Douglas Stuart has spoke out about the cancellation of Aye Write festival.
A BOOKER Prize winner has hit out after Glasgow's Aye Write festival was shelved due to a lack of funding.the plug had been pulled on Aye Write after it was turned down for financial support by the Scottish Government's arts agency Creative
He wrote:"The righteous outrage around the cancellation of the festival is not merely a conversation about the merit of literary festivals, or whether Scotland's first city deserves on."I have watched in horror as Scotland has haggled over funding for the arts, has closed her libraries, and now has allowed the cancellation of a major literary festival in her largest city."In the past year, I've sat through many interviews asking about the surge of great Irish writing.
"And yet my hometown of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, cannot have a literature festival? That's unacceptable."festival is not merely a conversation about the merit of literary festivals, or whether Scotland’s first city deserves one. It is much, much bigger than that...He continued:"When I won the Booker Prize, within hours of the announcement many of the major political parties contacted me asking for my support.
Glasgow Life has also shelved the Wee Write book festival for children and young people, which was held separately from Aye Write. “Aye Write and Wee Write have developed and grown over the years thanks, in part, to support through Creative Scotland.
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