Jess Orr
@JessOrrReads
Operations Manager @openbookreading, Associate Programmer @bookpaisley, facilitator and tutor for all things bookish.
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26-09-2015 08:29:38
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Chose my first evening outing since D day well: what a poetic musical treat to see Hank Tree with Arun Sood and Anoraq with Juana Adcock Nicky Melville and Titilayo Farukuoye PaisleyBookFest Such an amazing programme this year, wish I could have seen more. Chapeau Jess Orr
a proper magical little moment at PaisleyBookFest yesterday. spring is finally deciding to spring
So many events to reflect on as the new week begins, but this one w/โจLentil Pentilโจ Sarah Grant Louise Oliver (she/her) was particularly special & is brilliantly captured by our Festival blogger Joe PaisleyBookFest
paisleybookfest.com/rescripting-thโฆ
Due to a huge amount of hard work by the PaisleyBookFest team and the authors, look what a tiny idea to put these authors together turned into ๐ฅฐ have been on holiday for 2 weeks and missed all the fun!
Wonderful storytelling, poetry, spoken word & music from Imogen Stirling & Susan Bear. Stirring, haunting & absorbing! Excellent! PaisleyBookFest #PBF2024 ๐ ๐ก๐ถ๐
An absolute tonic of a weekend PaisleyBookFest thanks for the invite and the warm welcome. We will be back. Dawn Watson Sheila Armstrong Martin Doyle Heather Parry
Highlights PaisleyBookFest Day 4: Imogen Stirling Susan Bear (POWERFUL STUFF) Kirsty Logan Jan Carson Martin Doyle Graeme Armstrong Brian Conaghan Alan Bissett Heather Parry Juana Adcock Beth Cochrane HighlandHutter
The list goes on! You were all amazing! #PBF2024
Great afternoon at PaisleyBookFestโs Scottish Masculinities event! So fab to hear from Graeme Armstrong Brian Conaghan and Alan Bissett. Now sitting down with my wee reading buddy ๐ถ
Lovely afternoon spent at the PaisleyBookFest, hearing contributions from Alan Bissett, Brian Conaghan and Graeme Armstrong ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ I would highly recommend all three books #LADs #TreacleTown #TheYoungTeam
A Sunday well spent at PaisleyBookFest's 'Scottish Masculinities event' this evening, lots of great chat and always nice to see some colleagues & youth work friends there too ๐
Also managed to get my books signed by Graeme Armstrong and Brian Conaghan as a wee bonus ๐ ๐
Heather Parry introduces Dawn Watson Dawn Watson & Jan Carson before they give a reading for the audience at the event 'The Place Which Shaped Us' their books can be bought from our book partners The Book Nook Stewarton #ImagineSomethinfDifferent
After street stall we headed to Paisley Food and Drink Festival, then onto PaisleyBookFest to hear Victoria Williamson reading from โRed Runs the Witchโs Thread.โ Guest appearance from Clarke Wallace of @paisleythread who was equally informative and entertaining! Great day! ๐ฅฐ
A big thank you to Clarke Wallace from the Paisley Thread Mill Museum for all of his fascinating stories about Paisley's thread industry at the Red Runs the Witch's Thread launch at the PaisleyBookFest Festival yesterday, and to everyone who attended ๐ Paisley Thread Mill Silver Thistle Press
Day 4 @bookpaisley: Book Festival comrades (you know who you are) it's Sunday morning & today we're channelling...coffee!
ALSO it's Ireland in Focus day, w/ Jan Carson Martin Doyle Dawn Watson Sheila Armstrong & Noel O'Regan joining us for a stellar line up of discussions!
๐๐ This is today at 2.30pm Paisley Town Hall, and I can't wait to talk to Andrew O'Hagan about his latest major work, 'Caledonian Road'.
It would be great to see you there๐๐๐
Dirty Linen: Martin Doyle - Paisley Book Festival. Looking forward to talking to โฆJan Carsonโฉ later today about Dirty Linen, part of a day-long strand of Irish literary events Jan has curated. โฆPaisleyBookFestโฉ paisleybookfest.com/programme/dirtโฆ