19/05/2026
My top 20 images from this years Paisley Book Festival
It's always a joy to work a OneRen festival with the brilliant team there and the lovely Paisley atmosphere!
From meeting Saint Nicola Sturgeon to being challenged by Mike Garry to capture a "normal" face, to seeing the Fun Lovin Crime Writers (Val McDermid, Christopher Brookmyre and Doug Johnstone) play in the flesh, hearing Jenni Fagan who wrote one of the most devastatingly beautiful books I've ever read - Ootlin - read from her new one, witnessing J.L Givens connect so closely with the kids who love her books, and seeing Dougie Payne getting down with the kids, this years was a belter!
From meeting, photographing and having my copy of Raveheart signed by Graeme Armstrong, to hearing the heartbreakingly put together words of Len Pennie and Michael Mullen, and seeing Sally Magnusson heroically overcome a broken leg to appear, and loving the stories being told by Yasmin Hanif, having my mind blown by the existence and popularity and amazingness of The Book Club Scotland, to going especially early to capture the wonderful Loud Poets Slam where Spencer Mason not only hosted a writing session but then went on to win the slam.
Beezer of a weekend!
