Record attendances at this year's Paisley Book Festival

dailyrecord.co.uk:

That’s a wrap, folks – the Paisley Book Festival has come to a close after a rip-roaring weekend of literary shindigs.Kicking off last Thursday and finishing on Sunday, the festival – now in its fourth year – welcomed more than 1,800 attendees across 38 events over the four days, a record level of attendance say festival organisers.Nicola Sturgeon in her first public appearance since announcing her resignation as first minister last week chaired a special session with journalist and author, Chitra Ramaswamy, on Friday, to discuss the latter’s book Homelands and the importance of friendship and familiar bonds.Speaking at the event, Ms Sturgeon said: “I love attending book festivals, I have had the privilege of speaking to a number of authors at book festivals over the years and I should say I am looking forward to attending more book festivals in the future.” Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial Perhaps part of the attraction and the reason why so many were able to attend this year’s edition of the Paisley Book Festival was the pay-what-you-can approach adopted this year.The importance of which,