Roots Festival โ An Evening with Wullie, George and Friends
26 February, 2020 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Bianco Nero 27 Gauze St, Paisley PA1 1ES
FREE EVENT
Sign up quickly as Bianco Nero can seat 30 people plus our lovely poets ๐
This is a glorious and moving evening of readings by local and gifted writers / friends followed by an Open Mic.
Wullie Purcell, winner of the Anstruther Writing Award 2019 will be reading, prelaunch, from his brand new anthology ‘Herring’
Followed by readings by:
George Colkitto, winner of the Autumn Voices Acrostic Competition 2020,
joined by their talented Friends
Mo Blake of the Mill Girls Touring Company
Kathryn Metcalfe, founder of Nights At the Round Table and fellow Mill Girl poet
Ian Hunter, award-winning writer and poetry editor of The British Fantasy Society
&
Finola Scott, makar of the Federation of Writers (British)

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