Now entering its 6th year, the theme for Paisley Book Festival 2025 is 'The Lives We Live'.
We’re living in an age saturated with ideas about how we should live, from what to eat, how to travel, and how much time to spend online, to how to connect meaningfully with our environment, and how to react in the face of world atrocities.

In 2025, the festival will be speaking to writers who have big ideas about navigating the most fundamental questions we face, and who embrace the opportunities they present. We also want to celebrate the good things in life that fire us up and bring us joy.

Paisley Book Festival will showcase writers, poets and storytellers who tackle the big questions of life and celebrate the happiness that can be found in the smallest of moments.