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Malaysian-Scottish chef to give Paisley Book Festival audience Sama more recipes to bring people together
Renowned Glasgow restaurant co-founder to discuss new book as she appears alongside The Hebridean Baker, Pam Brunton and Katie Goh tomorrow (Friday) Chef Julie Lin is in no doubt about
Writers share their excitement ahead of Paisley Book Festival
Authors appearing at Paisley Book Festival have spoken of their excitement ahead of this weekend’s event. People from across Renfrewshire and throughout the country will travel into town this weekend
The Paisley Music Trail: Punk, Paolo and the Poet Weaver
Town’s remarkable musical story - featuring chart-toppers, cult heroes and rioters - to be told as part of book festival It’s the town renowned
Fashion writer with PhD in Prince to explore stories and style at Paisley Book Festival
Cultural historian Dr Casci Ritchie hails ‘incredible buzz’ that showpiece event brings as she encourages visitors to explore town A fashion writer who’s a world-leading expert in pop legend Prince
Free family fun at Paisley Book Festival
Paisley Book Festival family day - with stories, crafts and music - to take place on Saturday April 26th
Music in the Middle: Makaton choir for people with Down’s Syndrome to star at Paisley Book Festival
Choir 21 will perform as conductor and author Katy Lironi shares book telling her family’s story A choir with an inspiring spirit will bring an uplifting musical memoir to
2024
Paisley Book Festival calls for entries to this year’s Janet Coats Memorial Prize for poetry
The theme of this year’s Paisley Book Festival is to ‘Imagine Something Different’ and event organisers are seeking short poems that breathe life into
2023
Denise Mina ‘mans up’ to fight oppression
Denise Mina is the doyenne of Tartan Noir and at this month’s Paisley Book Festival, she will be teaming up with Bloody Scotland Debut prize-winner, Tariq
The Hebridean Baker brings his Lemonade Scones to Paisley Book Festival!
The Hebridean Baker, Coinneach MacLead, has a TikTok following on his Hebridean Baker account of more than 250,000 and growing, as well as 20 million
2022
First Minister coming to Paisley today for book festival event
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be in town today as Paisley Book Festival comes to a close. The SNP politician – and book lover – is the guest host of
Finding Connection in a Disconnected World
One of the key strengths of the Paisley Book Festival lies in the variety of subjects that feature in its programme. The sheer breadth and depth of this
Scotland and the Legacy of Slavery
In this event, Dr Peggy Brunache, lecturer in Atlantic Slavery at the University of Glasgow talked to independent historian, David Alston (who also has a PhD in history),
Live Music Finale at Paisley Book Festival with Songs from the Last Page
A new blog from songwriter and composer Gareth Williams about performing at Paisley Book Festival What do stories mean to me? As a songwriter/composer, I’ve tended to
The Scribbler’s Union – Poetry from the Edge
In its short three-year existence, the Paisley Book Festival has already gained a reputation for putting on world-class poetry events. Going live in 2020, then online in 2021,
Resurrecting Scotland’s Witches with C. J. Cooke and Zoe Venditozzi
A large audience on a stormy Saturday evening says two things: firstly, that C.J. Cooke is a popular author and secondly, the subject matter of her new novel
