Aye Write!

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.

Aye Write!
Statusactive
GenreBook festival
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Glasgow
CountryScotland
Years active15
Inaugurated19 February 2005 (2005-02-19)
Websitewww.ayewrite.com

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
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gollark: Vote ale! Liberate 🌵!
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gollark: So you're just... not using an exabyte of storage? That's quite a lot.
gollark: That's... 58000 16TB hard disks, which are about the biggest you can buy.

References
  1. "Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival". The List. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. Glasgow West End entry on 2005 festival
  3. Battista, Anna (10 February 2007). "You Write, He Writes, She Writes… Aye Write!". The Skinny. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. Miller, Phil (29 January 2016). "Aye Write book festival in Glasgow unveils 2016 line-up". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. Glasgow West End info on 2007 festival


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