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any of the events on Facebook
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Book Week Scotland?
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Monday 6
th
- Monday 20th November
Join us for news and
to comment and discuss
any of the events on Facebook
Events are free, with the opportunity to donate,
and will be held at Currie and Colinton Libraries
and various other locations.
Full details are on the Events page and
each event lasts approximately one hour.
New this year - you can
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This year’s programme at a glance
Events
2023 Festival Programme
Events
The Pentlands Book Festival is back with a vengeance, and a
return for Denise Mina, turning from Garnethill to real but
historical crime, and talking to Douglas Skelton. Will it be
daggers at dusk, or discourse over dinner? From the darker
side take a walk in the sunlight and join Liz Beevers on her tour
of Malleny Gardens or a trip to the Botanics library. If you miss
out on these, Kirsty Wilson of Beechgrove and Garden
Manager at the Botanics will be coming to us to discuss
sustainable gardening. Staying in the Botanics, Sara Sheridan
(of Fair Botanists fame), in another welcome return, takes us to
1822 Edinburgh and the scent of scandal.
From the garden border to the Borders, Chair of the Trimontium
Trust John Reid’s latest research will provide thought-provoking
reassessments of many aspects of the story of the Romans in
Scotland. While Jamie Crawford (of BBC1’s Scotland from the
Sky) in his Wild History will introduce us to many lost places:
from the ruins of prehistoric forts and ancient burial sites to
abandoned bothies and boathouses and derelict traces of old,
faded, industry.
But abandoned sites can be repurposed, and Mike Scott and
Eddie Banks will bring us up to date on their labour of love, the
Colinton Tunnel. While favourite visitor to Pentland Art Club,
Damian Callan, always makes an impression. And stitching
together our art section, Andrew Crummy will tell us more about
the Great Tapestry of Scotland.
If poyums are your thing then do come and hear Scots
Performer of the Year 2021 and Herald columnist, warrior poet
Len Pennie.
We will also hear more about Colinton resident Dorothy
Dunnett, Queen of historical fiction and creator of The Lymond
Chronicles and The House of Niccolò, and our debut authors
will take us back to our childhoods and Ukraine before Putin’s
invasion.
And if all the above just leaves you confused, the very person to
help you make sense of the world is ex-BBC correspondent and
Chair of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Allan Little.
This is a work in progress - please check back over the next
few weeks as details are finalised and confirmed.
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