Between late August and early October, thi wurd presents four day schools that can be taken as a suite of classes or as individual standalone classes. These will be presented in-person (in Glasgow’s West End) and also online. The online sessions are available to writers anywhere in the world, and writers at all stages […]
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, 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 […]
We are seeking submissions of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. We are also open to experimental work on the page, this could include forms of visual storytelling. A pamphlet series by thi wurd was first conceived of in 2018, but at that point we went down a different path, publishing magazines, books and anthologies. Now […]
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 […]
Tues 7-9.30pm GMT (8 weeks) £130. Starts 21 Jan. Buy class HERE. Wed 7.9.30pm GMT (8 weeks) £130. Starts 22 Jan. Buy Class HERE. Sun 6-8.30pm GMT (8 weeks) £130. Starts 26 Jan. Buy class HERE. I quickly wrote down a list of some of the reasons why a fiction writer might want to take […]
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. […]
Told Narration in Fiction (day school) 1.30-5.30pm, Sat 30 Nov 2024, Glasgow (west end), £40 BUY YOUR PLACE ‘Show don’t tell’ is excellent advice for fiction writers. However, the ability to ‘tell’ is also of great importance. This day school will begin by defining ‘told narration’, then focus on ways to blend telling and showing. […]
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 […]
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 […]