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Jess Orr

@JessOrrReads

Operations Manager @openbookreading, Associate Programmer @bookpaisley, facilitator and tutor for all things bookish.

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Dr Rebecca DeWald(@DeWald_Rebecca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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So many events to reflect on as the new week begins, but this one w/โœจLentil Pentilโœจ Sarah Grant Louise Oliver (she/her) was particularly special & is brilliantly captured by our Festival blogger Joe PaisleyBookFest

paisleybookfest.com/rescripting-thโ€ฆ

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Clare Hemsworth(@hemsworth_clare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 ๐Ÿฅฐ have been on holiday for 2 weeks and missed all the fun!

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Ross Mac(@roscomacf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wonderful storytelling, poetry, spoken word & music from Imogen Stirling & Susan Bear. Stirring, haunting & absorbing! Excellent! PaisleyBookFest ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ’ก๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ‘

Wonderful storytelling, poetry, spoken word & music from @imogen_stirling & @GoodDogSuse. Stirring, haunting & absorbing! Excellent! @BookPaisley #PBF2024 ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ’ก๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ‘
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Great afternoon at PaisleyBookFestโ€™s Scottish Masculinities event! So fab to hear from Graeme Armstrong Brian Conaghan and Alan Bissett. Now sitting down with my wee reading buddy ๐Ÿถ

Great afternoon at @BookPaisleyโ€™s Scottish Masculinities event! So fab to hear from @G_Armstrong21 @ConaghanAuthor and Alan Bissett. Now sitting down with my wee reading buddy ๐Ÿถ
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Joanne Boyle(@JoanneB52030988) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lovely afternoon spent at the PaisleyBookFest, hearing contributions from Alan Bissett, Brian Conaghan and Graeme Armstrong ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ I would highly recommend all three books

Lovely afternoon spent at the @BookPaisley, hearing contributions from Alan Bissett, Brian Conaghan and Graeme Armstrong ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ I would highly recommend all three books #LADs #TreacleTown #TheYoungTeam
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Kimberley Brown(@xKimberleyBx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 ๐Ÿ˜Š

Also managed to get my books signed by Graeme Armstrong and Brian Conaghan as a wee bonus ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ“–

A Sunday well spent at @BookPaisley's 'Scottish Masculinities event' this evening, lots of great chat and always nice to see some colleagues & youth work friends there too ๐Ÿ˜Š Also managed to get my books signed by @G_Armstrong21 and @ConaghanAuthor as a wee bonus ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ“–
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Literary scholar Christopher Law Christopher Law and artist Joey Simons @joeysimons discuss the link between poetry and landscape in the work of Scottish poet David Gray

Literary scholar Christopher Law @clawstopher and artist Joey Simons @joeysimons discuss the link between poetry and landscape in the work of Scottish poet David Gray #PBF24
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Cllr Jacqueline Cameron(@jacquelinecSNP) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After street stall we headed to Paisley Food and Drink Festival, then onto PaisleyBookFest to hear Victoria Williamson reading from โ€œRed Runs the Witchโ€™s Thread.โ€ Guest appearance from Clarke Wallace of @paisleythread who was equally informative and entertaining! Great day! ๐Ÿฅฐ

After street stall we headed to Paisley Food and Drink Festival, then onto @BookPaisley to hear Victoria Williamson reading from โ€œRed Runs the Witchโ€™s Thread.โ€ Guest appearance from Clarke Wallace of @paisleythread who was equally informative and entertaining! Great day! ๐Ÿฅฐ
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Strangely Magical(@strangelymagic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 ๐Ÿ˜Š Paisley Thread Mill Silver Thistle Press

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 @BookPaisley Festival yesterday, and to everyone who attended ๐Ÿ˜Š @Paisleymill @silverthistleps
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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!

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/ @JanCarson7280 @MartinDoyleIT Dawn Watson Sheila Armstrong & Noel O'Regan joining us for a stellar line up of discussions!
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Alistair Braidwood(@ScotsWhayHae) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’• 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 there๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

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Martin Doyle(@MartinDoyleIT) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dirty Linen: Martin Doyle - Paisley Book Festival. Looking forward to talking to โฆJan Carsonโฉ later today about Dirty Linen, part of a day-long strand of Irish literary events Jan has curated. โฆPaisleyBookFestโฉ paisleybookfest.com/programme/dirtโ€ฆ

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