Events & Readings.
2020
2020
Sma Shot Day
The Dooslan Stayin Hame
4 July
FREE
Due to Covid 19 restrictions the annual Paisley Sma Shot Day took place online this year. I contributed a video poem, along with a host of other local poets. You can view the full sequence of videos on FB here.
The Dooslan Stayin Hame
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The Dooslan Stayin Hame
4 July
FREE
Due to Covid 19 restrictions the annual Paisley Sma Shot Day took place online this year. I contributed a video poem, along with a host of other local poets. You can view the full sequence of videos on FB here.
The Dooslan Stayin Hame
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Paisley Book Festival
Poets in the Library
I will be reading with Renfrewshire Makar, Brian Whittingham, Linda Jackson, Graham Fulton and Sheila Templeton. Click here for the festival programme and more details.
Friday 21 February
Paisley Central Library
19.00-21.00
FREE
Writers and Rebellion
Join me and my colleagues from Jenny's Well Press for Writers and Rebellion, exploring literature and radicalism. With Carl MacDougall, Fiona Lindsay, Dave Manderson and Jim Ferguson. Click here for the festival programme.
Monday 24 February
Paisley Arts Centre
17.30-19.30
£5.00 or £3.00 concession
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Poets in the Library
I will be reading with Renfrewshire Makar, Brian Whittingham, Linda Jackson, Graham Fulton and Sheila Templeton. Click here for the festival programme and more details.
Friday 21 February
Paisley Central Library
19.00-21.00
FREE
Writers and Rebellion
Join me and my colleagues from Jenny's Well Press for Writers and Rebellion, exploring literature and radicalism. With Carl MacDougall, Fiona Lindsay, Dave Manderson and Jim Ferguson. Click here for the festival programme.
Monday 24 February
Paisley Arts Centre
17.30-19.30
£5.00 or £3.00 concession
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2019
My Body, My Business
Friday 29 November
School Wynd
6 School Wynd
Paisley
09.30am-12.30pm
'My Body, My Business' written by Tracy Patrick and directed by Rebecca Ritchie-Smith will be performed as part of 'Spot the Signs' a community conversation on the wider subject of modern slavery and human trafficking in all its forms. Click here for details.
A group of local gossips grow suspicious over the secretive comings and goings in a nearby tenement. Meanwhile, a young woman's fairy tale vision of life in the UK is turning into a nightmare. Will the women be able to help her? My Body, My Business is a thought-provoking portrayal of the issues surrounding sex trafficking.
Special thanks to Ashley Edgar
Friday 29 November
School Wynd
6 School Wynd
Paisley
09.30am-12.30pm
'My Body, My Business' written by Tracy Patrick and directed by Rebecca Ritchie-Smith will be performed as part of 'Spot the Signs' a community conversation on the wider subject of modern slavery and human trafficking in all its forms. Click here for details.
A group of local gossips grow suspicious over the secretive comings and goings in a nearby tenement. Meanwhile, a young woman's fairy tale vision of life in the UK is turning into a nightmare. Will the women be able to help her? My Body, My Business is a thought-provoking portrayal of the issues surrounding sex trafficking.
Special thanks to Ashley Edgar
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Saturday 16 November
Shelter Charity Shop
36 High Street
Paisley
13.00-15.00
I will be reading and signing gift-wrapped copies of Blushing is for Sinners to coincide with the reopening of Shelter charity outlet in the High Street. Photographs (below) of some of the mill locations in the novel, taken by Richard Mabon of the Sunshine Recovery Cafe, will also be on sale. The event will help raise money for Shelter in their services battling homelessness and poor accommodation. Click here for more.
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Book Launch
Friday 4 October
Paisley Arts Centre
18.30-20.00
Blushing is for Sinners was launched at a joint event with fellow Paisley novelist, Fiona Lindsay, and her novel Do Not Disturb. Richard Mabon of the Sunshine Recovery Cafe contributed postcards of photographs of some of the mill locations in Tracy's novel.
Hosted by Clochoderick Press.
