Category Archives: book festivals

Keep reading, stupid

For the past twenty-five years I have been involved in one way or another with book festivals – as a board member, as a chair or moderator, as a presenter of my own work, and as a patron. Book festivals … Continue reading →

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Two writers

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This weekend I’m chairing two events at the Winter Words book festival in Pitlochry. The authors have a couple of things in common. They both come from the Northern Isles, one from Orkney, one from Shetland. And they are both, … Continue reading →

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Paying attention

Birnam, the village where I live, and neighbouring Dunkeld, across the river, have a combined population of just 1,100 souls. For our size we’re unusual in having an arts centre, fully equipped with a 150-seater auditorium, studio and meeting spaces, … Continue reading →

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