Hey, has anybody got their eye on anything at Aye Write!, Glasgow’s book festival, which is on next month? Because, as much as I adore live music, I’m trying to make an effort to expand my cultural horizons – even if I have only managed a book and a half since the start of the year.
Oh, and so far, my only must-attend event is The Herald Debate on the Future of the Media:
There is no question that all media – newspapers and television especially – are going through great change with more to come: declining sales of newspapers and concerns about local coverage; the value of user-generated content; potential digital content charging; the decision on state contracts for regional television news; potential consolidation in the Scottish media industry following the Ofcom proposed loosening of media ownership restrictions.
Chaired by Herald columnist Ruth Wishart, speakers at the debate include managing director of the Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times newspapers Tim Blott, Mark Wood, former chief executive of ITN and Ofcom content partner Stewart Purvis.
It’s at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 9th March and tickets are available from the link above. With Scotland’s first online-only newspaper, the Caledonian Mercury, launching recently the debate is more timely than ever.
Other distractions: today, my good friends at We Sink Ships launch the second online exhibition in their “Elements” series. “Elements: Fire” combines twelve photographic collaborations with a new piece of music from Neil Milton’s beneath us, the waves project along with a poem by Rhys Baker. It can be viewed until 11th April at wesinkships.co.uk.
PS Day 6… and I’m haunted by the smell of coffee.
YES! I am going to see Carol-Ann Duffy, AL Kennedy, Janice Galloway and Martin Stannard. Join me? X
Teehee! I should just have emailed you rather than post this!
Money is obviously tight, but would love to see Janice Galloway. Let’s catch up about it next week x