2025 marks the sixth year of the Paisley Book Festival, which has gained a reputation as a festival that foregrounds bold ideas and radical thinking, showcasing the best in Scottish writing, platforming the voices and stories of everyday people, and supporting a burgeoning community of book enthusiasts in Paisley.

Poet’s Corner is a lunch hour taking place each day of the festival, showcasing exciting new work and voices in Scottish poetry.

On Saturday, Poet’s Corner features three poets whose work explores how the places and spaces we inhabit shape our ever-evolving sense of belonging. Theresa Muñoz’s second collection Archivum conjures a walk through Edinburgh’s historic monuments and draws on research into objects belonging to significant Scottish figures, to examine how we tell and record our own stories. Laura T Fyfe’s latest collection, Endless Blue, propels us towards the expansive possibilities of self and identity, whilst remaining rooted in Scottish landscape and language. And through his powerful reading from Voices from the Soil: Wounds and Wisdom, Mohammed Salihu narrates an immigrant’s experience of adaptation and resilience, particularly in relation to the African and Caribbean diaspora in Scotland.