Thank you! As the sun sets on Paisley Book Festival 2023 we want to thank all our authors, performers, partners and our amazing audiences for making this year the best yet.
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“Was feeling a bit fed up today and wasn’t really in the mood for @BookPaisley but I am so glad I fired up the laptop and tuned in. Such an important conversation re – trauma, masculinity and stigma. Very powerful.”
“I have to say, I did a talk today with @BookPaisley for some p6 students from @ThornPriSch and they were one of the best groups of readers I’ve met. So engaged & so open for discussions. An excellent visit. Meeting them was a pleasure. Hope you enjoy the rest of #ShowUsWhoYouAre”
“@BookPaisley was a great joyous celebration of live poetry and community. 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks so much to the team and congratulations to @imogen_stirling and @alandmcclure on your amazing sets. Profound and moving stories that mak us.”
“Paisley was excellent – well done to you and your team”
“You’ve made me so proud to be a buddy.”
“Thanks for having me. It was a great workshop with a lively bunch of attendees and I got some excellent questions afterwards. I enjoyed meeting you and everything went very smoothly.”
“Adele, what a joy that was! Can’t believe we’ve never done it before. Many many thanks to Paisley book festival and all the lovely people who came out tonight. #rizzio”
“Paisley Book Festival was the vanguard of digital book festivals”
“Just a wee note to say thank you to you. The festival was such a lovely and welcoming atmosphere. I was so delighted to be part of such a great line up. The venue team including the FoH, the stage crew, the bar staff, the book sellers were all so friendly and supportive. It was a total joy to be there.”
“It did NOT feel like the first year of a new book festival – it was so smooth, so bedded into the town, so ambitious! Well done for creating a book festival that already feels like an essential part of the literary year!”
“Had a smashin time at @BookPaisley the day visitin the stoatin, Scots-spikkin bairns o @StMarysPrimPais an @Castleheadhlib ! Cannae wait tae get back there the morra!”
“Thank you so much to @jsamlarose and #DorotheaSmartt for joining me tonight to celebrate twenty years of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen and for such gorgeous and uplifting readings at @BookPaisley! I’m absolutely buzzing!! 💛💗💜”
“A huge thank you again for having us along for the Bookie Boogie Brunch. What a brilliant atmosphere and great to have some ceilidh dancing going!”
“Shout out to every festival or event in the last few months who have gathered people safely to celebrate the joy of art. I was at @BookPaisley for a wee event and it was a delight!”
“It was terrific being a part of the Festival and I wouldn’t hesitate to get on board again.”
“Congratulations on a brilliant festival”
“Such a pleasure to chair @louisewelsh00 @BookPaisley If you haven’t done it yet, get thee to a bookshop now and buy a copy of the excellent #thesecondcut! @canongatebooks”
“What a fantastic festival, and my goodness: the ‘Scottish Masculinities’ event was sensational; I’m still thinking about it, a week on, and have been raving…about it a lot!”
“I had a great morning with pupils from @StJohnBoscoPS talking about Robert Burns and Hag Storm for @BookPaisley 2022. They came up with lots of eco-friendly spell ideas, such as a spell for ‘cleaning plastic from the oceans’, and even a spell for world peace! @cranachanbooks”
“Thanks so much! It feels wonderful to be out and about again. And what a treat to be part of the stellar lineup @BookPaisley have curated!”
“I enjoyed this event so much – fascinating insights into getting published and the intricacies and practicalities of the editorial process. It was such a pleasure to be involved. 📚”
“I’m absolutely loving volunteering at Paisley Book Festival so far doing social media. The event programme is brilliant, the volunteers and festival team are so supportive and I feel like I’m gaining really valuable experience for my future career.”
“So grateful to have the opportunity to talk all things grisly, venal and bloody in the politics of Scotland of 1500’s with the brilliant @DameDeniseMina a refreshing change from current gruesome global politics #Rizzio @BookPaisley”
“A huge thank you again for having us along for the Bookie Boogie Brunch. What a brilliant atmosphere and great to have some ceilidh dancing going!”
“Thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to Paisley book fest. Will be back!”
“Absolutely loved doing this talk today @BookPaisley, and great to catch up with a few old pals as well!”
“it was a real pleasure taking part in the festival. Many thanks to all the organisers!”
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Paisley Presents – Poets in Paisley
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Donna Does it Again! The curator of this evening’s events is the ‘ubiquitous’ Donna Matthew, a Paisley poet who is forging a strong relationship with the Paisley Book Festival. Having started wr...
Kirstin Innes in Conversation with Alice Langley: The Pram in the Hallway
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The discussion was led by Alice Langley, who kindly stepped in at the eleventh-hour to chair this wonderful event with Kirstin Innes. Alice, a writer and theatre maker, is currently doing a PhD at the...
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This, the first of the weekend’s ‘Paisley Presents’ series is a spoken work extravaganza. The event stared even later than its already late billing, due to previous events running over time. Coi...
'Paisley Presents ... Poets in Paisley' was the last event of the main weekend and our last blog!
Written by Joe Smith
Read more here 👉 http://bit.ly/3ZDatnn
#PBF23 #RemakeandRebel
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Kirstin Innes in Conversation with Alice Langley: The Pram in the Hallway
This was an event not to be missed!
Written by Joe Smith
Read more here 👉 http://bit.ly/3y60wmM
#PBF23 #RemakeandRebel
