I can now reveal another stellar line-up of authors for this year’s festival!
Among the highlights will be a special preview event on Monday 1March when the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy will read from some of her more recent work. Authors taking part range from Albie Sachs, the great South African jurist and humanitarian, to Germaine Greer, who looks back on 40 years of feminism.
Along the way, you’ll encounter among many others, Tariq Ali, Joanna Trollope, Michael Mansfield, William Boyd, John Simpson, Susie Orbach, Jasper Fforde, David Dimbleby and Sir Ian Blair to name just a few. In total, there will be more than 100 events included in Aye Write!
Louise Welsh’s new novel and a book examining Glasgow’s status as a great sporting city will be launched during Aye Write! There will also be two hours on the great work of Aardman Animations, the launch of our Summer Read programme and Aye Write! 2010 will include a number of themes including The Future of the Media, The Future of the Left, Globalisation and a major debate about the place of Scottish Literature in the school curriculum.
Pick up a free copy of the programme in this weekend’s Herald and Sunday Herald. Copies of the programme will also be available in libraries and other outlets from Monday 18 January. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning – Saturday 16 January.