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INVERNESS 2014

Book Festival

Tue 19 – Sat 23 Aug Book Now: 01463 234 234 www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

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Welcome

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to the 10th Inverness Book Festival, the second in association with Sandstone Press.

We have a great line up this year with our subjects ranging from the Antarctic with Gavin Francis to 20th Century Ireland with Man Booker shortlisted Sebastian Barry. We have Tartan Noir with Louise Welsh and Doug Johnstone and we visit 1970s Chicago and beyond with Bonnie Greer.

The timing of the festival lends itself perfectly to delve into the independence referendum debate with Robert Crawford and Iain MacWhirter. Our agent-in-residence this year is Isobel Dixon of Blake Friedmann. As well as being an agent, Isobel is also an accomplished and much published poet.

For the first time we will be hosting an evening of Gaelic language books, organised by the Gaelic Books Council and two important events for young readers sponsored by Publishing Scotland.

Plus, we have the No 1 international bestselling author Kate Mosse joining us at the Big Book Group event.

I hope you are as excited as I am by the terrific programme of events we have on offer. I look forward to seeing you at Eden Court for another fantastic festival.

Robert Davidson Festival Director Managing Director, Sandstone Press

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Contents

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AUTHORS

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Welcome

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The Bear In The Cave

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Doug Johnston

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Louise Welsh

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Douglas Thompson

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Northwords Now Workshop

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Patrick Watt

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Northwords Now Readings

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Gavin Francis

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Peter Millar

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Bookbug

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Highland Literacy Workshop – Reading as Meditation

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Highland Literacy Workshop – Reading and Snobbery

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BBC Radio 4 Four For Thought

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Robert Crawford

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Iain MacWhirter

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Isobel Dixon Agent in Residence One-to-One

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Timetable

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Michael Tierney

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Bonnie Greer

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James W. Hall

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Big Book Group: Kate Mosse

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Isobel Dixon In Conversation

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Emily Dodd

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Daniela Sacerdoti

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Writing For Children & Young People

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Tim Armstrong & Seonaidh Charity

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Caro Ramsey

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Aimhreit & Aithreachas / Conflict & Regret

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Sebastian Barry

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Tickets & Info

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With Thanks E V E N T PA R T N E R S

EVENT VEHICLE SUPPLIED BY

T H E I N V E R N E SS B O O K F E S T I VA L I S A N EDEN COURT EVENT 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 SCO08237)

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The Bear in the Cave Storytelling and Craft Session Studio 2 I Tue 19 Aug I 12.30 & 14.30 Tickets: £4.00 for children (accompanying adults go free) Eden Court Friends discount applies For 1 – 6 years (all children must be accompanied by an adult)

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Join our Eden Court CREATIVE tutor for an action packed reading of the well loved children's story The Bear in the Cave by Michel Rosen. The lonely bear from Rosen’s classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt plays on the beach in front of his cave, sings to himself, splashes in the sea and one day sets off to follow the sounds of the city...

Once we’ve finished reading the story everyone will have chance to create and keep their very own bear puppet and take him on an adventure!

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Doug Johnstone OneTouch Theatre I Tue 19 Aug I 18.30 Chair Michael Malone Tickets: ÂŁ7.00 I Reduced Rates: ÂŁ6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Doug Johnstone is a writer, musician and journalist based in Edinburgh. His sixth novel, The Dead Beat, was published by Faber and Faber in May 2014. Gone Again was an Amazon bestseller and Hit & Run was an Amazon number 1 as well as being selected as a prestigious Fiction Uncovered winner.

His work has received praise from the likes of Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin, William McIlvanney, Megan Abbott and Christopher Brookmyre.

Doug will be interviewed by Michael Malone, author of the McBain Series of Glasgow crime novels.

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Louise Welsh OneTouch Theatre I Tue 19 Aug I 20.30 Chair Lesley McDowell Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Glasgow based writer, Louise Welsh’s latest novel, A Lovely Way to Burn, is the first book in her Plague Times trilogy. A pandemic called The Sweats is sweeping the globe. London is a city in crisis. Hospitals fill with the dead and dying, but Stevie Flint is convinced that the sudden death of her boyfriend Dr Simon Sharkey was not from natural causes. As London becomes gridlocked with people fleeing infection, Stevie's search for Simon's killers takes her into the depths of the dying city...

Louise’s previous novels include The Cutting Room, Tamburlaine Must Die, The Bullet Trick, Naming the Bones and The Girl on the Stairs.

Louise will be interviewed by literary critic and novelist, Lesley McDowell.

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Douglas Thompson La Scala Cinema I Wed 20 Aug I 12.30 Chair Roddy Maclean Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Douglas Thompson’s short stories have appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies. His first book, Ultrameta, was published by Eibonvale Press in August 2009, nominated for the Edge Hill Prize and shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society Best Newcomer Award. Since then he has published four subsequent novels. The Brahan Seer is his sixth novel.

Executed at Chanonry Point, Fortrose, for witchcraft in the late 17th century, the shadowy historical figure of the Brahan Seer foretold the Battle of Culloden, the invention of the railways and canals, the Second World War and even the creation of the Channel Tunnel.

Described by Thompson himself as a historical literary novel (with supernatural overtones) this fascinating book begins to question whether our current understanding of time is quite as safe and scientifically sound as we think it is...

Douglas will be interviewed by Inverness based journalist and broadcaster Roddy Maclean.

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Northwords Workshop SGL Boardroom I Wed 20 Aug I 14.30 Tickets: ÂŁ2.00 www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Bring a pen and some paper for this hands on writing workshop for new and experienced writers.

The workshop will be led by Chris Powici. Chris’s poetry has appeared in journals and magazine throughout Scotland and beyond. His most recent collection is the chapbook Somehow This Earth, published by Diehard in 2009. He is editor of the popular literary magazine Northwords Now and teaches creative writing for The University of Stirling and The Open University.

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Patrick Watt OneTouch Theatre I Wed 20 Aug I 16.30 Chair Trevor Royle Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Patrick Watt’s Steel and Tartan charts the adventures of the 4th Camerons from their training with the Highland Division through the winter of 1914 to their eventual break-up in March 1916. During their year in France, the Battalion saw action in five major engagements at the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Givenchy and the Battle of Loos.

Using unpublished diaries, letters and memoirs together with photographs and newspaper accounts, Patrick Watt tells their story.

Patrick will be interviewed by broadcaster and author specialising in the history of war and empire, Trevor Royle.

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Northwords Now Free Readings Maclean Room I Wed 20 Aug I 17.30 Chair Chris Powici Free But Ticketed www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Free readings from two exciting talents – hosted by Chris Powici, editor of Northwords Now, the free literary magazine for the North.

John Glenday is one of Scotland's finest poets. His most recent collection, Grain, won accolades from across the country and overseas, including Canada's Griffin Prize for work that is earthly, full of rivers and hills and islands, but where old ideas like 'love' and 'soul' have not been banished.

Jared A. Carnie is an exciting new poetic talent from the Isle of Lewis. His poetry is rooted in a sense of place and people and finds expression in a voice that is funny, passionate, modern and vivid. (Jared's appearance at the festival is supported by Emergents – dedicated to supporting the development of creative careers, enterprise and the economy in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and beyond.)

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Gavin Francis OneTouch Theatre I Wed 20 Aug I 18.30 Chair John Davidson Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

While working as base camp doctor at the Halley research station in Antarctica, writer, physician and author Gavin Francis penned his latest book, Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins.

The Halley research centre, where Gavin worked is said to be so remote that it’s easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter! This story of one man’s fascination with the world's loneliest continent, as well as the emperor penguins who weather the winter with him, is truly captivating.

The embodiment of everything I admire in travel writing. I loved this book.

PAUL THEROUX Interviewing Gavin will be the author of Walking and Cycling in Inverness and the Highlands and popular Scottish Provincial Press outdoor writer, John Davidson.

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Peter Millar OneTouch Theatre I Wed 20 Aug I 20.30 Chair Vanessa Collingridge Tickets: ÂŁ7.00 I Reduced Rates: ÂŁ6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

In Slow Train to Guantanamo, Peter Millar jumps aboard the Cuban railway system that was once the pride of Latin America.

Starting in the ramshackle romance of the capital Havana and travelling with ordinary Cubans, sharing anecdotes, life stories and political opinions, Peter heads all the way to the far end of the island where he meets a more modern blot on American history, the Guantanamo detention centre.

Peter will be interviewed by Vanessa Collingridge, author and television presenter.

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Bookbug Maclean Room I Thu 21 Aug & Fri 22 Aug 11.00 (0 – 2 Years) I 13.30 (2 – 4 Years) Free But Ticketed I Duration 1 hour www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

The brilliant bookbug team believe that you are never too young to enjoy reading and their events are aimed at some of the Book Festivals youngest participants. Bookbug sessions are fun, free and friendly. They incorporate books, rhymes, singing and play and are for parents and children aged birth to four.

The Bookbug programme encourages all parents and carers to enjoy books with children from as early an age as possible.

In partnership with Highland Libraries and other organisations Highland children are given free books at around eight weeks, 18 months and three years old, along with guidance materials for parents and carers.

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Reading As Meditation SGL Board Room I Thu 21 Aug I 14.30

Free But Ticketed I www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk In association with Highlife Highland’s Adult Literacy Unit, Mairi Lamont and Simon Hoyle explore the meditative role reading can play in a busy and chaotic life. We examine the extent to which the content of a book and/or the process of reading can contribute to the overall meditative effect. Come along and consider the role the act of reading has in supporting mental wellbeing.

Reading and Snobbery SGL Board Room I Thu 21 Aug I 16.30

Free But Ticketed I www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk Picking up from author Matthew Haig's 30 things to tell a book snob in his 2013 blog, Julie Simmons and Mark Richardson invite you to join us for a light hearted and liberating look at what we read and why. Matthew’s original blog said, One of the reasons people are put off reading is snobbery. You know, the snobbery that says opera and lacrosse and Pinot Noir and jazz fusion and quails' eggs and literary fiction are for certain types of people and them alone? There is something innately snobby about the world of books. There is the snobbery of literary over genre, of adult books over children’s, of seriousness over comedy, of reality over fantasy, of Martin Amis over Stephen King. And it is unhealthy. If books ever die, snobbery would be standing over the corpse.

To read Matthew’s blog visit: http://bit.ly/1l3xqVi

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Four for Thought OneTouch Theatre I Thu 21 Aug I 16.00 Free But Ticketed. www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought series comes to the Inverness Book Festival.

Come and hear four authors take a very personal perspective on a range of subjects in four refreshingly original, highly thought provoking short talks. This event will be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Keep an eye on the website for full details of the authors involved.

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Robert Crawford OneTouch Theatre I Thu 21 Aug I 18.30 Chair Susan Welsh Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Beginning with the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, when the Scots defeated the English and continuing up to the present day, Robert Crawford’s Bannockburns explores the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the independence referendum.

Robert examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. This is the only book to set out in full what Scottish independence has meant in literature and it shows how, even after 700 years, the Battle of Bannockburn remains a key reference point.

Robert will be interviewed by features editor at the Press & Journal and book festival favourite, Susan Welsh.

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Iain Macwhirter OneTouch Theatre I Thu 21 Aug I 20.30 Chair Catherine Deveney Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Author and political commentator, Iain MacWhirter’s landmark book, Road to Referendum tells the story of how Scots have reached the crossroads of independence. Iain takes us back through Scottish history to explain how this unique event came about. Charting the rise of nationalism and the changes in the UK, his expert analysis takes us behind the scenes of the political world and reveals what the movers and shakers of this extraordinary political scene really think.

Iain will be interviewed by fellow journalist and novelist, Catherine Deveney.

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Isobel Dixon

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency Agent In Residence

Find Out Everything You Need to Know About How to Get Published Eden Court Café/Bar I Fri 22 Aug 14.00 – 17.00 Free But Ticketed www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Want to find out everything you need to know about how to get published?

Then take advantage of this amazing opportunity for a free one to one slot with Isobel Dixon of Blake Friedmann Agency.

You can book a 20 minute slot by calling box office in advance or just turn up on the day and there will be a handful of 10 minute slots available towards the end of the session too.

This is ideal for anyone seeking guidance on the publication of their book.

Isobel will explain the whole process of making it to print – from finishing that all important text to approaching agents and publishers and coping with the ups and downs in between.

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Timetable

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T UE 19 AUG

WED 20 AUG

12.30 & 14.30 The Bear in the Cave Storytelling & Craft Session page 5

12.30 Douglas Thompson page 8

18.30 Doug Johnston page 6

14.30 Northwords Now Workshop page 9

20.30 Louise Welsh page 7

16.30 Patrick Watt page 10 17.30 Northwords Now Readings page 11 18.30 Gavin Francis page 12 20.30 Peter Millar page 13

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THU 21 AUG

FRI 22 AUG

SAT 23 AUG

11.00 & 13.30 Bookbug page 14

11.00 & 13.30 Bookbug page 14

11.00 Isobel Dixon In Conversation page 26

14.30 Highland Literacy Workshops (Reading as Meditation) page 15

14.00 – 17.00 Isobel Dixon Agent in Residence One-to-one page 19

11.30 Emily Dodd page 27

16.30 BBC Radio 4 Four For Thought page 16

16.30 Michael Tierney page 22

13.30 Daniela Sacerdoti page 28

16.30 Highland Literacy Workshops (Reading and Snobbery) page 15

18.30 Bonnie Greer page 23

15.30 Writing for Children & Young People page 29

18.30 Robert Crawford page 17

20.00 James Hall page 24

17.00 Tim Armstrong & Seonaidh Charity page 30

20.30 Iain Macwhirter page18

20.30 Kate Mosse’s Big Book Group page 25

18.30 Caro Ramsey page 31 19.00 Aimhreit & Aithreachas / Conflict & Regret page 32 20.30 Sebastian Barry page 33

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Michael Tierney OneTouch Theatre I Fri 22 Aug I 16.30 Chair TBC Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Multi-award winning journalist, editor, and writer, Michael Tierney talks about his latest work, The First Game With My Father – an evocative family memoir and a journey of discovery into lives that diverge, yet are knitted together by moments of sorrow and joy, especially when tragedy renders a man voiceless. This intimate portrait of father and son is also the story of a city, a community, and a treasured way of life.

Beautifully written family memoir, set in the Catholic working-class community of Glasgow, which tells a poignant but life-affirming story of love, loss and family THE BOOKSELLER

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Bonnie Greer OneTouch Theatre I Fri 22 Aug I 18.30 Chair Collette Douglas-Home Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

From her early years in segregated, racist Chicago to the months in New York City that would lead to her first steps on British soil, award-winning playwright, author and critic Bonnie Greer’s biography, A Parallel Life, is compelling, eye-opening and an exquisite testament to one woman’s strength, determination and pride.

Standing on the corner of Michigan Avenue, in the middle of the biggest blizzard of the decade and at the height of the rush hour, I yelled into the driving snow and howling Arctic wind: ‘OK! After playing the role of good daughter, great sister, best friend, girlfriend in the background, and black student warrior, what else? Because there is something else.

Now, Miss Greer, you must finally face it – ‘cause you have run out of road. The curtain is about to come down. They’re packin’ up and goin’ home, baby!’ It was time to leave Chicago.

Bonnie will be interviewed by Collette Douglas-Home, the popular and hard hitting columnist from The Herald.

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James Hall Playhouse Cinema I Fri 22 Aug I 20.00 Chair Moira Forsyth Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Art historian and critic James Hall’s new book, The Self Portrait, shows how artists’ depictions of themselves have been part of a continuing tradition that reaches back for centuries. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval mirror craze, the explosion of the genre during the Renaissance, the confessional self-portraits of Titian and Michelangelo, the role of biography for serial self-portraitists such as Courbet and Van Gogh, themes of sex and genius in works by Munch, Bonnard and Modersohn-Becker and the latest developments of the genre in the era of globalisation.

James will be interviewed by distinguished novelist and editor, Moira Forsyth.

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Kate Mosse’ s Big Book Group

An Evening for Book Groups and Everyone Who Loves to Read OneTouch Theatre I Fri 22 Aug I 20.30 Chair Craig Melvin Tickets: £7.00 I reduced rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies

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If you’re a member of a book group or have always wanted to join a book group but never got round to it then this is the event for you!

Our star author Kate Mosse invites you into her world, discussing writing and her favourite reads. Host, Craig Melvin, will discuss all manner of things book related and test your literary knowledge with the big quiz.

Come along with your book group, your friends or solo. This warm, welcoming event is a great night out for everyone that enjoys a good read.

Kate Mosse is the No 1 international bestselling author of six novels, three works of non fiction, three plays and short stories and essays. The first of her Languedoc Trilogy, Labyrinth, was a multi-million bestseller and a critical success on an international scale. It won the Best Read category at the British Book Awards 2006, was No 1 in UK paperback for six months and was named as one of the Top 25 books of the past 25 years by Waterstones.

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Isobel Dixon

Agent In Residence Isobel Dixon Blake Friedmann Literary Agency The Maclean Room I Sat 23 Aug I 11.00 Chair Cynthia Rogerson Tickets: ÂŁ2.00 Eden Court Friends Discount applies

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Isobel Dixon is a director of Blake Friedmann Literary Agency in London.

She represents prize winning writers from all around the world and is also a highly regarded poet in her own right. Her most recent collections are The Tempest Prognosticator and A Fold in the Map. As both a writer and a publishing professional, Isobel draws from her own experience and spills the beans on both worlds. A great event for aspiring writers!

Join Isobel in conversation with Cynthia Rogerson as she talks about her life and her work.

Cynthia Rogerson is a Highland based novelist and short story writer.

Her most recent novel, If I Touched the Earth, is published by Black and White. Her story collection, Stepping Out, is from Salt.

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Emily Dodd

Can't-Dance-Cameron: A Scottish Capercaillie Story OneTouch Theatre I Sat 23 Aug I 11.30 Tickets: ÂŁ4.00 (Accompanying Adults Go Free)

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Cameron is a Capercaillie and Capercaillies LOVE to dance – well, all except Cameron!

Cameron thinks he is the worst dancer in the Cairngorms, but his new friend Hazel the squirrel has other ideas...

Join author Emily Dodd for a fun, interactive session of reading, dancing, and learning all about Scottish wildlife.

Suitable for 3 to 6 year olds (all children must be accompanied by an adult) Sponsored by Publishing Scotland Duration 45 mins

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Daniela Sacerdoti OneTouch Theatre I Sat 23 Aug I 13.30 Tickets: ÂŁ4.00 www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Daniela Sacerdoti, author of the young adult paranormal trilogy named after its heroine, Sarah Midnight, talks about her writing and what inspires her.

Sarah is a seventeen-year-old girl who has lost everyone close to her because of her family's history. The Midnights fight demons from a secret world – one that's very dangerous. With the first two books, Dreams and Tide, already published by Black & White, there is huge anticipation for the final book in the trilogy Spirit, due out in September.

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Writing For Children & Young People OneTouch Theatre I Sat 23 Aug I 15.30 Tickets: £2.00 www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Writing for children is one of the most joyous activities under the sun – but also one of the hardest. Whether you are a novice writer or looking to hone your existing skills, come and hear our experts talk about their experiences and answer some of your questions.

Keith Charters is an author, presenter, business adviser and founder of Strident Publishing. Gillian Philip is the author of more than 20 books for adults, young adults and children, including the Rebel Angels fantasy series – Firebrand, Bloodstone, Wolfsbane and Icefall – and crime fiction for young adults.

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Tim Armstrong & Seonaidh Charity

Playhouse Cinema I Sat 23 Aug I 17.00 Chair Mark Wringe Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Tim Armstrong's novel, Air Cuan Dubh Drisleach, achieved many firsts – as well as being his first novel, it was the first Gaelic sci-fi novel and it also went on to win the Saltire Society's First Book award in 2013. Tim will discuss his debut novel with Mark Wringe, Radio nan Gàidheal's literary broadcaster and they will be joined

by Seonaidh Charity, winner of the 2013 New Gaelic Writer Award – Seonaidh has just completed his first novel.

Sponsored by the Gaelic Books Council

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Caro Ramsey OneTouch Theatre I Sat 23 Aug I 18.30 Chair Tony Black Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Glasgow born crime writer Caro Ramsey burst onto the crime fiction scene in 2007 with her first novel, Absolution. Released on the 31st July this year, The Night Hunter is the fifth of the hugely popular Anderson & Costello series.

Crime fiction site, Eurocrime has said of Caro, she could step into Rankin’s shoes if she keeps this up!

Caro will be interviewed by the award-winning journalist, editor and novelist, Tony Black.

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Aimhreit & Aithreachas/ Conflict & Regret Playhouse Cinema I Sat 23 Aug I 19.00 Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Aonghas MacNeacail – widely regarded as one of Gaeldom’s great living poets, is joined by Gaelic writers, Gilbert MacMillan and Mark Spencer Turner to discuss their favourite war poems and songs.

Broadcaster, Mark Wringe will ask the panel to consider how poets' reflections and interpretation of war have changed over time.

This event will be in Gaelic with simultaneous interpretation available.

Sponsored by Comhairle nan Leabhraichean / The Gaelic Books Council

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Sebastian Barry OneTouch Theatre I Sat 23 Aug I 20.30 Chair Jackie Mcglone Tickets: £7.00 I Reduced Rates: £6.00 Eden Court Friends discount applies www.invernessbookfestival.co.uk

Sebastian Barry is one of the brightest lights in the brilliant world of Irish writing. Author of eight previous novels, including the remarkable The Secret Scripture, two collections of poetry, and many plays, his latest novel, The Temporary Gentleman, was described by the Irish Independent as Engrossing... memorable... a notable addition to Barry’s ongoing chronicle of lives hitherto untold.

Sebastian will be interviewed by Jackie McGlone, an interviewer and feature writer who specialises in arts, culture and design. She is the author of the Louis Vuitton City Guide to Edinburgh and a major contributor to the London and New York City Guides.

Tickets & Info: 01463 234 234 I www.eden-court.co.uk

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Tickets and Info The Eden Court Box Office is in the theatre foyer and is open each day from10.00 until 15 minutes after the last ticketed event begins. You can also book tickets online www.eden-court.co.uk, by calling box office on 01463 234 234 or in person at Eden Court.

We can post your tickets to you for just £1.00 per transaction.

You can of course collect your tickets in person at any time from the Box Office.

Payment Methods Payment can be made by cash, cheque (made payable to Eden Court), Visa, Master Card, Maestro, Visa Debit Cards or Eden Court Gift Vouchers. Payment can be made in person, by phone or by post. Please note that we do not currently accept Maestro for payment online.

Booking Fees The following Booking Fees will apply to phone reservations and all online and phone sales: 50p for tickets up to £9.99 £1.00 for tickets £10.00–£19.99 £2.00 for tickets £20.00 and over

Reduced Rates Reduced rates are offered for most Book Festival events. Only one reduction applies per ticket other than Friends of the theatre.

Reductions generally apply to under 18s, full-time students, over 60s, 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 PlusOne scheme.

For further details please contact Highland Council.

Data Protection Eden Court is registered with the Data Protection Registrar and is committed to upholding the Data Protection Act. Should you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please email marketing@eden-court.co.uk Changes and Cancellations Eden Court reserves the right to cancel or change the published times of any performance, but we will do our best to keep the information on the website accurate and up to date. If you need to double check something, give the Box Office a call on 01463 234 234.

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