The Wee Magic Book: A Reimaginging of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”

PAISLEY COMIC CON RETURNS FOR 2024 Come along to visit Scotland’s travelling Comic Con as we bring new traders, new characters, new props and more. ...

Join Puppet-Stew in their fabulously fun puppet making workshop! Choosing from a huge array of shiny, fluffy, interesting and tactile bits n bobs, participants of ...

The world's supplies of happiness are running low and the HAPPINESS COLLECTORS need your help to top them up'. Pop on your headphones and join ...

Imagine opera in a library. The Wee Magic Book,' is a unique and enchanting event designed for children and families, offering a delightful blend ...

Introducing new crime thrillers from two of Scotland’s most exciting novelists, both of which explore how the criminal justice system has served - and ...

Children are natural movers and groovers. Join Hayley and Bookbug leader Louise Drennan, in a movement and literacy session for Paisley Book Festival. Expect wiggling, ...

Join award winning writer and magician, Ross Mackay in this interactive workshop diving into the magic of fairytales. Ross will tell a variety of weird ...

Three emerging poets and alumni of the Roddy Lumsden Mentorship – Tim Tim Cheng, Patrick Romero McCafferty and Charles Lang – come together to perform new work ...

Are you interested in learning more about spoken word poetry and trying it yourself? Join Dr. Katie Ailes and Kevin Mclean from the award-winning Loud ...

This laugh out loud picture book follows Kevin the Orange, who is really tired of being orange. So with the help of his friend, Brian ...

We’re thrilled to welcome The Sunday Times columnist and Times Radio broadcaster, Aasmah Mir, to speak about her heart-wrenching memoir A Pebble in the ...

We’re thrilled to welcome The Sunday Times columnist and Times Radio broadcaster, Aasmah Mir, to speak about her heart-wrenching memoir A Pebble in the ...

Join us for a conversation about the challenges of being in the public eye, as we welcome two multimedia artists who’ve staked their claim ...

Please note change of time for this event - now taking place at 2:30pm. Join us for a conversation about the challenges of being in ...

We’re thrilled to welcome The Sunday Times columnist and Times Radio broadcaster, Aasmah Mir, to speak about her heart-wrenching memoir A Glasgow Girl, which ...

Get ready to have some fun with sound and learn the art of creating realistic sound effects for film, television, and other creative projects. In ...

We’re delighted to welcome Scottish tennis coach, campaigner, OBE, and mother of tennis superstars Andy and Jamie Murray to Paisley to chat about her ...

Paisley, Scotland, 1697. Thirty-five people accused of witchcraft. Seven condemned to death. Six strangled and burned at the stake. All accused by eleven-year-old Christian Shaw. Join ...

Paisley, Scotland, 1697. Thirty-five people accused of witchcraft. Seven condemned to death. Six strangled and burned at the stake. All accused by eleven-year-old Christian Shaw. Join ...

Join us for an hour of music and poetry with Glasgow-based intersectional cellist Simone Seales alongside former Young Person’s Laureate Cecilia Knapp. Simone is ...

We’re delighted to welcome I Am Loud to the festival! Come along to watch as poets come to the stage to compete in the ...

Now entering its 5th year, Paisley Book Festival brings the cream of the literary crop to the town for four days of readings, discussions, interviews ...

Irish literature has always been in dialogue with the ocean. Contemporary writers continue to wrestle with what it means to be an island nation inspired ...

This two-hour workshop will offer an opportunity to remake understandings of local environments through small but radical acts of noticing and writing while on a ...

What is it that lures us into nature and how do we benefit from time spent in the wild? This question is at the centre ...

Follow the River Cart north from Paisley to meet the Clyde, carry on east until you meet the River Kelvin at Partick and then meander ...

Belfast-based writers Jan Carson and Dawn Watson discuss their latest publications and how a childhood played out against the background of the Troubles in Northern ...

Belfast-based writers Jan Carson and Dawn Watson discuss their latest publications and how a childhood played out against the background of the Troubles in Northern ...

Following on from his hugely successful novel, Mayflies, which was turned into a BAFTA award-winning BBC drama series last year, Ayrshire author Andrew O’Hagan ...

Join Paisley Museum staff for a two-hour poetry writing workshop inspired by the festival’s theme - Imagine Something Different - as Camilla and Andrea ...

Get ready for dark and witchy tales in this scintillating event chaired by the wonderful Kirsty Logan with two of Scotland’s up and coming ...

Following on from a hugely successful event at the 2021 festival, we’re delighted to welcome back author of The Young Team and festival favourite Graeme ...

At nearly 30, Steph’s adult life has followed a clockwork pattern of contraceptive pills and pomegranate seeds. Weighed down by the looming expectations of her ...

Martin Doyle, Books Editor of the Irish Times, discusses his powerful new publication, Dirty Linen - The Troubles in My Home Place. The book is ...

Anoraq are the hosts of Inside Voices, a monthly night of poetry and music at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. Since April ...

Over 80 stalls selling vegan food and drink, clothing, toiletries and more. Plus talks, workshops and demonstrations. Free goody bag with admission.

Renfrew Pipe Band Competition returns to Robertson Park. Get ready for the skirl of the bagpipes and the beat of the drum, as Renfrew Pipe ...

Mill Town Music Festival will genuinely be the greatest night of country and americana music that Paisley has ever seen. With five artists from the ...

Over 60 stalls selling food catering, meat and dairy alternatives, cruelty-free beauty products, clothes and more. Plus talks, information and cookery demonstrations.