Welcome To Bookfestival Scotland

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Welcome to Bookfestival Scotland, the website where you can find details of around 40 amazing book, storytelling and poetry festivals which take place from January to November each year. No other country has so many per capita and they range from the world's largest at Edinburgh to a scatter of smaller but perfectly formed events from Shetland to Wigtown and many places in between. Each year the world’s best writers appear to talk about their work in some of Scotland’s most beautiful places. Come and join them!

Bookfestival Scotland is a partnership and all of our members have their own pages with details of the dates of their festivals, how to contact them directly, their precise locations and a full programme as soon as it is published. Members’ pages show a tremendous variety of literary festivals, some are general, others concentrate on poetry, storytelling or have special events for young readers.

 

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The Boswell Book Festival The Boswell Book Festival 11-13 May at Auchinleck House, Ayrshire, world's only literary festival to focus on the art of biography and memoir. This year we have Timothy as Dr Johnson, Sarah Bradford on the Queen, Richard Holloway on God, Tam Dalyell on being awkward, Janice Galloway on growing up in Ayrshire and much more including talks about the Falklands and the Titanic. Plus our new Life Writing Centre! 'Every Family has a story to tell', don't miss rare opportunity to get all the tips and advice you need to turn your family research into something that will last, a family heirloom. All the fun is in honour of the great biographer himself, James Boswell, who famously penned the first modern biography, The Life of Dr Samuel Johnson
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Conversations @ the Edge Colonsay The 120 inhabitants of the Hebridean island of Colonsay are very excited to be playing host to some of Scotland’s best authors with Colonsay’s first book festival ‘Conversations @ the Edge’ set to run from the 27th – 29th of April.  Alexander McCall Smith, Liz Lochead, Margaret Elphinstone, Kenneth Steven, James Robertson and Sophie Cooke will all be appearing.  Also present will be singer, songwriter and whisky writer Robin Laing. The event ties in with the islands Festival of Spring and should provide a fantastic weekend’s entertainment. Further information on Colonsay can be found at http://www.colonsay.org.uk
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Mazars sponsor Bloody Scotland Whodunit? Mazars Did! Leading accountancy and business advisory firm, Mazars, announces its headline sponsorship of Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s first International Crime Writing Festival. The inaugural Bloody Scotland festival will take place in Stirling between September 14 and 16 2012, and is already attracting great interest from leading crime writers throughout the country, including Scotland’s very own Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, who will appear as two of the Festival’s leading lights. With UK crime sales totalling a substantial £143 million last year, this is the first time the specialist literary genre will be celebrated north of the border with its own Festival. Mazars is delighted to announce its headline sponsorship of this innovative event, which has already attracted substantial media interest both at home and abroad. The Bloody Scotland website is live at Bloody Scotland, where people can register their interest in attending events and secure early-bird tickets. For media information, please contact Lisa Mennie, Skylark Public Relations on 07825 225414 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Pauline Gregory on 07833 490964 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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ULLAPOOL BOOK FESTIVAL 2012 EARLY BIRDS! EARLY BIRD WEEKEND TICKETS ON SALE FOR 2012 ULLAPOOL BOOK FESTIVAL
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Lennoxlove 2011 - You Made It Shine Sunshine matters, and it shone brilliantly out of a clear autumn sky at Lennoxlove House, Haddington during the weekend of 4 – 6 November, bathing the book festival in glorious light, backlighting the brown and yellow leaves and warming the hearts of all who came.
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