Join Paisley Book Festival to launch this year’s event with the musical stylings of 2 Stoned Birds, and performances by two incredible poets: Bibi June ...

Always thought you had a novel in you? This creative writing workshop is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Exploring the festival ...

So you want to be a writer. What next? For many, an agent is high on their list - but how do you get an ...

Revival and renewal are at the heart of Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith's work. In this joint poetry pamphlet launch, Ann will consider how she ...

As writers, we want to get our work out there in front of readers, but the options are endless. Whether being published by independent presses, ...

Ready to enter into the world of two exceptional poets? Bringing together Mary Ford Neal and Lauren Pope, you’re invited to dive headfirst into ...

Ready to enter into the world of two exceptional poets? Bringing together Mary Ford Neal and Lauren Pope, you’re invited to dive headfirst into ...

The final event in our Publishing 101 strand, Paisley Book Festival brings together a trio of experts to help navigate the world of promotion as a ...

Ebenezer Picken, Alexander Wilson, Robert Allan and Robert Tannahill are all famous poet weavers of Paisley in the 18th century. How can we use their ...

The streets we walk hide many secrets; sometimes they hide other worlds. Paisley Book Festival brings together a duo of brilliant writers who rip up ...

Always thought you had a novel in you? This creative writing workshop is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Exploring ideas of ...

What does it mean to belong? What can friendship mean to us? Journalist Chitra Ramaswamy met Henry Wuga over a decade ago when writing a ...

Join us as we celebrate this year’s Janet Coats Memorial Prize, an annual poetry award given in remembrance of Janet Coats, who originated from ...

A night of anxious art curated and hosted by award-winning poet and performer, Kevin P. Gilday. Featuring sets from some of Scotland's top contemporary artists ...

A night of anxious art curated and hosted by award-winning poet and performer, Kevin P. Gilday. Featuring sets from some of Scotland's top contemporary artists ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) DISCOUNT APPLIED AT CHECKOUT Bring along your curious children with their best questions! Author Amy Moreno ...

Bring along your curious children with their best questions! Author Amy Moreno performs a full reading of her book followed by an interactive activity of ...

Flash fiction is a bold and adventurous form to experiment with, and you will leave the workshop feeling emboldened to play with form, language, and ...

Flash fiction is a bold and adventurous form to experiment with, and you will leave the workshop feeling emboldened to play with form, language, and ...

These poets will perform from work that explores the relationship between land and memory: what memories does the land evoke? How, and what, does the ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) Benny's back! Join award-winning author Alan Windram for some fantastic robot picture book fun in this ...

Benny's back! Join award-winning author Alan Windram for some fantastic robot picture book fun in this highly interactive family event. There will be stories, singing ...

In life, we are split: whether a moment that demands you constantly choose a side, or the dichotomy of ourselves inside and out in the ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) David MacPhail, author of the Thorfinn the Awesomest Viking series, reads from his latest book. He ...

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 ...

If all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a bin fire? So asks Darren McGarvey in his ...

What does it mean to be an emerging creative in Scotland today? Join Etienne Kubwabo (Beats of War, Mileaway Films), Lisa Williams (contributor to Scotland’...

Sometimes you’ve got to laugh your way through life, and there’s no finer vessel than Scottish humour. We bring together two authors who, ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) Meet Beano and official ‘Dennis & Gnasher’ artist Nigel Parkinson, as he talks about how he ...

As part of Michael Pedersen's guest series ReMemoir Me?, Don Paterson stops by Paisley Book Festival to discuss his new book Toy Fights: A Boyhood. ...

Meet Beano and official ‘Dennis & Gnasher’ artist Nigel Parkinson, as he talks about how he got into drawing comics, his new Beano book, 'Insert ...

“Boy Friends is a love letter to friendship,” said Jackie Kay of Michael Pedersen’s memoir. It’s this notion, the specialness of such relationships, ...

Fàilte, meet Coinneach, the Hebridean Baker. You may have seen Coinneach's life in the wild and windswept Outer Hebrides show up across your social ...

Paisley Book Festival will take over the UWS to offer a packed event of spoken word brilliance featuring Gray Crosbie, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir and ...

Times Bestselling author Graeme Armstrong will discuss his novel The Young Team - described as ‘an instant Scottish classic’ - with fellow child of Airdre, ...

Times Bestselling author Graeme Armstrong will discuss his novel The Young Team - described as ‘an instant Scottish classic’ - with fellow child of Airdre, ...

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 ...

We take a great deal from the world around us – resources, physical space, joy – but how can we rebuild ways of thinking, of existing, that ...

We take a great deal from the world around us – resources, physical space, joy – but how can we rebuild ways of thinking, of existing, that ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) Maisie Chan, author of the prize-winning Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths and the Tiger Warrior ...

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 ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) 'The voice was coming from inside him...But it wasn't his.” When an unfortunate incident in ...

'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 ...

What is it that motivates writers to tackle the memoir? Why do we capture a whole life in a book, and what do writers consider ...

Alycia Pirmohamed, Mohamed Tonsy, and Jessica Widner are three debut authors currently based in Scotland who have recently published their first books. Join them for ...

Four poets will perform from work that incorporates the surreal, mysterious, and ephemeral characteristics of dreaming. How does dream logic, unrestrained by physical time and ...

Tension rests uneasy in the air. In Rachelle Atalla’s The Pharmacist, very few people made it to the bunker, but those who do wait ...

Four poets will perform from work that incorporates the surreal, mysterious, and ephemeral characteristics of dreaming. How does dream logic, unrestrained by physical time and ...

As part of the Paisley Book Festival Writer in Residence curated events, Kirstin Innes, author of the acclaimed Fishnet and Scabby Queen - described by ...

£6 FOR ALL AGED 12 MONTHS+, £20 FOR FAMILY TICKET (2 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS) Serena talks about her books and inspiration behind her Accidental Detective series followed by a workshop. ...

Serena talks about her books and inspiration behind her Accidental Detective series followed by a workshop. Inspiring young writers to make their own worlds by ...

As part of the Paisley Book Festival Writer in Residence curated events, Kirstin Innes, author of the acclaimed Fishnet and Scabby Queen - described by ...

Poets in Paisley present a classical music and poetry writing workshop featuring poet and violinist Sarah Wagner. This ninety-minute workshop will encourage participants to think ...

A weekend treat for the crime lovers out there. Two criminally good writers join forces to dive into their most recent work: crime-writing royalty Denise ...

Closing the book festival for 2023, Poets in Paisley presents Shaun Moore and Lorna Callery-Sithole. Shaun’s poetry combines politics with social commentary and breaks traditional ...

RSPB has managed the nature reserve at Lochwinnoch for nearly 50 years. In this Paisley Natural History Society talk, current reserve warden Dan Snowdon will give ...

Glasgow Museums has an extensive natural history collection of geological, botanical and zoological specimens. In this Paisley Natural History Society talk, Richard Sutcliffe will talk ...

Over 100 stalls including food caterers, dairy and meat alternatives, skincare and beauty, clothing, drinks, nutritional advice, free samples, demonstrations, talks and much more.

Scotland’s most legendary dance act TTF will take over Braehead Arena with a host of your favourite 90’s artists.

Scotland’s most legendary dance act TTF will take over Braehead Arena with a host of your favourite 90’s artists.

Scotland’s most legendary dance act TTF will take over Braehead Arena with a host of your favourite 90’s artists.

Join us as Film & Comic Con Glasgow returns on the 22nd & 23rd July 2023 for a fun weekend where you can browse the many ...

Glasgow's hard dance and trance spectacular returns with five stages soundtracked by international acts alongside promising new talent.