn’t a top ten list. I don’t think that’s fitting with the body of work we’re talking about here. Everyone will have […]
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 […]
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 […]