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DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION 04
TIMETABLE back cover
TICKETS AND INFORMATION 25
CONTACT 26
ANN CLEEVES 05
RHYMETIME WITH ERICA MUNRO - OUT OF YOUR
BOOKSTART SCOTLAND 05
BARBARA DICKSON 06
ITCHY COO WORKSHOP WITH
JAMES ROBERTSON & KAREN SUTHERLAND 06
POETRY WORKSHOP WITH TOM POW 07
WIGGLY WORM: CREATIVE MOVEMENT
WITH YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK 07
DEBI GLIORI 07
IAN RANKIN 08
TOM POW 08
THE 3 CITY CRIME PANEL 09
JESS SMITH & STUART MCHARDY 10
TALES ‘N’ TAILS 10
IAN RANKIN - WRITING CRIME WORKSHOP 11
KATIE PAMMENT WORKSHOP 11
ANNE MACLEOD –
WRITING POETRY WORKSHOP 12
JULIE HEGARTY 12
ALASTAIR MCINTOSH AND EMMA WOOD 13
NEIL GUNN TRUST LECTURE 2009 14
INDEX
ANGUS KONSTAM 15
KATIE FFORDE 15
ROGER HUTCHINSON 16
LARI DON 16
HEAD, ONTO THE PAGE WORKSHOP 17
CLARE GROGAN 17
BRIAN WILSON 18
JOHN ALLEN AND CRAIG
WELDON - WALKING PANEL 18
ROBIN GILLANDERS 19
TIM NEWARK 19
NELL NELSON 20
CAROL DRINKWATER 20
READING GROUP EVENT 21
SUE LAWRENCE 22
FAMILY STORYTELLING DAY 22
IAN HAMILTON 23
ELAINE C. SMITH 23
THE INVERNESS BOOK
FESTIVAL PUB QUIZ 24
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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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 MONDAY 5 OCT
CRIME KIDS
ANN CLEEVES RHYMETIME WITH
MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30 BOOKSTART SCOTLAND
The Shetland Quartet, with Detective JIM LOVE STUDIO / 10.00 - (0-3 YRS)
Inspector Jimmy Perez at the helm, is
attracting all kinds of attention…and 11.00 – (3-5 YRS)
rightly so. Bring your little ones along to enjoy a
Perez makes mistakes, asks the wrong brilliant Rhymetime session with the
questions, is more like a priest than a wonderful people from Bookstart - there
hard-bitten detective and has a strained will be songs, stories and rhymes to join in
relationship with Inverness HQ. He is, in with for a lovely 45 min session.
short, believable. Bookstart is a national programme that
From Raven Black’s chilling bloodstained encourages all parents and carers to enjoy
snow in the heart of winter, to White books with their children from as early an
Night’s mysterious summer-time age as possible.
happenings. The series continues with the
FREE BUT TICKETED
gripping, Red Bones, and will be followed
by the release next year of the hugely (ADULTS DON’T NEED A TICKET)
anticipated, Blue Lightning.
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.

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MONDAY 5 OCT

BIOGRAPHY KIDS WORKSHOP

BARBARA DICKSON ITCHY COO
CHAIR: SUSAN WELSH WORKSHOP WITH
EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.00 JAMES ROBERTSON &
Barbara is one of the biggest-selling KAREN SUTHERLAND
Scottish female recording artists of
all time. Her autobiography, A Shirt MACLEAN ROOM / 10.00
Box Full of Songs was written while Itchy Coo publishers in Edinburgh produce
she was still on the road. Barbara’s ‘Braw Books for Bairns o Aw Ages’. James
connection with her audience is Robertson is not only one of our most
captured beautifully in her warm and awarded Scottish author’s of adult fiction
fascinating story of a childhood in Fife and poetry but also one of the Itchy Coo
and as a struggling folk musician in authors. Karen Sutherland is Inverness
Edinburgh. based illustrator for Itchy Coo who brought
Her book covers the close us the Animal ABC, A Moose in the Hoose,
relationships that have developed throughout her career with Katie’s Ferm, Katie’s Beasties and new in
people such as, Elaine Page, Benny Andersson, Billy Connolly, and September, Katie’s Year.
The Two Ronnies.
The Itchy Coo workshop will be for kids
We are delighted that Barbara has agreed to come to Inverness for age 6-8. James will run a session on Scots
this, the first event in her book tour. She will be in conversation with words and Karen will work with children to
Susan Welsh and will be available to sign copies of her book before produce a frieze based on Katie’s Year: Aw
its national release. the Months for Wee Folk which will be on
display in Eden Court for the duration of
ABOUT THE CHAIR the festival.
Susan Welsh is a features writer with the Press and Journal There will be a break for 20 minutes
newspaper. After growing up in the Highland Capital she moved to for everyone to get refreshments, the
Aberdeen where she became features editor and a columnist with workshop will end around 12.15.
the Evening Express and a regular contributor to Radio Scotland’s
Edi Stark show. She has interviewed hundreds of interesting SEAT PRICES / LIMITED PLACES
personalities over the years. Her personal highlights include having FULL PRICE £5.00 / NO REDUCED RATE
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.

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 TUESDAY 6 OCT
WORKSHOP KIDS (7-9)
POETRY WORKSHOP WITH DEBI GLIORI
TOM POW MACLEAN ROOM / 11.00 & 14.00
TULLOCH ROOM / 14.30 – 16.00 Debi grew up in Glasgow ‘falling into’
Tom Pow is an award-winning poet who books like the Wind in the Willows while
will be conducting a workshop in which the outside sounds were muted and
he will set exercises and encourage distant. She has said ‘Of course I didn’t
participants to write poems on the spot. know then that I would write stories.
All I knew then was that I loved reading
Don’t miss Tom’s other appearance at them. For me stories were brothers,
Inverness Book Festival 09 – see page 08. sisters and friends; filling the long hours
Maximum 20 people. between childhood and adolescence’.
This enthusiasm for reading has translated
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and illustrated books children today can
disappear into.
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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
KIDS vivid imagination. Her art work is fantastic in all books not least At
WIGGLY WORM: CREATIVE MOVEMENT All Cost which has been translated into several languages.

WITH YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK 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
JIM LOVE STUDIO from Witch Baby and Me After Dark published this month, draw
10.15 – 10.45 (18 MNTHS – 3YRS) 11.00 – 11.30 (6 – 18 MNTHS) and chat with the audience.

Bring along your favourite book and your dancing feet to see what SEAT PRICES
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which links reading and physical activity with play, between carer
or parent and their child. Led by Eden Court’s Dance Artist Louise EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!
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TUESDAY 6 OCT
CRIME
IAN RANKIN
CHAIR: NICKY MARR
EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION
WITH WATERSTONE’S
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.
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POETRY
TOM POW
CHAIR: CYNTHIA ROGERSON
MACLEAN ROOM / 19.30
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.
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 TUESDAY 6 OCT
CRIME
THE 3 CITY CRIME PANEL
with ALEX GRAY,
IAN RANKIN AND
STUART MACBRIDE
CHAIR: ANNE MACLEOD
EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30
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.

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WEDNESDAY 7 OCT

STORYTELLING KIDS (0 – 3 YRS)

JESS SMITH & STUART MCHARDY TALES ‘N’ TAILS
LA SCALA CINEMA / 13.00 MACLEAN ROOM / 11.15
Jess Smith was brought up travelling the roads of Scotland. Through Do you have a tail?
her autobiographical trilogy Jessie’s Journey, Tales from the Tent
After this session you will have!
and Tears for a Tinker, Jess has relived and shared these times with
a colourful and passionate voice. Written originally in her ‘cant’ We’ll make a special mini tail and hear
language and broad Scots, it had to be translated to English before it some tales about tails. Croc tails, mouse
could be published. Listening to Jess’ stories in person captures the tails, and cats’ tails - you name it and
atmosphere of those times for any of us interested in life beyond the we’ll have a tale about it!
margins of society. Jess occasionally breaks into song which Celtic
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Stuart McHardy is a writer, storyteller and lecturer. His interest (ADULTS DON’T NEED A TICKET!)
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.

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WORKSHOP
IAN RANKIN -
WRITING CRIME
MACLEAN ROOM / 14.30
Ian Rankin is the UK’s number one best-
selling crime writer. He lives in Edinburgh,
and writes about the city in his award-
winning ‘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.
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WEDNESDAY 7 OCT
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.
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.
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WORKSHOP
ANNE MACLEOD –
WRITING POETRY
SGL BOARDROOM / 18.30
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
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KIDS (UP TO 8 YRS)
JULIE HEGARTY
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 11.00
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.
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.
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ENVIRONMENT
ALASTAIR MCINTOSH
AND EMMA WOOD
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.
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.

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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.

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HISTORY FICTION
ANGUS KONSTAM KATIE FFORDE
CHAIR: JIM MILLER CHAIR: ERICA MUNRO
MACLEAN ROOM / 20.00 EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30
Angus is a former naval officer, underwater Reading a Katie Fforde book has been
archaeologist, museum curator and pirate described as like sipping on champagne
expert! He has written over 30 naval and cocktails - they are so effervescent, bubbly
military books and also makes frequent and fun.
television appearances as a piracy expert
or historical “talking head” in both America No stranger to the Highlands, Katie
and Britain. spends time here almost every year and
even set her best-seller, Highland Fling,
His latest book, There Was a Soldier, tells here in Scotland
of Scottish soldiers who fought in Europe,
America, Africa, India and the Far East. The In her current novel, Love Letters, a
book follows the soldiers from 1707 right up chance encounter finds Laura Horsley
to the first Gulf War. It includes collections being persuaded into helping organise a
of letters, lyrics of songs and poems literary festival. She travels off to Ireland
composed by the soldiers themselves, to persuade notorious reclusive author,
highland anecdotes, extracts from official Dermot Flynn, to come out of hiding and
reports and typescripts of interviews. be the star attraction at the festival. She
Angus says it has been a humbling privilege can’t wait to meet her literary hero but all
to have had access to such personal, too soon she’s confronted with more than
poignant and often funny documents. He
tells of soldiers who after 46 years can talk of the minute details of she bargained for. As it turns out, Dermot
kindness shown to him in the Spanish Colonies in Buenos Aires to a is maddening, temperamental, and up to
cavalier commander who didn’t believe in hiding in doorways in Aden his ears in a nasty case of writer’s block.
but rather marching straight down the street to let the enemy know On top of all this, he’s also infuriatingly
he was coming. This is the gritty, real-life story of the Scottish soldier, attractive and wants to add Laura to his
told in his own words. Angus’ words knitting these extracts together list of conquests…
show a tremendous pride in what Scottish soldiers have done and
how they have behaved both in victory and defeat. ABOUT THE CHAIR
Katie will be in conversation with our own Highland romantic
ABOUT THE CHAIR novelist Erica Munro, Guilty Feet and The Dating Game. Erica
Jim Miller is a full time writer from Caithness. His previous books Munro lives in Conon Bridge near Inverness. She worked as a
are The Dam Builders, The North Atlantic Front, Inverness, Scapa, lawyer and property consultant before becoming a fulltime writer.
Swords for hire, Brimster tales and his new book The Forresters is
published in September. SEAT PRICES
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THURSDAY 8 OCT
BIOGRAPHY
ROGER HUTCHINSON –
WALKING TO AMERICA
CHAIR: SHARON BLACKIE
MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30
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-cum-
pilgrimage 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.
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STORYTELLING
(KIDS 8-12)
LARI DON
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 11.00
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.
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WORKSHOP
ERICA MUNRO -
OUT OF YOUR HEAD,
ONTO THE PAGE
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.
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THURSDAY 8 OCT
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.
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.
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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!
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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.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
ROBIN GILLANDERS – A
HIGHLAND JOURNEY
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
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FRIDAY 9 OCT
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?
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.
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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.
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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 thinking of enterprising moves in an attempt to SEAT PRICES
missing-persons finder Whilbert Stroop. save her life. GJ’s inspiration for this character is FULL PRICE £7.00 / REDUCED RATE £5.00
She has published 3 novels since 2006 a real life family member.
after being snapped up from the highland EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF!
short story magazine RAW: Neil Forsythe had several careers before falling
into journalism - writing mostly on criminals and
GJ Moffat’s used his day job as a football. His meeting with the Scottish fraudster
lawyer in Glasgow to feed into his Elliot Castro led to Other People’s Money,
first book Daisychain. Logan Finch is (Castro’s biography soon to be made into a
almost partner in his law firm but this film). Neil’s first novel Let Them Come Through
is threatened by a run in with a group tells of a once successful TV medium who’s
of international money launderers who dodgy manager tries to resurrect his career from
bring back to life a part of his past he had the Z list with not quite the desired outcome.
tried to forget. Over the space of only 3
days, one of the lead characters needs to Attendance is not restricted to reading groups.
mature from the innocence implied in the
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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
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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)
 SATURDAY 10 OCT
HISTORY BIOGRAPHY
IAN HAMILTON ELAINE C. SMITH
CHAIR: JIM MILLER CHAIR: SUSAN WELSH
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 15.00 ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00
Ian Hamilton was an unknown PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
law student at Glasgow University WATERSTONE’S
until Christmas Eve 1950. On that
night, assisted by Alan Stewart, ‘How did I end up here?’A question
Gavin Vernon and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from Elaine C. Smith asked herself when
beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey and, in doing sitting in the dressing-room of a top
so became a Scottish national hero. This solitary act set Hamilton theatre in London’s West End, about
on a path for the rest of his life from which he has not diverged. to go on stage with one of the UK’s
Although it is now nearly sixty years since that fateful night, it is most successful plays.
the actual events surrounding the taking of the Stone which hold
In Nothing like a Dame, Elaine reflects
people spellbound when Hamilton recounts them.
on a 50-year journey that took her
In the Stone of Destiny, Ian has set down the chain of events from being that lippy wee lassie brought up in a mining village in
which led to his decision to go to London, remove the Stone and a the heart of darkest Lanarkshire to a celebrated performer at the
minute-by-minute account of the act and the aftermath. peak of the entertainment world.
But this is not simply a retelling of a stunt that made nationwide She recounts her long struggle to make it in a male-dominated,
news; it is a book about how a nation’s conscience was stirred by a working-class Scotland at a time when women were supposed to
symbolic act that changed lives of many. 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.’
ABOUT THE CHAIR: Nothing like a Dame is a heart-warming memoir, candid,
Jim Miller is a full time writer from Caithness. His previous books outspoken, hilarious and at times deeply sad – exactly what you
are The Dam Builders, The North Atlantic Front, Inverness, Scapa, would expect from that lippy, opinionated and wonderful Elaine C.
Swords for hire, Brimster Tales and his new book The Foresters is Smith. This is her story.
published in September.
ABOUT THE CHAIR
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Susan Welsh is a features writer with the Press and Journal
FULL PRICE £5.00 / REDUCED RATE £4.00 newspaper. After growing up in the Highland Capital she moved to
EDEN COURT FRIENDS £1.00 OFF! Aberdeen where she became features editor and a columnist with
the Evening Express and a regular contributor to Radio Scotland’s
Edi Stark show.

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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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TICKET PRICES
Tickets for Inverness Book Festival are priced
individually for each event. Please see the event for
full details.
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
BUYING YOUR TICKETS
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.
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.
ACCESS
TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Eden Court is equipped to welcome customers
and visitors with all needs.
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.
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 tbendoris@eden-court.co.uk
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
JIM LOVE STUDIO / 10.00 -
(0-3 YRS) 11.00 – (3-5 YRS)
ITCHY COO WORKSHOP
WITH JAMES ROBERTSON
& KAREN SUTHERLAND
MACLEAN ROOM 10.00
ANN CLEEVES
MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30
BARBARA DICKSON
EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.00
TUESDAY 6 OCT
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)
DEBI GLIORI
MACLEAN ROOM /
11.00 & 14.00
POETRY WORKSHOP IAN RANKIN - ROGER HUTCHINSON – SATURDAY 10 OCT
WITH TOM POW WRITING CRIME WALKING TO AMERICA
TULLOCH ROOM / MACLEAN ROOM / 14.30 MACLEAN ROOM / 18.30 FAMILY STORYTELLING DAY
14.30 – 16.00 JIM LOVE STUDIO /
ANNE MACLEOD – ERICA MUNRO - FROM 10.30
IAN RANKIN WRITING POETRY OUT OF YOUR HEAD, STORIES FROM THE STARS /
EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30 WORKSHOP ONTO THE PAGE WORKSHOP 10.30 & 11.30
SGL BOARDROOM / 18.30 SGL BOARDROOM / 19.00 BIG MOUTHS / 13.00
TOM POW TALES ABOUT TAILS / 15.00
MACLEAN ROOM / 19.30 ALASTAIR MCINTOSH BRIAN WILSON FOOD AND FABLES / 16.00
AND EMMA WOOD ONETOUCH THEATRE / 19.00
THE 3 CITY CRIME PANEL EMPIRE THEATRE / 18.30 SUE LAWRENCE
with ALEX GRAY, JOHN ALLEN AND CRAIG EMPIRE THEATRE / 13.00
IAN RANKIN AND NEIL GUNN TRUST LECTURE WELDON - WALKING PANEL
STUART MACBRIDE 2009 . BURNS, GUNN AND EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30 IAN HAMILTON
EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30 THE SCOTTISH WIDER ONETOUCH THEATRE / 15.00
WORLD
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 19.00 FRIDAY 9 OCT ELAINE C. SMITH
WEDNESDAY 7 OCT ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00
ANGUS KONSTAM ROBIN GILLANDERS –
KATIE PAMMENT
MACLEAN ROOM / 20.00 A HIGHLAND JOURNEY THE INVERNESS BOOK
1ST CIRCLE FOYER
LA SCALA CINEMA / 12.00
FESTIVAL PUB QUIZ
10.00 – P6 & P7 /
KATIE FFORDE NEWSROOM BAR / 20.00
14.00 – S1 & S2
EMPIRE THEATRE / 20.30 TIM NEWARK
JULIE HEGARTY LA SCALA CINEMA / 13.30
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 11.00
THURSDAY 8 OCT NELL NELSON
TALES ‘N’ TAILS LA SCALA CINEMA / 16.00
LARI DON
MACLEAN ROOM / 11.15
ONETOUCHTHEATRE / 11.00 CLIO GRAY
JESS SMITH & STUART (HISTORICAL CRIME)
MCHARDY CLARE GROGAN GJ MOFFAT (CRIME)
LA SCALA CINEMA / 13.00 ONETOUCH THEATRE / 16.30 NEIL FORSYTH (FICTION)
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 18.00
CAROL DRINKWATER
ONETOUCH THEATRE / 20.00