Janet Coats Memorial Prize Giving
Join Liz Lochhead, Nadine Aisha Jassat and Tannahill Makar Brian Whittingham as they share their favourite submissions for the Janet Coats Memorial Prize and announce this year's winners!
About Janet Coats Memorial Prize Giving
The Janet Coats Memorial Prize is an annual poetry prize awarded each year by Paisley Book Festival to winners in both Adults and Under 18s categories, to celebrate new creative work relating in some way to the environment.
This year, we decided to focus on the importance of green spaces, which offer great solace and recuperation at times of crisis, and which we have a duty to protect for the sake of our planet and our future.
In this event, prize judges Liz Lochhead, Nadine Aisha Jassat and Tannahill Makar Brian Whittingham share their favourite submissions and announce the winners.
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