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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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“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”

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“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!”

Audience Feedback 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“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!”

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“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”

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“Paisley was excellent – well done to you and your team”

Marion Sinclair, Publishing Scotland

“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.”

Audience Feedback 2021, Paisley Book Festival

“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!”

Camilla Elworthy, Group Publicity Director, Literary, Pan Macmillan

“You’ve made me so proud to be a buddy.”

Audience Feedback 2021, Paisley Book Festival

“Thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to Paisley book fest. Will be back!”

Audience Feedback 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“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!”

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“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!”

Lari Don, Children’s Author

“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”

Denise Mina, Author

“It was terrific being a part of the Festival and I wouldn’t hesitate to get on board again.”

Participant Feedback 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“Absolutely loved doing this talk today @BookPaisley, and great to catch up with a few old pals as well!”

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“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. 📚”

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“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”

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“Congratulations on a brilliant festival”

Audience Feedback 2022, Paisley Book 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”

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“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!”

Audience Feedback 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“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.”

Gavin Inglis, Workshop facilitator

“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.”

Participant Feedback 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“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.”

Volunteer 2021, Paisley Book Festival

“it was a real pleasure taking part in the festival. Many thanks to all the organisers!”

Participant Feedback 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“@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.”

Social media 2022, Paisley Book Festival

“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!”

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“Paisley Book Festival was the vanguard of digital book festivals”

Jasper Sutcliffe, UK Publisher and Affiliate Manager Bookshop.org

“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!! 💛💗💜”

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In this insightful session Times Bestselling autho In this insightful session Times Bestselling author Graeme Armstrong discusses his novel The Young Team – described as ‘an instant Scottish classic’ – with author Kirstin Innes.
The pair chat about Graeme’s early years within North Lanarkshire’s gang culture, to his meteoric rise on the Scottish literary scene.
A Love Letter to Friendship with Jackie Kay and Mi A Love Letter to Friendship with Jackie Kay and Michael Pedersen. In this amazing session the duo invites you to think about the friendships in our own lives, the highs and lows, their impact, and to hold those close to you ever tighter. #PBF2023 #RemakeandRebel
Brilliant session on Chitra Ramaswamy's book Homel Brilliant session on Chitra Ramaswamy's book Homelands and why friendships and bonds matter - big thanks to First Minister and book lover, Nicola Sturgeon MSP for chairing the event and sharing her thoughts with our fantastic Paisley Book Festival audience. 🤩📚 
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📚 An Unlikely Friendship: Homelands with Chitra 📚 An Unlikely Friendship: Homelands with Chitra Ramaswamy and special guest Nicola Sturgeon
📆 17th February at 5:30 – 6:30pm at UWS Students' Union
Chaired by Nicola Sturgeon, Join Chitra at Paisley Book Festival to dive into her friendships, why relationships such as these are so impactful, what we can learn from those around us, and why we treasure these connections so.
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📚 Ins & Outs of Debuts – Alycia Pirmohamed, M 📚 Ins & Outs of Debuts – Alycia Pirmohamed, Mohamed Tonsy, Jessica Widner
📆 19th February at 1:00 – 2:00pm at UWS Students Union Paisley 
Join them for a reading from each of their works, followed by a discussion on the literary and publishing landscape, and their individual experiences publishing a debut with three different presses.
☝️Book now via our website, link in bio
#PBF23 #RemakeandRebel
📚Release Your Tiger Warrior! – Maisie Chan
📆19th February at 12:00 – 1:00pm, at Paisley Central Library
Maisie Chan, author of the prize-winning Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths and the Tiger Warrior series, leads a workshop and shares her practical tips for kids to express their ideas in drawing and writing being inspired by Chinese Mythology.
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📚 Will and the Whisp – Ross Mackay 📆 19th 📚 Will and the Whisp – Ross Mackay
📆 19th February at 12.30pm to 1.30pm at UWS Students Union Paisley 
“The voice was coming from inside him…But it wasn’t his.”
When an unfortunate incident in the boy’s toilet mysteriously binds two souls from different worlds together, Will and The Whisp must work together.
☝️Book now via our website, link in bio
#PBF23 #RemakeandRebel
📚Into the Far Field – Jim Carruth 📆19th Fe 📚Into the Far Field – Jim Carruth
📆19th February at 10:30 – 11:30am, Paisley Central Library
Jim Carruth reads from his third and final book in The Auchensale Trilogy, Far Field. A series of poetry cycles capturing the changing rural landscape of the West of Scotland. Followed by a discussion of his work and inspirations.
☝️Book now via our website, link in bio
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📚Awesome Velda Viking Time! – David MacPhail 📚Awesome Velda Viking Time! – David MacPhail
📆18th February at 1:00 – 2:00pm, at Paisley Central Library
David MacPhail, author of the Thorfinn the Awesomest Viking series, reads from his latest book. He also tells terrible jokes, will have you drawing your own Viking Longship and discovering your Viking name with his patented (rather silly) Viking Name Generator and he may even teach you some Viking facts on the way!
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#PBF23 #RemakeandRebel
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