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2026 Programme – Everyday Heroes, Everlasting Icons

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linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:03:43+00:00
Artwork from Light Between the Lines, featured at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Exhibitions: Light Between the Lines & Renfrewshire Young Carers

Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:05:28+00:00
Author Saskia McCracken appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Writing Nature’s Heroes

Friday 15th May, 10:30-12:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:13:33+00:00
Gavin Francis and Devi Sridhar – Paisley Book Festival 2026

Devi Sridhar & Gavin Francis: Saving Our Health

Friday 15th May, 10:45-11:45

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:16:01+00:00
Author Caro Giles appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Caro Giles: Unschooled

Friday 15th May, 12:00-13:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:14:27+00:00

Val McDermid: Silent Bones

Friday 15th May, 13.15-14:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:16:41+00:00
Members of the Hampden Collection Makars appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

The Beautiful Game with the Hampden Collection Makars

Friday 15th May, 13:15-14:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:17:22+00:00
Poet Greg Thomas appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Concrete Poetry Workshop inspired by Edwin Morgan

Friday 15th May, 14:00-16:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:18:08+00:00

Kapka Kassabova with Dominic Hinde: Borrowed Land

Friday 15th May, 14:30-15:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:19:23+00:00
Author Damian Barr appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Damian Barr: The Two Roberts

Friday 15th May, 15:45-16:45

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:20:13+00:00
Authors Chris Brookmyre and Doug Johnstone appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Christopher Brookmyre & Doug Johnstone: Celebrating 50 Years of Fiction

Friday 15th May, 17:00-18:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:20:51+00:00
Author David Keenan appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

David Keenan: Boyhood

Friday 15th May, 18:15-19:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-11T12:53:56+00:00
Author Jenni Fagan appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Jenni Fagan with Kirstin Innes: The Delusions

Friday 15th May, 19:30-20:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:22:09+00:00
Performer interviewing a young child at a microphone in the colourful Experts Radio Lab studio.

Experts Radio Lab

Saturday 16th May, 10:00 - 12:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:22:59+00:00
Author Rachel Huggins holding a book while standing in front of shelves of children's books.

The Dragons who Saved the Moon and the Sea: Finding the Everyday Hero

Saturday 16th May, 10:30 - 11:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:24:15+00:00
Comic book creator and filmmaker Etienne Kubwabo, leading a workshop at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Building (Super) Heroic Worlds

Saturday 16th May, 10:30-12:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:28:21+00:00
Performers posing on stage with oversized leaf props and insect puppets from the children's show Heebie Jeebies.

Heebie Jeebies

Saturday 16th May, 11:00 - 12:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:29:48+00:00
Portrait of children's author Gary Chudleigh smiling.

Goodies vs baddies! A marvellous mission with Secret Agent Nessie

Saturday 16th May, 13:00 - 14:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:30:28+00:00
Authors Sara Sheridan and Emma Cowing appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Sara Sheridan & Emma Cowing: Hair-Raising Adventures

Saturday 16th May, 12:00-13:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-04-14T08:56:34+00:00

Free to Be Me – Everyday Heroes in Tiny Shoes

Saturday 16th May, 12:00 - 13:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:32:06+00:00

Tractors in Space with Ross MacKay

Saturday 16th May, 12:30 - 13:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:32:55+00:00
Author Dougie Payne and illustrator Rachel Seago posing together.

Poochie Pete’s Piano

Saturday 16th May, 13:00 - 14:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:33:42+00:00
Writers Roshni Gallagher, Gabrielle Tse and Nazaret Ranea appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Everyday Heroes: Writing the People who Made Us

Saturday 16th May, 13:15-14:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:34:19+00:00
Portrait of author Victoria Williamson.

Skyfleet: March of the Mutabugs

Saturday 16th May, 14:00 - 15:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:34:56+00:00
Writer and musician Spencer Mason leading a poetry workshop at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Poetry as Punk Workshop

Saturday 16th May, 14:00-16:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-04-14T08:33:13+00:00
Author Sally Magnusson appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Sally Magnusson: The Shapeshifter’s Daughter

Saturday 16th May, 14:30-15:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:36:20+00:00
Illustration of children's author Yasmin Hanif sitting on a stack of books and reading, with colourful swirls and stars around her.

Abdullah’s Bear Needs a Name: Choosing a Name with Yasmin Hanif

Saturday 16th May, 15:00 - 16:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:37:14+00:00
Artist Britta Benson leading a blackout poetry workshop at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Light Between the Lines : A STAR Project Event

Saturday 16th May, 15:00-17:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:38:23+00:00
Authors Tom Newlands and Elspeth Wilson appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Neurodiversity Writers’ Salon

Saturday 16th May, 15:45-17:45

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:40:31+00:00
Author Graeme Armstrong appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Graeme Armstrong: Raveheart

Saturday 16th May, 17:00-18:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:42:19+00:00
Authors Graeme Macrae Burnet and Chris Barkley appearing at Paisley Book Festival 2026

Graeme Macrae Burnet & Chris Barkley: Hebridean Antiheroes

Saturday 16th May, 18:15-19:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:44:03+00:00
Promotional image for Gubsmacked poetry night featuring Leyla Josephine, Iona Lee and Colin Bramwell, hosts of Flyte Nyte at Paisley Book Festival.

Gubsmacked Takeover: A Paisley Flyting

Saturday 16th May, 18:30-20:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:44:41+00:00
Close-up of branded microphones used at a Book Club Scotland event.

The Book Club Scotland: Paisley Edition

Saturday 16th May, 19:30-21:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:45:00+00:00
A selection of illustrated tarot cards from The Medieval Women Tarot deck laid out on patterned fabric, featuring medieval-style artwork and titles including The Heiress, The Widow and The Brewster.

The Medieval Women Tarot: Everyday Heroines of History

Sunday 17th May, 10:30-15:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:45:19+00:00
Side-by-side portraits of Mollie Hughes smiling in a leather jacket and Cal Flyn in a black-and-white outdoor portrait looking to the side.

Mollie Hughes & Cal Flyn: Into the Wild

Sunday 17th May, 10:45-11:45

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:45:42+00:00
Side-by-side portraits of Lucy Ribchester and Mairi Kidd.

Breathing Life into Scotland’s Forgotten Women: A Historical Fiction Workshop

Sunday 17th May, 11:00-13:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:46:15+00:00
Portrait of Angie Spoto smiling while holding an open book in front of a bookshelf.

Katalina Watt & Angie Spoto: Adventures at Sea

Sunday 17th May, 11:30-12:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:47:06+00:00
Side-by-side images of Robbie MacLeòid performing on stage and Ceitidh Campbell smiling in a portrait.

Robbie MacLeòid & Ceitidh Campbell: New Gaelic Voices

Sunday 17th May, 12:00-13:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:48:00+00:00
Side-by-side portraits of Jim Carruth and Hannah Lavery.

Hannah Lavery & Jim Carruth: Cycles of Life

Sunday 17th May, 13:15-14:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T15:40:56+00:00
Composite image featuring three contributors to the Alasdair Gray Archive event, shown in portrait photographs.

Rich Things with The Alasdair Gray Archive

Sunday 17th May, 14:00-15:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:49:04+00:00
Performer on stage beneath a large “Loud Poets” screen at Paisley Town Hall, with an audience seated in front of the stage.

Loud Poets Paisley Poetry Slam

Sunday 17th May, 14:30-17:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:49:38+00:00
Split portrait of Emma Kames and Keeks Mc, two writers smiling in separate headshots.

Hear My Words: A Vernacular Revival

Sunday 17th May, 15:00-17:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:50:05+00:00
Betty McKellar standing outdoors against a stone wall, smiling and holding a copy of her book Widdershins.

Glidin’ Through Time: Celebrating the Bard of Lochwinnoch

Sunday 17th May, 15:45-16:45

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:51:12+00:00
Portraits of Steven Veerapen indoors beside a stone pillar and Anna Caig outdoors against a rural landscape, shown side by side.

Anna Caig & Steven Veerapen: The Witch-Hunting King

Sunday 17th May, 16:30-17:30

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:51:37+00:00
Kristie De Garis standing outdoors in a field, wearing a brown jumper, with trees in the background.

Kristie De Garis: Drystone

Sunday 17th May, 17:00-18:00

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:52:00+00:00
Side-by-side portraits of Michael Mullen and Len Pennie, featured writers appearing together at Paisley Book Festival.

Len Pennie & Michael Mullen: Scots Poetry Hour

Sunday 17th May, 18:15-19:15

linsey@pixium.co.uk2026-03-06T12:52:23+00:00
Portrait of Nicola Sturgeon seated indoors, leaning on the back of a chair and looking to the side, wearing a sleeveless beige top.

Nicola Sturgeon: Frankly

Sunday 17th May, 18:30-19:30

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