Inverness Book Festival 2009 - Brochure

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INVERNESS BOOK FESTIVAL IS SUPPORTED BY In Kind Supporters:

Eden Court is supported by :

Eden Court Highlands (trading as Eden Court) is a company registered in Scotland (company number SC63216) and a charity registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (registered number SC008237). The company’s registered office is at Eden Court, Bishop’s Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA.

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ANN CLEEVES RHYMETIME WITH BOOKSTART SCOTLAND BARBARA DICKSON ITCHY COO WORKSHOP WITH JAMES ROBERTSON & KAREN SUTHERLAND

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POETRY WORKSHOP WITH TOM POW WIGGLY WORM: CREATIVE MOVEMENT WITH YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK DEBI GLIORI IAN RANKIN TOM POW THE 3 CITY CRIME PANEL

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JESS SMITH & STUART MCHARDY TALES ‘N’ TAILS IAN RANKIN - WRITING CRIME WORKSHOP KATIE PAMMENT WORKSHOP ANNE MACLEOD – WRITING POETRY WORKSHOP JULIE HEGARTY ALASTAIR MCINTOSH AND EMMA WOOD

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NEIL GUNN TRUST LECTURE 2009 ANGUS KONSTAM KATIE FFORDE

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ROGER HUTCHINSON LARI DON ERICA MUNRO - OUT OF YOUR HEAD, ONTO THE PAGE WORKSHOP CLARE GROGAN BRIAN WILSON JOHN ALLEN AND CRAIG WELDON - WALKING PANEL

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ROBIN GILLANDERS TIM NEWARK NELL NELSON CAROL DRINKWATER READING GROUP EVENT

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SUE LAWRENCE FAMILY STORYTELLING DAY IAN HAMILTON ELAINE C. SMITH THE INVERNESS BOOK FESTIVAL PUB QUIZ

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INDEX

DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION TIMETABLE TICKETS AND INFORMATION CONTACT

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DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION Welcome, To the 2009 Inverness Book Festival. It’s been an exciting first year in the Director’s hot seat and I hope you like what I’ve lined up. I’ve worked hard with the Eden Court team to bring together a programme of events and activities that is as popular as it is diverse, so in the pages of this brochure you’ll find everything from biography to sport, and from eating & drinking to history, plus everything in between. We’ll be entertained and enthralled with visits from Scottish authors such as Rebus’ creator, Ian Rankin, Fife’s very own Barbara Dickson and Mrs Rab C Nesbit, Elaine C Smith… it’s been a tough task whittling down the long list of guests, and so I do hope that you’ll be as happy as we are with the results. There’s also a full programme of brilliant things for little readers and their families, including a full day of storytelling. I’ve spent a lot of my life immersed in the book world, most recently as manager of one of the local bookshops, but most importantly, I just love books! It doesn’t matter if you read one book a month, or one a week – what matters is that you let books into your life! I’d like to thank all of the bookshops that are working with us this year, especially Waterstones, who have helped us secure some of the most popular authors in Inverness Book Festival’s history. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without any of you. Thanks also go to Jason Rose, for handing his baby over to me; to Eden Court staff, for their time and patience and to all of you, the readers of the Highlands. I hope you’ll enjoy the line up, and remember I love to hear from you, so get in touch with any ideas and suggestions for next year. Happy reading,

Brid McKibben, Book Festival Director

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MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30 The Shetland Quartet, with Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez at the helm, is attracting all kinds of attention…and rightly so. Perez makes mistakes, asks the wrong questions, is more like a priest than a hard-bitten detective and has a strained relationship with Inverness HQ. He is, in short, believable. From Raven Black’s chilling bloodstained snow in the heart of winter, to White Night’s mysterious summer-time happenings. The series continues with the gripping, Red Bones, and will be followed by the release next year of the hugely anticipated, Blue Lightning.

KIDS RHYMETIME WITH BOOKSTART SCOTLAND JIM LOVE STUDIO / 10.00 - (0-3 YRS) 11.00 – (3-5 YRS) Bring your little ones along to enjoy a brilliant Rhymetime session with the wonderful people from Bookstart - there will be songs, stories and rhymes to join in with for a lovely 45 min session.

MONDAY 5 OCT

CRIME ANN CLEEVES

Bookstart is a national programme that encourages all parents and carers to enjoy books with their children from as early an age as possible. FREE BUT TICKETED (ADULTS DON’T NEED A TICKET)

In 2006 Raven Black won the world’s biggest prize for crime fiction –the Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award. Nine years previously, the predecessor of this award - CWA’s Gold Dagger – was won by another newcomer at the time, Ian Rankin. Perez could be set to become as much of a household name as Rebus with the recently announced TV deal for Ann’s Shetland quartet. The top notch company has experience working on such high profile programmes as Ashes to Ashes, Hustle and Life on Mars. Hear Ann talk about Perez, Shetland, and her own story and hear extracts from the Shetland quartet. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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MONDAY 5 OCT

BIOGRAPHY BARBARA DICKSON CHAIR: SUSAN WELSH EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.00 Barbara is one of the biggest-selling Scottish female recording artists of all time. Her autobiography, A Shirt Box Full of Songs was written while she was still on the road. Barbara’s connection with her audience is captured beautifully in her warm and fascinating story of a childhood in Fife and as a struggling folk musician in Edinburgh. Her book covers the close relationships that have developed throughout her career with people such as, Elaine Page, Benny Andersson, Billy Connolly, and The Two Ronnies. We are delighted that Barbara has agreed to come to Inverness for this, the first event in her book tour. She will be in conversation with Susan Welsh and will be available to sign copies of her book before its national release.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Susan Welsh is a features writer with the Press and Journal newspaper. After growing up in the Highland Capital she moved to Aberdeen where she became features editor and a columnist with the Evening Express and a regular contributor to Radio Scotland’s Edi Stark show. She has interviewed hundreds of interesting personalities over the years. Her personal highlights include having Bill Wyman confess his best memory of life with the Rolling Stones was leaving the band; hearing Jimmy Osmond sing Happy Birthday to her, and being arrested for “crimes against fashion” by Grampian Police. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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KIDS WORKSHOP ITCHY COO WORKSHOP WITH JAMES ROBERTSON & KAREN SUTHERLAND MACLEAN ROOM / 10.00 Itchy Coo publishers in Edinburgh produce ‘Braw Books for Bairns o Aw Ages’. James Robertson is not only one of our most awarded Scottish author’s of adult fiction and poetry but also one of the Itchy Coo authors. Karen Sutherland is Inverness based illustrator for Itchy Coo who brought us the Animal ABC, A Moose in the Hoose, Katie’s Ferm, Katie’s Beasties and new in September, Katie’s Year. The Itchy Coo workshop will be for kids age 6-8. James will run a session on Scots words and Karen will work with children to produce a frieze based on Katie’s Year: Aw the Months for Wee Folk which will be on display in Eden Court for the duration of the festival. There will be a break for 20 minutes for everyone to get refreshments, the workshop will end around 12.15. SEAT PRICES / LIMITED PLACES FULL PRICE £5.00 / NO REDUCED RATE

TULLOCH ROOM / 14.30 – 16.00 Tom Pow is an award-winning poet who will be conducting a workshop in which he will set exercises and encourage participants to write poems on the spot. Don’t miss Tom’s other appearance at Inverness Book Festival 09 – see page 08. Maximum 20 people. SEAT PRICES Full Price £6.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

KIDS WIGGLY WORM: CREATIVE MOVEMENT WITH YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK JIM LOVE STUDIO 10.15 – 10.45 (18 MNTHS – 3YRS) 11.00 – 11.30 (6 – 18 MNTHS) Bring along your favourite book and your dancing feet to see what happens when you dance with your book. A 30 minute session which links reading and physical activity with play, between carer or parent and their child. Led by Eden Court’s Dance Artist Louise Marshall. SEAT PRICES

KIDS (7-9) DEBI GLIORI MACLEAN ROOM / 11.00 & 14.00 Debi grew up in Glasgow ‘falling into’ books like the Wind in the Willows while the outside sounds were muted and distant. She has said ‘Of course I didn’t know then that I would write stories. All I knew then was that I loved reading them. For me stories were brothers, sisters and friends; filling the long hours between childhood and adolescence’. This enthusiasm for reading has translated into some of the most beautifully written and illustrated books children today can disappear into.

TUESDAY 6 OCT

WORKSHOP POETRY WORKSHOP WITH TOM POW

Her Pure Dead series introduced us to the Strega-Borgia family at their castle home of Strega Schloss - with lipstick-wearing spiders, talking rats and mythical beasts showing her keen sense of humour and vivid imagination. Her art work is fantastic in all books not least At All Cost which has been translated into several languages. The more recent series of Witch Baby books bring us 9 year old Lily and her baby sister who only Lily knows is a witch! Debi will read from Witch Baby and Me After Dark published this month, draw and chat with the audience. SEAT PRICES Full Price £4.00 / Reduced Rate £3.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF! SCHOOLS PRICE £3.00 (PLUS ONE TEACHER FREE WITH EVERY TEN PUPILS)

FULL PRICE £2.00 (ADULTS DON’T NEED A TICKET)

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TUESDAY 6 OCT

CRIME IAN RANKIN

POETRY TOM POW

CHAIR: NICKY MARR EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30 PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATERSTONE’S

CHAIR: CYNTHIA ROGERSON MACLEAN ROOM / 19.30

Scotland’s best known crime writer will be a huge draw for Inverness readers and neither he nor his best known character Inspector Rebus needs any introduction. Since ending the Rebus series Ian has been busy with many projects. One of the quick read series, A Cool Hand, was published in February, the first non-Rebus novel Open Doors was published in March, the second The Complaints is out in September, and the first of his graphic novels - Dark Entries is out the weekend before the festival. Ian will be in conversation with his former student flatmate, Nicky Marr.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Nicky Marr is the local breakfast show host on Moray Firth Radio and writes a regular column for the Inverness Courier. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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Tom Pow is one of Scotland’s foremost contemporary poets; lyrical, celebratory and sensitive to the world around him. Eden Court is honoured to have this winner of the poetry category of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2009, appear at the festival. His new book In the Becoming includes works from the book which won him the award, Dear Alice, plus some new poems. Tom’s recent post as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Storytelling for Glasgow University and previously as writer in residence for the Edinburgh International Book Festival makes him a superb author for festivals and is in keeping with this years’ festival theme of storytelling. There will also be some limited places for a workshop on writing poetry with Tom.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Cynthia Rogerson is a published author of Upstairs in the Tent and Letters from My Death Bed. She is the director of the local Avron creative writing centre at Moniack Mhor. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

CHAIR: ANNE MACLEOD EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30

TUESDAY 6 OCT

CRIME THE 3 CITY CRIME PANEL with ALEX GRAY, IAN RANKIN AND STUART MACBRIDE

Alex Gray’s crime busting duo, psychological profiler Solly Brightman, and DCI Bill Lorimer, solve the most gruesome of Glasgow murders. Her latest book, Glasgow Kiss, brings matters close to home for DCI Lorimer when he’s faced with the stress of his wife playing a crucial role in the murder investigation. DS Logan McRae puts Aberdeen firmly on the murder map in Stuart MacBride’s books. Stuart has been steadily collecting awards since Cold Granite came out in 2005, not bad for a self appointed bearded sex-god. An Adelaide reviewer described him as ‘Ian Rankin on speed’. His new book, Blind Eye, takes in the Polish community in Aberdeen. Alex and Stuart will be joining Ian Rankin to talk about writing crime in their home cities.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Anne MacLeod lives on the Black Isle and has written 2 novels The Dark Ship and The Blue Moon Book. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

STORYTELLING JESS SMITH & STUART MCHARDY

KIDS (0 – 3 YRS) TALES ‘N’ TAILS

LA SCALA CINEMA / 13.00

MACLEAN ROOM / 11.15

Jess Smith was brought up travelling the roads of Scotland. Through her autobiographical trilogy Jessie’s Journey, Tales from the Tent and Tears for a Tinker, Jess has relived and shared these times with a colourful and passionate voice. Written originally in her ‘cant’ language and broad Scots, it had to be translated to English before it could be published. Listening to Jess’ stories in person captures the atmosphere of those times for any of us interested in life beyond the margins of society. Jess occasionally breaks into song which Celtic women through the ages have found easier to express their inner thoughts.

Do you have a tail?

Stuart McHardy is a writer, storyteller and lecturer. His interest in Scotland’s past has led him to re-evaluate the role of the oral tradition in gaining a clearer picture of our history. He believes that while history is written by winners, story flourishes amongst history’s survivors. As well as several books on Scottish History, he has delved into Highland cattle raiding traditions in School of the Moon and tales of the Scottish clans in The Well of Heads. His new book Tales of Loch Ness takes the limelight away from Nessie and tells some of the less well know tales from our best know landmark. Stuart is also likely to burst into song so this event should be a lively one.

(ADULTS DON’T NEED A TICKET!)

SEAT PRICES / FULL PRICE £5.00 / REDUCED RATE £4.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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After this session you will have! We’ll make a special mini tail and hear some tales about tails. Croc tails, mouse tails, and cats’ tails - you name it and we’ll have a tale about it! SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £2.00

MACLEAN ROOM / 14.30 Ian Rankin is the UK’s number one bestselling crime writer. He lives in Edinburgh, and writes about the city in his awardwinning ‘Inspector Rebus’ novels. The books have twice been dramatised for TV (starring John Hannah and Ken Stott respectively), and have been translated into 28 languages. Ian Rankin also appears regularly on TV, notably as a reviewer on BBC2’s ‘Newsnight Review’. His 3-part documentary series on the subject of evil was broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2002. In this workshop, Ian will work with up to 40 budding crimewriters from across the Highlands. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £10.00 / NO REDUCED RATE

KIDS WORKSHOP KATIE PAMMENT 1ST CIRCLE FOYER 10.00 – P6 & P7 / 14.00 – S1 & S2 Katie Pamment has illustrated several books, including Memory Bottles, The Prince and the Pauper and Grandad. She runs illustration workshops with a very interactive approach. Each session consists of storytelling, followed by drawing/ Illustration, character development etc.

WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

WORKSHOP IAN RANKIN WRITING CRIME

There is always time for questions, answers and discussion either before or after the session. These sessions are a brilliant way for budding young illustrators to find out more! Maximum 20 people per session. Session 1 will be for P6/P7 Session 2 will be for S1/S2. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £4.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

WORKSHOP ANNE MACLEOD – WRITING POETRY

KIDS (UP TO 8 YRS) JULIE HEGARTY

SGL BOARDROOM / 18.30

Edinburgh based children’s author and illustrator, Julie Hegarty published her first book “Crabbit Comes to Stay” in 2006 and since then she has been delighting children with her creative stories. This brilliant book deals sensitively with the issue of bullying of young children.

Anne MacLeod studied medicine in Aberdeen and now works as a dermatologist. Her poetry and fiction have been widely published and are known from Cape Breton to Salzburg. The Dark Ship was her first novel and was nominated for the Saltire and IMPAC awards. Anne now lives on the Black Isle with her husband, four children, and two dogs. Anne will be helping budding poets in their quest to improve their skills and techniques, and will give tips on how to get published. Up to 20 places SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £6.00 / NO REDUCED RATE EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

ONETOUCH THEATRE / 11.00

Her second and third books, “Michelle The Rock Concert” and “Uncle and Aunty Clockwise”, have established her as a favourite author amongst youngsters. Her enchanting stories and energetic storytelling ensure that both children and adults alike are enthralled by her shows. The lively visual show includes puppets, props and lots of interaction with the audience as Julie transports them into her world of books. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £4.00 / REDUCED RATE £3.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF! SCHOOLS PRICE £3.00 (PLUS ONE TEACHER FREE WITH EVERY TEN PUPILS)

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CHAIR: DR ELEANOR SCOTT MSP EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30 PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATERSTONE’S Alastair is a writer, lecturer, social activist, broadcaster and campaigning academic from the Isle of Lewis. His books Soil and Soul and Hell and High Water cover issues of corporate power and climate change. Thom Yorke of Radiohead described the former as ‘truly mental’. Alastair’s connection to the Highlands and Islands comes through his many involvements ranging from land reform to renewable energy.

WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

ENVIRONMENT ALASTAIR MCINTOSH AND EMMA WOOD

Emma’s book The Hydro Boys, Pioneers of renewable energy is well known to Highland readers. Her new book The Environmental History of Scotland to 1860 summarizes the course of human interaction with Scotland’s non-human environment. It aids understanding of contemporary environmental issues – what, for example, is truly “natural” in Scotland and how the Scottish environment came to be the way it is today, enriching relationships with that environment through greater knowledge and understanding.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Alastair and Emma will be discussing their work with Dr Eleanor Scott MSP for Highlands and Islands, and Green speaker on health at Holyrood. Emma’s book will be in the bookshops after the festival but you will be able to see and buy the book for the first time at this event. SEAT PRICES Full Price £7.00 / Reduced Rate £5.00 Eden Court Friends £1.00 off!

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WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

NEIL GUNN TRUST LECTURE 2009 BURNS, GUNN AND THE SCOTTISH WIDER WORLD ONETOUCH THEATRE / 19.00 In this year of ‘Homecoming’, the Neil Gunn Trust thought it appropriate not just to look back to our roots, vital as that is, but outwards to the ‘wider world’, where, over many generations, Scots have set off to explore and settle in countries all over the globe. Owen Dudley Edwards is a Burns’ expert. He is an Honorary Fellow of the School of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Reader until his retirement in 2005. He is also Reader at the National Library of Scotland, a good source of information for the many books he has written. He was for many years a regular guest on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Round Britain Quiz’. It is also worth mentioning that among his many talents he is a gifted orator, a rare attribute in these days of ‘sound bites’. Owen Dudley Edwards is a professor of history and a writer and broadcaster. He is also the general editor of the ‘Oxford Sherlock Holmes’ series, and is a recognised expert on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Neil Gunn, P. G. Wodehouse, Oscar Wilde and many aspects of American and Irish history. His new book shows how British Children’s Fiction in the Second World War had an immense effect on how they came of age as they faced the new world. As a guest of the Neil Gunn Trust, Owen will be discussing how Neil’s books had an effect on children when they were first published and also the affect they still have. The Neil Gunn Trust wishes to acknowledge sponsorship from Sandstone Press, support from Inverness Book Festival and, through the Highland Culture Programme, support from Highland Council. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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FICTION KATIE FFORDE

CHAIR: JIM MILLER MACLEAN ROOM / 20.00

CHAIR: ERICA MUNRO EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30

Angus is a former naval officer, underwater archaeologist, museum curator and pirate expert! He has written over 30 naval and military books and also makes frequent television appearances as a piracy expert or historical “talking head” in both America and Britain.

Reading a Katie Fforde book has been described as like sipping on champagne cocktails - they are so effervescent, bubbly and fun.

His latest book, There Was a Soldier, tells of Scottish soldiers who fought in Europe, America, Africa, India and the Far East. The book follows the soldiers from 1707 right up to the first Gulf War. It includes collections of letters, lyrics of songs and poems composed by the soldiers themselves, highland anecdotes, extracts from official reports and typescripts of interviews. Angus says it has been a humbling privilege to have had access to such personal, poignant and often funny documents. He tells of soldiers who after 46 years can talk of the minute details of kindness shown to him in the Spanish Colonies in Buenos Aires to a cavalier commander who didn’t believe in hiding in doorways in Aden but rather marching straight down the street to let the enemy know he was coming. This is the gritty, real-life story of the Scottish soldier, told in his own words. Angus’ words knitting these extracts together show a tremendous pride in what Scottish soldiers have done and how they have behaved both in victory and defeat.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Jim Miller is a full time writer from Caithness. His previous books are The Dam Builders, The North Atlantic Front, Inverness, Scapa, Swords for hire, Brimster tales and his new book The Forresters is published in September. SEAT PRICES / FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

No stranger to the Highlands, Katie spends time here almost every year and even set her best-seller, Highland Fling, here in Scotland

WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

HISTORY ANGUS KONSTAM

In her current novel, Love Letters, a chance encounter finds Laura Horsley being persuaded into helping organise a literary festival. She travels off to Ireland to persuade notorious reclusive author, Dermot Flynn, to come out of hiding and be the star attraction at the festival. She can’t wait to meet her literary hero but all too soon she’s confronted with more than she bargained for. As it turns out, Dermot is maddening, temperamental, and up to his ears in a nasty case of writer’s block. On top of all this, he’s also infuriatingly attractive and wants to add Laura to his list of conquests…

ABOUT THE CHAIR Katie will be in conversation with our own Highland romantic novelist Erica Munro, Guilty Feet and The Dating Game. Erica Munro lives in Conon Bridge near Inverness. She worked as a lawyer and property consultant before becoming a fulltime writer. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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THURSDAY 8 OCT

BIOGRAPHY ROGER HUTCHINSON – WALKING TO AMERICA

STORYTELLING (KIDS 8-12) LARI DON

CHAIR: SHARON BLACKIE MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30

ONETOUCH THEATRE / 11.00

Roger is an author and freelance journalist based in Raasay. His first writing was on sport, Camanachd: The story of Shinty, and he has since written about inspirational characters in the highlands and Islands; Lord Leverhulme in The Soap Man and Calum MacLeod in Calum’s Road. Calum Macleod single-handedly built a two-mile road from his croft on the Isle of Raasay over a period of 20 years in the hope that new generations of people would return to live in the North of the island. The book has even inspired a community in the Gambia to build a similar road to their village to enable them to reach it in the rainy season. In tribute, this road will also be named ‘Calum’s Road’ Roger’s new book Walking to America relates the story of his family’s extraordinary odyssey-cumpilgrimage 120 years ago from Liverpool to Arizona and back again, in search of a new life and of a miracle doctor who could cure the blindness of one of their number. Roger will speak about his work and the many people who travelled across the Atlantic to seek their fortune.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Sharon Blackie is a published author The Long Delirious Burning Blue and co- founder of Ullapool based publishers Two Ravens Press. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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Lari is a truly inspirational and enthusiastic performer. Her books First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts, which has been shortlisted for the Royal Mail Award, and the sequel Wolf Notes follow the adventures of Helen, who uses her mother’s first aid kit to treat injured fabled beasts and her riddle solving abilities to help them with their quests throughout Scotland. Her version of Tam O’Shanter, published this summer, is a spooky retelling of Burns’ story which comes with the advice not to read it in the dark. Lari’s events include tips on how to make adventures exciting, examples of how writers create goodies and baddies, and inside info on how risky research can be. She might even share one of her favourite wolf stories! A fantastically interactive and stimulating session mainly for 8-12 year olds. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £4.00 / REDUCED RATE £3.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF! SCHOOLS PRICE £3.00 (PLUS ONE TEACHER FREE WITH EVERY TEN PUPILS)

SGL BOARDROOM / 19.00 This brilliant workshop will help you get that idea from your head onto the page, no matter how stubborn it is! Erica Munro lives on the Black Isle and has had two novels published by Piatkus Books under her own name, and two by Avon as glamorous girl-about-town Lucy Hepburn. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £6.00 / NO REDUCED RATE EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

KIDS (7+) CLARE GROGAN ONETOUCH THEATRE / 13.00 Clare Grogan is best known as the lead singer of Altered Images and for her role as Susan in cult 80s film Gregory’s Girl. She has since had roles in EastEnders, Red Dwarf and Father Ted. Last year Clare published her first book, Tallulah and the TeenStars. Tallulah Gosh -– aka Teresa Gordon is an ordinary girl living in an ordinary street, but who (in her bedroom) becomes the lead singer with the biggest and best band in the world. Tallulah and her friends take the school talent contest by storm, a feat more noteworthy as they were in the least likely to succeed category.

THURSDAY 8 OCT

WORKSHOP ERICA MUNRO OUT OF YOUR HEAD, ONTO THE PAGE

In the new instalment to come, Tallulah on Tour, their demo song is heard by the influential manager of the hit band Betty and the Bee Stings who offer them a support slot on their next tour. But can Teresa persuade her mum and dad that it’s a good idea? Will she be able to keep the band together long enough to learn new songs? For Teresa, the future is exciting and full of incredible challenges. Clare’s books embrace the fact that young girls no longer want to be ballerinas or princesses. Clare wanted to tell the story of an ordinary girl who had these ambitions, not someone in High School Musical. There is no secret that Clare draws on her own experiences and her desire to be part of something she was proud of is evident in Tallulah - definitely an ideal all parents would be happy to encourage. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £4.00 / REDUCED RATE £3.00

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THURSDAY 8 OCT

OUTDOOR / ENVIRONMENTAL BRIAN WILSON ONETOUCH THEATRE / 19.00 Brian is a Highlands-based writer and environmentalist, best known for his adventure and travel writing. After working with many of the major Scottish conservation and environmental organisations, he is now a freelance environmental contractor and trainer specialising in traditional stonework and thatching. Like many writers he enjoys a good yarn and talks about the people and places he visits with humour and sometimes philosophical slant. He tries to explore the interplay of adventure, environment and folklore, and to represent the drama, humour and philosophical connections between the people, places and events of a journey. These are, of course, the elements of any good yarn anyway! SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

OUTDOOR JOHN ALLEN AND CRAIG WELDON WALKING PANEL CHAIR: JOHN DAVIDSON EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30 The tragic death of 6 teenagers on Cairngorm in 1971 prompted John Allen to dedicate the next 3 decades to saving lives on Scotland’s mountains. After over 30 years and 1200 rescues, Cairngorm John, writes of his time with Cairngorm Mountain Rescue. His main aim in writing the book was to raise the profile of CMRT. In doing so he has created a book replete with interesting characters, harrowing incidents and many humorous anecdotes. Craig Weldon has been a student, engineer, submersible pilot, songwriter and failed music studio owner, itinerant temp worker, technical editor, and a public servant. The one constant has been his love of the hills. Weekend Fix is a lively account of hill-walking and up and down every possible terrain, braving Welsh farmers, Knoydart rain, the terrors of the Cuillins, and real ales. From Sutherland to the rolling downs of Gloucestershire, Craig and his friends search out their Weekend Fix. John and Craig will be in discussion about their differing approaches to spending time in Scotland’s remote areas.

ABOUT THE CHAIR: John Davidson is a journalist with a passion for the outdoors. He writes a monthly walking and cycling column in The Inverness Courier and also contributes to TGO Magazine’s Wild Walk series. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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PLAYHOUSE CINEMA / 12.00 Over a period of 90 days, Robin Gillanders journeyed throughout the Highlands of Scotland and Orkney in the spirit of Edwin Muir’s Scottish Journey of 1934, photographing whoever and whatever he encountered. His beautiful book Highland Journey is a must for all to see. Not only do the photographs capture a very personal contact with the Highlands of Edwin Muir, but Robin’s thoughtful words relay an honest and subjective story of what he encountered. In the manner of itinerant photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries, he used a traditional large format camera and black and white film which was processed in the converted shower of his campervan. During his talk Robin will show photos, some of which are not in the book, plus play some recordings taken along his journey. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £5.00 / REDUCED RATE £4.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

HISTORY TIM NEWARK CHAIR: TBC PLAYHOUSE CINEMA / 13.30 From the fields of Waterloo to the deserts of Sudan, from the Plains of Abraham to the mountains of Dargai, - the Highlander has made his mark. But how was it that an outlaw from the 18th century should become transformed into an international hero?

FRIDAY 9 OCT

PHOTOGRAPHY ROBIN GILLANDERS – A HIGHLAND JOURNEY

Highlander is the first book to tell the complete story of how the Highland soldier rose from humble roots in the mountains of Scotland to become a dynamic figure of universal appeal. It tells the story through a unique combination of military history, social history and popular literature. It uses the words of the soldiers themselves, from their diaries, letters and journals and quotes from the journalists, novelists, and actors who transformed their deeds into legends. It is a book full of stirring tales of bravery and eccentric characters, a book that uncovers the true story behind a remarkable and much respected icon. Above all, this is not just a Scots story - but a world story. English, Irish, Welsh, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans and Americans have all served as Highlanders. Tim Newark is the editor of Military Illustrated, the leading British military history magazine. He is the author of numerous books, including Celtic Warriors, War in Britain, Turning the Tide of War, Camouflage, and the critically acclaimed The Mafia at War. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £5.00 / REDUCED RATE £4.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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FRIDAY 9 OCT

FOOD & DRINK NELL NELSON PLAYHOUSE CINEMA / 16.00 We all know we probably don’t eat the right foods all the time but it’s so easy to grab something pre-prepared or quick to fit in with our busy lives. But wouldn’t you like more energy and a stronger immune system, wouldn’t you like to get rid of that lingering cold or get more mobility in your joints, wouldn’t you like to have better hair and skin, wouldn’t you like to lose a teeny bit of weight and improve your mood? All without going through a whole lifestyle revamp? ‘Course you would. Eat Well with Nell provides plenty of recipes and ideas to combat every health niggle you might have. And you don’t even have to give up chocolate. Passionate about food and cycling, Nell has cycled (and eaten) in every country she has visited from Mexico’s cactus-studded deserts to Pakistan’s snow-topped mountains. Her hobby has led to a fascinating career in nutrition, food and travel writing and TV presenting, including shows such as ‘The Woman Who Ate Scotland’. As a fully qualified nutritionist, Nell is fascinated by harnessing the power of food so you can get the most out of life whether it’s cycling hundreds of miles or just preparing a meal that puts you in a thoroughly good mood.

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TRAVEL WRITING / FOOD & DRINK CAROL DRINKWATER ONETOUCH THEATRE / 20.00 Carol is better known to those of us of a certain age as Mrs Helen Herriot in the TV adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small. But when she and her partner happened upon a derelict farm in the South of France, Carol’s potential was truly fulfilled. Her bestselling trilogy, The Olive Farm, The Olive Season and The Olive Harvest, tells of their trials and tribulations, renovating a wreck and rejuvenating a desolate olive grove. There are many (hilarious) local encounters, some mystical, such as with the local water diviner who managed to find water in the barren landscape. Over the past few years, Carol has travelled extensively through the Mediterranean exploring the future of olive farming and meeting other olive farmers whose visions for the future are both remarkable and ingenious in The Olive Route and The Olive Tree. Carol is currently working with UNESCO on a lavish documentary film series inspired by these two books. The series is both travel and history based and will follow an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean Basin. The aim is to celebrate the cultural heritage of this sacred tree.

SEAT PRICES

SEAT PRICES

FULL PRICE £5.00 / REDUCED RATE £4.00

FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00

EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

FRIDAY 9 OCT

READING GROUP EVENT CLIO GRAY GJ MOFFAT NEIL FORSYTH ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00 PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIGHLAND LIBRARIES A great opportunity for reading groups to meet 3 new authors for the price of one. Everyone will get a chance to hear all 3 authors talk and read from their work. Then there will be 3 split off groups to have a more in depth discussion with your chosen author. All groups will come together again to hear from future work the authors are working on. When buying your ticket you will need to specify which break out group you want to be a part of. The authors are:Clio Gray: Clio is based in Ballantore and is our own Highland historical crime writer; following the investigations of missing-persons finder Whilbert Stroop. She has published 3 novels since 2006 after being snapped up from the highland short story magazine RAW: GJ Moffat’s used his day job as a lawyer in Glasgow to feed into his first book Daisychain. Logan Finch is almost partner in his law firm but this is threatened by a run in with a group of international money launderers who bring back to life a part of his past he had tried to forget. Over the space of only 3 days, one of the lead characters needs to mature from the innocence implied in the daisy chain found pressed in her book to

thinking of enterprising moves in an attempt to save her life. GJ’s inspiration for this character is a real life family member. Neil Forsythe had several careers before falling into journalism - writing mostly on criminals and football. His meeting with the Scottish fraudster Elliot Castro led to Other People’s Money, (Castro’s biography soon to be made into a film). Neil’s first novel Let Them Come Through tells of a once successful TV medium who’s dodgy manager tries to resurrect his career from the Z list with not quite the desired outcome.

SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

Attendance is not restricted to reading groups.

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SATURDAY 10 OCT

FOOD AND DRINK SUE LAWRENCE CHAIR: NICKY MARR EMPIRE THEATRE / 13.00 Sue was the second winner of Masterchef in 1991 and since then has become a household name in Scotland not only as a chef but as a food writer, exploring all aspects of Scottish cuisine from clapshot to deep fried mars bars. She has talked to over 70 prominent Scots in her new book Taste Ye Back, asking them to provide their favourite recipes as well as memories of their early eating habits. Gordon Brown may be one of the most powerful men on the planet but he still sometimes needs to warm up a convenience meal for one. Alistair Darling outlined the acquired taste necessary for the Western Isles delicacy of salted gannet, while Alex Salmond offers a childhood recollection of being playfully mocked by his family for being so skinny. Former Scotland football coach Alex McLeish revealed that he found his own childhood preferences particularly difficult to shake off; dipping Farley’s rusks in tea and Sharleen Spiteri admits “Whenever I visit Scotland I stock up on a month’s supply of tattie scones which I eat fried with brown sauce.” Other people in the book include Ewan McGregor, Hardeep Singh Kohli, A.L. Kennedy, Andy Murray and Gordon Ramsay. Sue will be cooking some recipes from the book and chatting to Nicky Marr about the contributors.

ABOUT THE CHAIR: Nicky Marr is the local breakfast show host on Moray Firth Radio and writes a regular column for the Inverness Courier SEAT PRICES / FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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FAMILY STORYTELLING DAY JIM LOVE STUDIO / FROM 10.30 STORIES FROM THE STARS / 10.30 & 11.30 Stories from the Stars with Martin Watssman. Join us in the Eden Court Bubble for an amazing opportunity to hear stories from the stars in a planetarium. Martin Watssman will guide you through constellations and astronomical tales for a really different experience.

BIG MOUTHS / 13.00 / 30 MINS Eating and stories: what more could you ask, bring along your own favourite foods for lunch and we’ll provide some of our fave snacks and refreshments. Then, hear some stories about food, eating and all things lunchy. Big mouth required. With ace storyteller and drama worker Jesse Paul.

TALES ABOUT TAILS / 15.00 / 45 MINS Make a tail, wear a tail, hear a tale. Tales about tails with Hayley Savage. Croc tails, dino tails, mouse tails - you name it we’ll have or make up a story about it. Afterwards, you can take your tail home!

FOOD AND FABLES / 16.00 / 1HR 30 MINS Medieval stories and medieval food cooked in front of your very own eyes. Andrew Mackintosh will show and tell many of the secrets, stories and fables from this era. A must just before tea! SEAT PRICES / FULL PRICE £2.00 PER PERSON BUY A STORYTELLING PASS FOR £7.50 FOR ALL 5 STORYTELLING EVENTS £6.00 FAMILY TICKET (UP TO 4 PEOPLE WITH AT LEAST 1 ADULT) £30.00 FAMILY STORYTELLING DAY PASS (FOR ALL 5 EVENTS)

BIOGRAPHY ELAINE C. SMITH

CHAIR: JIM MILLER ONETOUCH THEATRE / 15.00

CHAIR: SUSAN WELSH ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00 PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATERSTONE’S

Ian Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University until Christmas Eve 1950. On that night, assisted by Alan Stewart, Gavin Vernon and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey and, in doing so became a Scottish national hero. This solitary act set Hamilton on a path for the rest of his life from which he has not diverged. Although it is now nearly sixty years since that fateful night, it is the actual events surrounding the taking of the Stone which hold people spellbound when Hamilton recounts them. In the Stone of Destiny, Ian has set down the chain of events which led to his decision to go to London, remove the Stone and a minute-by-minute account of the act and the aftermath. But this is not simply a retelling of a stunt that made nationwide news; it is a book about how a nation’s conscience was stirred by a symbolic act that changed lives of many.

ABOUT THE CHAIR: Jim Miller is a full time writer from Caithness. His previous books are The Dam Builders, The North Atlantic Front, Inverness, Scapa, Swords for hire, Brimster Tales and his new book The Foresters is published in September. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £5.00 / REDUCED RATE £4.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

‘How did I end up here?’A question Elaine C. Smith asked herself when sitting in the dressing-room of a top theatre in London’s West End, about to go on stage with one of the UK’s most successful plays.

SATURDAY 10 OCT

HISTORY IAN HAMILTON

In Nothing like a Dame, Elaine reflects on a 50-year journey that took her from being that lippy wee lassie brought up in a mining village in the heart of darkest Lanarkshire to a celebrated performer at the peak of the entertainment world. She recounts her long struggle to make it in a male-dominated, working-class Scotland at a time when women were supposed to just shut up and stay thin, especially in the sexist world of theatre and television, where she was told, ‘Look, women just aren’t funny.’ Nothing like a Dame is a heart-warming memoir, candid, outspoken, hilarious and at times deeply sad – exactly what you would expect from that lippy, opinionated and wonderful Elaine C. Smith. This is her story.

ABOUT THE CHAIR Susan Welsh is a features writer with the Press and Journal newspaper. After growing up in the Highland Capital she moved to Aberdeen where she became features editor and a columnist with the Evening Express and a regular contributor to Radio Scotland’s Edi Stark show. SEAT PRICES FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00 EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!

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SATURDAY 10 OCT

THE INVERNESS BOOK FESTIVAL PUB QUIZ NEWSROOM BAR / 20.00 A true Book Festival institution, the Pub Quiz returns for 2009 in a new place at a new time, in a new format, but with a familiar face as quizmaster. Please welcome local celebrity and radio DJ Ken Kelman to the chair. Ken will take the lead as teams (of up to 6) pit their wits against each other to be crowned Pub Quiz Champions. Expect to find book related questions on  pop music, sport, travel, entertainment and the ubiquitous pub quiz favourite, the funny faces round. You don’t need to be a super brain to win, but you do need to have a good sense of humour, and at least a passing interest in books! Entry is £1.00 per team member

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BUYING YOUR TICKETS

ACCESS

Tickets for Inverness Book Festival are priced individually for each event. Please see the event for full details.

Our Tickets and Information office is located just inside Eden Court and is open each day from 10.00 until 21.00. Our staff will be pleased to offer advice, assistance and information on anything happening in and around Eden Court.

Eden Court is equipped to welcome customers and visitors with all needs.

MULTI-BUY SPECIAL OFFER Buy tickets for any 4 of our top price events, and pay for just 3! This applies only to events where the ticket price is £7.00 / Reduced Rate £5.00 and cannot be used in conjuntion with any other discount.

RESERVATIONS Tickets may be reserved in person or by phone up to one week in advance for any performance at Eden Court. We will hold reserved tickets for three working days. Please note that all reservations, which are not paid for in full within three working days, will be released for sale.

REDUCED RATES Reduced price seats are available for most performances. Only one reduction applies per ticket. Reductions usually apply to under 18s, full-time students, people over 60, people claiming unemployment benefit, people with disabilities, people on income support and parties of 10 or more. We may ask to see proof of reduced rate status. People with disabilities may bring an escort at a reduced rate price if assistance is needed. Eden Court is a member of Highland Council’s Plus One scheme. For further details please contact Highland Council on 01463 703 536. Eden Court Friends also receive generous additional discounts on ticket prices – for more information, see Eden Court’s main brochure, or browse the website.

BOOK SALES Festival booksales provided by Waterstone’s. For a range of books by the festival authors please visit the book stall in the foyer at Eden Court - Discover more at www.waterstones.com

Tickets can be booked or reserved in person, by phone or post, or online at www.eden-court.co.uk We also have a Sales Desk in the Eastgate Shopping Centre. It is located on the ground floor beside the Café and is open from Monday to Saturday from 11.00 until 17.00, and from 12.00 to 16.00 every Sunday.

POSTAGE CHARGES If you wish to have your tickets posted to you, this will incur an 80p charge per transaction. Tickets can be collected from the Box Office at Eden Court, or at our Sales Desk in the Eastgate Centre.

BOOKING FEES A 5% Booking Fee applies to all online and phone sales. Classes and other education activities do not attract a fee. There will continue to be no charge for sales made in person at Eden Court, or at our Sales Desk in the Eastgate Centre.

PAYMENT METHODS Payment can be made by cash, cheque (made payable to Eden Court), Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Visa Debit Cards or Eden Court Gift Vouchers. Payment can be made in person, by phone or by post.

LATE ADMISSIONS Please be aware that latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium until a suitable break in the performance, which may not be until the interval, if at all.

Wheelchair spaces are available for most performances. The Box Office can advise on availability. We also have a number of wheelchairs available for customer use. If you feel that a wheelchair would make it easier for you to access Eden Court, we are happy to provide this for you (we advise booking ahead to ensure availability). Our cinemas are equipped with DTS Access technology, including hearing assist, audio description and for some performances, soft subtitling. Our performance spaces are equipped with two-channel infrared equipment. Receivers are available at the Box Office and can be used on their own or in conjunction with your hearing aid.

TICKETS AND INFORMATION

TICKET PRICES

Please reserve your receiver at Box Office. We produce an audio version of our Theatre Brochure which details all upcoming performances at Eden Court with a particular focus on audio described performances and touch tours. We publish detailed information regarding upcoming subtitled, captioned and signed performances on our website and in print. If you would like to receive regular updates regarding accessible performances please contact Teresa in the Marketing Department on 01463 732 697 or email [email protected] If you require any additional assistance to enjoy your visit to Eden Court, please don’t hesitate to ask for the Front of House Manager upon arrival at the theatre, or telephone 01463 239 841 in advance of your visit.

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CONTACT

TO CONTACT THE BOX OFFICE Visit us at Eden Court or at the Eastgate Shopping Centre or give us a call on: 01463 234 234 Write to us at Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA Visit us online at: www.eden-court.co.uk HOW TO FIND US: BISHOPS ROAD INVERNESS IV3 5SA ADMINISTRATION TEL: 01463 239 841 Limited car parking is available at Eden Court. Exit is by bar code. Bar codes are issued with all purchases. There is public Pay & Display car parking at Inverness Cathedral.

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TIMETABLE

MONDAY 5 OCT RHYMETIME WITH BOOKSTART SCOTLAND

POETRY WORKSHOP WITH TOM POW

IAN RANKIN WRITING CRIME

ROGER HUTCHINSON – WALKING TO AMERICA

TULLOCH ROOM / 14.30 – 16.00

MACLEAN ROOM / 14.30

MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30

ANNE MACLEOD – WRITING POETRY WORKSHOP

ERICA MUNRO OUT OF YOUR HEAD, ONTO THE PAGE WORKSHOP

SGL BOARDROOM / 18.30

SGL BOARDROOM / 19.00

ALASTAIR MCINTOSH AND EMMA WOOD

BRIAN WILSON

JIM LOVE STUDIO / 10.00 (0-3 YRS) 11.00 – (3-5 YRS)

IAN RANKIN

ITCHY COO WORKSHOP WITH JAMES ROBERTSON & KAREN SUTHERLAND

TOM POW

MACLEAN ROOM 10.00

ANN CLEEVES MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30

BARBARA DICKSON

EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30

MACLEAN ROOM / 19.30

THE 3 CITY CRIME PANEL with ALEX GRAY, IAN RANKIN AND STUART MACBRIDE EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30

EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.00

TUESDAY 6 OCT WIGGLY WORM: CREATIVE MOVEMENT WITH YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK

WEDNESDAY 7 OCT KATIE PAMMENT 1ST CIRCLE FOYER 10.00 – P6 & P7 / 14.00 – S1 & S2

JIM LOVE STUDIO 10.15 – 10.45 (18 MNTHS – 3YRS) 11.00 – 11.30 (6 – 18 MNTHS)

JULIE HEGARTY

DEBI GLIORI

JESS SMITH & STUART MCHARDY

MACLEAN ROOM / 11.00 & 14.00

ONETOUCH THEATRE / 11.00

TALES ‘N’ TAILS MACLEAN ROOM / 11.15

LA SCALA CINEMA / 13.00

EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30

NEIL GUNN TRUST LECTURE 2009 . BURNS, GUNN AND THE SCOTTISH WIDER WORLD

ONETOUCH THEATRE / 19.00

JOHN ALLEN AND CRAIG WELDON - WALKING PANEL EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30

FRIDAY 9 OCT

ANGUS KONSTAM

ROBIN GILLANDERS – A HIGHLAND JOURNEY

KATIE FFORDE EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30

LA SCALA CINEMA / 12.00

TIM NEWARK LA SCALA CINEMA / 13.30

THURSDAY 8 OCT LARI DON ONETOUCHTHEATRE / 11.00

CLARE GROGAN ONETOUCH THEATRE / 16.30

FAMILY STORYTELLING DAY JIM LOVE STUDIO / FROM 10.30 STORIES FROM THE STARS / 10.30 & 11.30 BIG MOUTHS / 13.00 TALES ABOUT TAILS / 15.00 FOOD AND FABLES / 16.00

SUE LAWRENCE EMPIRE THEATRE / 13.00

IAN HAMILTON ONETOUCH THEATRE / 15.00

ONETOUCH THEATRE / 19.00

MACLEAN ROOM / 20.00

SATURDAY 10 OCT

NELL NELSON LA SCALA CINEMA / 16.00

CLIO GRAY (HISTORICAL CRIME) GJ MOFFAT (CRIME) NEIL FORSYTH (FICTION) ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00

CAROL DRINKWATER ONETOUCH THEATRE / 20.00

ELAINE C. SMITH ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00

THE INVERNESS BOOK FESTIVAL PUB QUIZ NEWSROOM BAR / 20.00