Glasgow authors has produced many great books over the years which has described the social history of the city.
World Book Day will be taking place this week on 7 March 2024 with the day being an annual celebration of authors and books.
Glasgow has produced many great books and authors over the years with these being some of the best titles to come out of the city.
Alasdair Gray's Poor Things has recently been adapted into a film and has since received many awards.
Alasdair Gray's Poor Things has recently been adapted into a film and has since received many awards.
5. The Dear Green Place
"Glasgow, 'the dear green place', is the setting for Archie Hind's acclaimed novel. Mat Craig is a young Glaswegian working-class hero and would-be novelist, whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions. Set in 1960s Glasgow, 'The Dear Green Place' is an absorbing and moving story, the whole book is invested with strong and sombre descriptions of the city around Mat."
6. Night Song of the Last Tram
"A wonderfully colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a Glasgow tenement - during and immediately after the Second World War. Although young Robert Douglas's life was blighted by the cruel if sporadic presence of his father, it was equally blessed by the love of his mother, Janet. While the story of their life together is in some ways very sad, it is also filled with humorous and happy memories."
7. How Late It Was, How Late
"Kellman’s vernacular masterpiece about a Glaswegian Sammy who finds himself out of luck in every way possible shines with rich characterisation and a unique spirit. He's been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the street - and he's just gone blind. He remembers a row with his girlfriend, but she seems to have disappeared; and he might have been trying to fix a bit of business up with an old mate, he's not too sure."
8. HWFG
HWFG was the follow up to Chris McQueer's debut short story collection 'Hings'. You'll find all the big questions to life answered in here.
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