Wednesday 17th March
Well I can't believe that’s it all over for another year! All that planning and anticipation and then it is over so quickly. Can’t say I am not glad of the rest though – what a hectic week it was with our busiest Aye Write festival to date! We had more sell-out events than ever and thankfully every event went ahead as planned with no last minute cancellations!
The final few nights were thrilling with appearances from a diverse range of writers including musician Edwyn Collins, comedian and writer Sandi Toksvig and one of Scotland’s favourite writers A L Kennedy.
Our final day on Saturday was also jam-packed with events including some fiesty women in the afternoon. Denise Mina chatted about her latest Glasgow crime novel ‘Still Midnight’, psychoanalyst Susie Orbach took to the stage to discuss her new book 'Bodies' and Glasgow favourite, Elaine C Smith discussed her new autobiography ‘Nothing Like a Dame’ in a light- hearted, down to earth talk that entertained a packed audience.
The final day was topped off by a sellout event with Germaine Greer as she discussed all the popular feminist subjects relevant in today’s society and then opened up the floor to a lively discussion with the audience!
Phew, after all that – I was ready for an early night and a good book myself!
But what were your highlights from this year's programme? Do you have anyone you'd like to see appearing at the next festival? Let us know by messaging us on our Facebook or Twitter pages or send an email to lil@csglasgow.org.
We hope you enjoyed the 2010 festival and I would personally like to thank all the authors who took part and equally you, our audience, without whom the festival would not have been the huge success it was!
We look forward to welcoming you back to The Mitchell for our next Aye Write! festival.
Karen
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