Aye Write, originally stylized as Aye Write!, is an annual book festival which takes place in Glasgow, Scotland in late February or early March.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
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02 · Where & name
United Kingdom
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe first Aye Write festival was in 2005.
ParticipantsThe 2016 line-up included Chris Brookmyre, Limmy, and Stuart Cosgrove.
Clare Maclean PrizeThe Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction was awarded at the 2008 festival in memory of Claire Maclean, the partner of Mike Gonzalez, with a £3000 first prize.
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Aye Write, originally stylized as Aye Write!, is an annual book festival which takes place in Glasgow, Scotland in late February or early March.
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Cite as: "Aye Write!." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/aye-write, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Aye Write, originally stylized as Aye Write!, is an annual book festival which takes place in Glasgow, Scotland in late February or early March. 1
History
The first Aye Write festival was in 2005. Originally intended to occur once every two years, Aye Write announced in 2007 that the book festival would become an annual event. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was cancelled in 2020, and was online-only in 2021. Aye Write returned to in-person festivities in 2022. The 2024 festival was announced as being cancelled after a failure to secure funding from Creative Scotland, however a large donation then allowed organisers to run a slimmed programme, with pop-up events now planned to take place across 2024. 1
Participants
The 2016 line-up included Chris Brookmyre, Limmy, and Stuart Cosgrove.
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. 1
Clare Maclean Prize
The Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction was awarded at the 2008 festival in memory of Claire Maclean, the partner of Mike Gonzalez, with a £3000 first prize. It was open to any book written by a Scottish author (or someone working in Scotland) in the previous twelve months. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Aye Write”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Aye Write! is festival in the UK, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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