Aye Write – Big Book Weekend Virtual Festival
8 – 10 May, 2020
Aye Write is delighted to be part of Big Book Weekend – a 3 day virtual festival celebrating the best of the cancelled British book festivals. Bringing you a range of events, featuring the authors that would have appeared in Aye Write Festival, 2020, cancelled due to coronavirus.
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Bernadine Evaristo

Aye Write is proud to present Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Mairi Kidd where she’ll be discussing her Booker Prize winning novel Girl, Woman, Other on Sunday 10 May at 6pm.
Background on Big Book Weekend
Other Highlights
Robert Webb and Neil Gaiman are among the line-up for the Big Book Weekend, a three-day virtual festival. Maggie O’Farrell will chat to Damian Barr. Alexander McCall Smith will take part and Michael Morpurgo will be talking to Clare Mulley about his Second World War books for children.
Also on the bill are the wonderful Marian Keyes, Sir Tim Rice have and Luke Jennings.
This section: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Coronavirus, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
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