Aye Write is a book festival which takes place in Glasgow in late February or early March.[1] As of 2007 it is an annual fixture.
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The first Aye Write festival was in 2005.[2] It was originally intended to occur once every two years, but during the second festival in 2007 it was announced that from then on it would be annual.[3]
People who have taken part in the festival include: Edwin Morgan, William McIlvanney, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh, Jackie Kay, Andrew Motion, Lynne Truss, Jenny Colgan, John Burnside and others.[4]
The Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction was awarded for the first time at the 2008 festival, in memory of Claire Maclean, the partner of Prof. Mike Gonzalez, with a £3000 first prize. It is open to any book written by a Scottish author (or someone working in Scotland) in the previous twelve months.