Tickets for Glasgow's annual book festival, which features more than 100 authors, thinkers, writers and journalists, go on sale this Saturday.
The full programme for Aye Write!, the annual event which takes place at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, has been revealed, with appearances from Irvine Welsh, Louise Welsh, Jane Hawking, Helen Lederer, Alexander McCall Smith, Christopher Brookmyre among many others.
Aye Write! is now in its 10th edition and will take place at Glasgow's Mitchell Library from April 17-25 and is the first programmed by new organiser Bob McDevitt.
Welsh will be in Glasgow to talk about his new novel, A Decent Ride.
Jane Hawking, author of the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, will also be at the festival: she is portrayed on film by Felicity Jones in the acclaimed film The Theory of Everything.
Alexander McCall Smith will return to the festival with his latest book, Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party.
The festival will launch with an event to celebrate the event's tenth birthday.
There's Only One Aye Write will bring together many prize-winning authors who have been on the Aye Write! stage during the last decade.
Reflecting on the festival's impact will be Brookmyre, Denise Mina, Alan Bissett and Louise Welsh alongside Glasgow's Poet Laureate Jim Carruth and singer-songwriter Carol Laula.
Brookmyre has appeared at Aye Write! more than any other author.
He said: "I was surprised to learn I'm the author who has appeared at most Aye Write! festivals.
"I was even more surprised to learn that they're not completely sick of me, so I'll be bringing down the tone with my presence yet again.
"I'm looking forward to revisiting old shames, recalling audience walk-outs and generally lowering the bar so that the fantastic line-up of my fellow Scottish authors can raise it again."
The festival is also featuring several debut writers, including Lucy Ribchester, whose book is The Hourglass Factory.
She said: "I'm thrilled to be taking part in the 10th anniversary of Aye Write and especially excited that the Glasgow Women's Library are supporting and chairing the event I'm doing with the fabulous Kirsty Logan.
"I can't wait to get stuck in to the programme and am looking forward to hearing some mighty fine Scottish authors."
Other visitors including Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, who is talking about her memoir After Auschwitz. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown will discuss 'Englishness' while Mona Siddiqui will discuss My Way: A Muslim Woman's Journey. Palestinian doctor Ghada Karmi will make her Aye Write! debut appearing to discuss her memoir Return.
The current editor of GQ, Dylan Jones will discuss The Doors and other music-related guests will be Edith Bowman, Tracey Thorn and Zoe Howe with her new book Barbed Wire Kisses.
There will be three events to launch Dear Green Sounds, the UNESCO Glasgow City of Music book, including The Lost Jewel of Glasgow Music, which tells the story of Glasgow's legendary concert hall, St Andrew's Hall.
Comedians Karen Dunbar, Kevin Bridges and Hardeep Singh Kohli, together with journalist and broadcasters John Mackay and Kirsty Wark, Mark Millar and Barbara Dickson will all host individual events discussing the books that have been most influential in their lives.
The festival's range of speakers also includes Bill Oddie, Jackie Kay, Omid Djalili, Tony Hawks, Michelle Mone and many more.
The full programme is available at www.ayewrite.com, where tickets can be purchased from Saturday.
Tickets are also available by calling 0141 353 8000, or in person at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.
Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival was founded in 2005, and since 2007 has been an annual fixture on Glasgow's culture calendar.
Bob McDevitt, the Festival Programmer, said: "I am very excited about bringing so many renowned authors and speakers to Glasgow.
"By sharing their works with avid fans and new audiences I hope the festival will raise the profile of reading in Glasgow. I'm also delighted that we continue to provide a platform for showcasing the best of Scottish writing by supporting emerging Scottish authors at Aye Write!"
Councillor Archie Graham, chair of Glasgow Life, which runs the city's libraries and galleries, said: "Aye Write! celebrates the written word, it encourages debate and often challenges established ways of thinking.
"I am very excited by this year's programme, which is set to deliver events by literary heroes and award-winning authors, ensuring the finest, most popular Scottish, national and international authors come to Glasgow."
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