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Image of Alison Irvine standing in the Barrowland Ballroom

I have made myself a website. It's got details of my current book 'Barrowland' and my new book 'Daughterhood'. Both published by @luathpress.bsky.social www.alisonirvine.org.uk

Saw Caribou at the Barrowland in Glasgow last night. Monday night sober raving was surprisingly epic

Worth the post midnight bedtime

The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow #scotland #photogrraphy

He sounds fabulous. He should write some of these stories down!

Oh wow, that's some story!

Step out of the Rain: Author Alison Irvine on Simple Minds and the Rebirth of the Barrowland Big thanks to author Alison Irvine who has shared this lovely long read from her new book Barrowland: The inside story of Glasgow’s beloved ballroom.  In this excerpt Alison chats to Lesley and Howard...

A chapter from my book 'Barrowland' is up on Glasgow City Music Tour's blog. #BarrowlandBallroom #SimpleMinds #Glasgow Accompanying photos from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social

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Next talk on Sunday at Brighton, on seaside architecture and postcard messages. Still a few tickets left I think...
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Concrete Dreams: Chris Leslie, Mitch Miller & Alison Irvine - Glasgow Life Aye Write 2025 presents Concrete Dreams: Chris Leslie, Mitch Miller & Alison Irvine

This is tonight! #AyeWriteBookFestival #Cumbernauld #NewTowns #Stories #Photography #Dialectogram @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/conc...

✨Aye Write Event✨

👤 Alison Irvine
📍Mitchell Library, Glasgow
📆 14 November
⏰ 7:45pm
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#AyeWrite2025 #GlasgowEvent #Glasgowwhatson

I wrote a piece on my best #Barrowland Ballroom moments for #BooksfromScotland. My new book on the famous gig venue is coming soon with @luathpress.bsky.social 🎵🎵🎵 Photography from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social and 3rd Mile.

Barrowland: The Inside Story of Glasgow's Beloved Ballroom and One Love, One Life: Alison Irvine and Billy Sloan - Glasgow Life Barrowland and One Love, One Life

Fans of Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom and Billy Sloan - we're doing an event at Aye Write on 14th November. Come and join us!
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/barr...

Dialectogram packaged for transit to London.

The dialectogram in the studio.

This week I sent the Cumbernauld Dialectogram to its new home. Can't say exactly where yet, other than I'm excited...

Also, myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social will bring Concrete Dreams to @natlibscot.bsky.social in Sept. Tickets are free!

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Free tickets to our event on Cumbernauld Town Centre with National Library of Scotland, including presentations & film screenings are available here: 3rd Sept
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www.concretedreams.org.uk

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🎶✨ Barrowland by @alisonirvine.bsky.social is coming this November! Discover the legendary Barrowland Ballroom, a key part of Glasgow's music scene since 1934.

Explore the spirit and community that make this venue so special!
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#Barrowland #Glasgow

Congratulations, Maud! (And welcome!)

Hey Bluesky

I'm a fiction editor at BBUK. Currently looking for more

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 writers and stories from Scotland
❤️ romance (spicy and sweet)
💃 women's fiction
🏰 historical fiction
🕵‍♀️ mysteries and clever thrillers

Send me your submissions!

An evening with Lesley McDowell Join author Lesley McDowell on Monday 21st July to discuss her novel Love and Other Poisons. Tickets are £5 and can be redeemed against any purchase on the evening.

Delighted to be doing this in Edinburgh in July when Love and Other Poisons is launched! rarebirdsbooks.com/collections/...

A lovely piece on the Barrowland Ballroom and its iconic sign.

Thread. It is a great honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers

POETRY CATEGORY

Mistletoe. Sam Garvan
Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon
Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell
I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson
The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli.
thecuraeprize.uk

Thanks for spreading the word about our Cumbernauld project. Much appreciated!

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Photo of Cumbernauld Town Centre's Golden Eagle Hotel interior check-in desk and seating area. The hotel had 25 single rooms, 15 double rooms and 3 double suites, a function suite fitting up to 150 people and a restaurant / grill, plus bar facilities. The hotel closed in 1982 for licensing, planning and structural reasons.

Great photo in the 'Mid Century Modern: Putting Scotland on the Map' exhib taken inside the Golden Eagle Hotel, Cumbernauld Town Centre, c 1967 ~ more on the shared memory & life of Cumbernauld Town Centre on the #ConcreteDreams project website concretedreams.org.uk/about/ @alisonirvine.bsky.social

Thank you! I had a great time.

Had a fantastic evening on Wednesday welcoming @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @dialectographer.bsky.social to the RIAS for a talk on their book Concrete Dreams. Huge thank you to our speakers and to the chair Malcolm Fraser for such an engaging event.

Artist Mitch Miller speaking in front of a wall of portraits of former RIAS presidents.

TV Screen showing the cover of Concrete Dreams book.

A room of audience members, Alison Irvine reading from a book, architect Malcolm Fraser, and many portraits on the wall.

I loved our talk at the @riasbookshop.bsky.social on #Cumbernauld. Chaired excellently by architect Malcolm Fraser and full of heated discussion from the audience, it was a great night. @nlheritage.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social Thanks for having us, RIAS!

This is a very welcome first for me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & @dialectographer.bsky.social
Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld

BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
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BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
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BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...

We Can Make an Impact. Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

Angry about thieving lying AI companies? Please do sign this letter to Culture Sec Lisa Nandy and add your voice - readers and writers unite!

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