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21st & 24th-29th September 2024

2024 is the fifth WayWORD Festival, featuring Ben Aaronovitch, Leila Aboulela, Amira Al Shanti, Rachelle Atalla, Dean Atta, Sarah Bernstein, Mae Diansangu, Victoria Hawthorne, Aleksandra Hnatiuk, Danielle Jam, Chris Kohler, Margot Livesey, Liz Lochhead, James Lovegrove, Elle McNicoll, Grace Nichols, Len Pennie, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Jen Stout,  Zoe Strachan, Louise Welsh, Maud Woolf,  Morna Young and many more!

There is plenty to entice audiences of all ages and interests and the festival is open to the general public.

All tickets are FREE and BSL is available throughout: book now below!

All tickets are free of charge but if you would like to make an optional donation to the festival, you can do so while booking your ticket.

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Throughout the festival
Tuesday 24th -Sunday 29th

Daily
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Saturday 21st

Sa 21
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Rachelle Atalla & Vikki Patis (Victoria Hawthorne)

5pm, 24/9 | King's Pavilion

Join us for a thrilling start to our main festival week as two of Scotland’s most exciting writers return to WayWORD to discuss their new novels and the art of writing twist-filled suspense narratives across different genres, with University of Aberdeen alumnus Rachelle Atalla and Aberdeenshire-based Vikki Patis (Victoria Hawthorne).

A headshot of Rachelle Atalla next to a headshot of Vikki Patis.

WayWORD at The Lampie

7pm, 24/9 | The Blue Lamp 

Poetry and music with local, national and international artists, featuring North-East poets, Sheena Blackhall & Noon Salah Eldin, combined with Iranian and Kurdish musicians, Amin Hashemi, Amir Tahghigh, Yahya Salehi and Madeh Mohammadi, spoken-word performance by Jacob Sam-La Rose, with violist Fiona Winning and music by Luke Styles. Finally, Syrian musicians Shamband return by popular demand to round off the night.

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Tuesday 24th

Tu 24
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Wednesday 25th

W 25
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Thursday 26th

Th 26
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Friday 27th

Fr 27
Sa 28
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Saturday 28th

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Sunday 29th

Su 29

Community events: 

Open to the Public

Additional community-based events to be announced 

Community events: 
Closed to the Public

Additional community-based events to be announced 

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