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Meeting of the Parliament 09 March 2016 [Draft]

09 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Aye Write! Festival
Culture, Europe and External Affairs
Malik, Hanzala Lab Glasgow Watch on SPTV

Glasgow City Council is very proud to hold the Aye Write! book festival as it has done for the past 11 years.

It has been observed that the festival has a low level of participation by people from ethnic minority communities—as participants and contributors. I know of several Glaswegians from diverse backgrounds who have published books in the past few years. I want to mention some of the writers in Glasgow who I am proud to know: Ahmad Riaz, Aman, Bashir Maan, Charan Gill, Farha Malik, Imtiaz Ali Gohar, my own mother Philomena Malik, Rahat Zahid and Taresh Nehar. Those are just 10 writers from Glasgow who have written books but they have not had the opportunity to participate in the festival. What will the Scottish Government do to increase participation in literary and cultural events for such talented people?

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7. Hanzala Malik (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs will be attending any events in the Aye Write! festival...
The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs (Fiona Hyslop) SNP
The Aye Write! festival in Glasgow, which is Scotland’s second largest book festival, is taking place for the 11th year running and I am sure that its succes...
Hanzala Malik Lab
Glasgow City Council is very proud to hold the Aye Write! book festival as it has done for the past 11 years. It has been observed that the festival has a l...
Fiona Hyslop SNP
The member makes a valid point although I am not sure how appropriate it is for him to plug his mother’s book in Parliament. Laughter. I am sure that it is a...