As a recently graduated literature student, I stumbled across Paisley Book Festival while procrastinating writing my essays by aimlessly googling through my endlessly increasing ‘To Be Read’ list. Hailing from

Sometimes, a festival event comes along that's so beautifully crafted, you just have to sit back and admire the sheer artistry of it. From Boy to Man was exactly that

A cosy haven amidst Saturday’s overcast drizzle, James Yorkston, a talented author and musician from Fife, joined acclaimed Shetland author Malachy Tallack, for a warm and eclectic conversation with BBC

Dr Kirstin Anderson, lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, and Professor Yvonne Jewkes, one of the world’s leading authorities on prison architecture at the University of Bath, joined forces

The Paisley festival was proud to welcome back a returning favourite: Coinneach MacLeod, also known as The Hebridean Baker – which also happens to be the title of his Scottish

This year’s Book Festival set out to ignite imagination and inspire change - and Saturday’s final event delivered on that promise with flair. In a memorable conversation hosted by broadcaster

Following on from the online, lockdown iteration of the Paisley Book Festival of 2021, the subject of Masculinities is revisited again this

Slightly later than billed, Andrew O’Hagan enters the packed Main Hall, saying that he hates Heathrow Airport after the hours of delay he’s endured, stationary on the tarmac. He is

The true story of the Bargarran accused witches is a well-documented narrative and one that is full of mystery and intrigue. Researching the witch trials in Renfrewshire for a children’s

One thing I never thought possible was that an event could be both relaxed and intense. Pat Nevin is a calm but erudite human, who brims with an effervescent enthusiasm

As part of the Festival’s thematic thread on The Beautiful Game, this event was a collaboration of voices celebrating a long, colourful and varied history of women’s football. Poet Julie