Aye Write!
Aye Write! | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Book festival |
Frequency | Annually |
Location(s) | Glasgow |
Country | Scotland |
Years active | 17 |
Inaugurated | 19 February 2005 |
Website | www |
Aye Write is a book festival which takes place in Glasgow in late February or early March.[1] Since 2007, it has been an annual fixture.
History[]
The first Aye Write! festival was in 2005.[2] It was originally intended to occur once every two years, but during the second festival in 2007 it was announced that from then on it would be annual.[3]
Participants[]
The 2016 line-up includes Christopher Brookmyre, Limmy, and Stuart Cosgrove.[4]
People who have taken part in the festival include: Edwin Morgan, William McIlvanney, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh, Jackie Kay, Andrew Motion, Lynne Truss, Jenny Colgan, John Burnside, and others.[5]
Clare Maclean Prize[]
The Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction was awarded for the first time at the 2008 festival, in memory of Claire Maclean, the partner of Prof. Mike Gonzalez, with a £3000 first prize. It is open to any book written by a Scottish author (or someone working in Scotland) in the previous twelve months.
2008 shortlist[]
- Old Men In Love by Alasdair Gray
- Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
- Gold by Dan Rhodes - winner
- The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
- by John Burnside
- Day by A L Kennedy
References[]
- ^ "Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival". The List. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Glasgow West End entry on 2005 festival
- ^ Battista, Anna (10 February 2007). "You Write, He Writes, She Writes… Aye Write!". The Skinny. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Miller, Phil (29 January 2016). "Aye Write book festival in Glasgow unveils 2016 line-up". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Glasgow West End info on 2007 festival
External links[]
- Literary festivals in Scotland
- Literary festival stubs
- United Kingdom festival stubs