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BLOODY SCOTLAND Various venues, Stirling, Fri 8–Sun 10 Sep, bloodyscotland.com An innovative festival drawing on Scotland’s love of the literary macabre and celebrating crime writing. Fri 22–Mon 25 Sep, byresroadbookfestival. com Four-day festival with discussions, signings, storytelling sessions and literary tours. Confirmed authors include Chris Brookmyre.
BYRES ROAD BOOK FESTIVAL Various venues, Byres Road, Glasgow, DUNDEE LITERARY FESTIVAL Various venues, Dundee, Wed 18–Sun 22 Oct,
literarydundee.co.uk Bonar Hall serves as the festival hub and the programme covers a mix of literary genres, including crime, autobiography, kids’ literature and comics. LA BELLE SAUVAGE: THE BOOK OF DUST VOLUME ONE UK wide, Thu 19 Oct, philip-pullman.com The
very long-awaited first volume of Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust series is published on Thu 19 Oct. Twenty-two years after Northern Lights, The Book of Dust returns to the parallel world. SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Fri 20–Tue 31 Oct, scottishstory tellingcentre.co.uk A celebration of live storytelling and imagination uniting Scottish and international storytellers and musicians. The programme includes performance, workshops, talks and children’s events.
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THE BRITANNIA PANOPTICON COMIC MART Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Sat 2 Sep, britanniapanopticon.org Get your paws on comics, memorabilia, collectibles and original artwork.
RUMMAN FESTIVAL WRITINGS THAT EXPLORE IDENTITY WITH THE DIASPORA CCA, Sun 3 Sep, cca-glasgow.com Canadian-Iraqi Shawk Alani presents her writings which explore Iraq, identity and migration. RODDY DOYLE Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Mon 4 Sep, roddydoyle.ie Roddy Doyle, author of the likes of The Commitments, The Van and most recently Smile, talks about his life and work.
NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ISSUE 35 LAUNCH Waterstones Byres Road, Wed 6 Sep, waterstones.com Celebrate the publication of the latest New Writing Scotland, titled She Said, He Said, I Said.
HELEN SEDGWICK Waterstones Argyle Street, Thu 7 Sep, helensedgwick.com The Comet Seekers author Helen Sedgwick discusses her second novel The Growing Season. See review at list.co.uk/books LIN ANDERSON Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Wed 13 Sep, waterstones.com Edinburgh crime writer Lin Anderson presents the 12th Rhona MacLeod novel, Follow the Dead.
AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SCOTT, ANDREW FERGUSON AND MARGOT MCCUAIG Waterstones Byres Road, Thu 21 Sep, waterstones.com Authors Kevin 48 THE LIST 1 Sep–31 Oct 2017
ADAM KAY Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Fri 6 Oct, waterstones.com Comedian and former junior doctor Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt provides a no- holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line.
CHRIS RYAN Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Sun 15 Oct, waterstones.com SAS soldier turned bestselling author Chris Ryan chats about and signs copies of his new book Safe. EDINBURGH
RL MCKINNEY Waterstones West End, Tue 5 Sep, waterstones.com Novelist RL McKinney discusses her new book The Angel in the Stone. DAVID SEDARIS Usher Hall, Sat 9 Sep, davidsedarisbooks.com The writer and humorist comes to town, brimming with sardonic social observations.
MARIAN KEYES Waterstones West End, Mon 11 Sep, mariankeyes.com Irish novelist Marian Keyes chats about her new novel The Break.
ORHAN PAMUK EICC, Sun 17 Sep, orhanpamuk. net Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Pamuk discusses his new novel, The Red-Haired Woman. Organised by the Edinburgh International Book Festival. MENTORED BY A MAD MAN: THE WILLIAM BURROUGHS EXPERIMENT Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Wed 20 Sep, eventbrite. co.uk The writings of William Burroughs are the unlikely starting point in a search for a treatment for Parkinson’s disease in this lecture from Professor Andrew Lees.
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POLARI LITERARY SALON Assembly Roxy, Fri 22 Sep, polariliterarysalon.co.uk London’s award-winning LGBT literary salon, hosted by Paul Burston with readings and performances from Horse McDonald, VG Lee, Alexis Gregory, Chita Ramaswamy and more. STAIRS AND WHISPERS ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH Scottish Poetry Library, Wed 27 Sep The launch of Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back features readings, performances and films from contributors including Sandra Alland, Khairani Barokka, Bea Webster (BSL) and Claire Cunningham, Nuala Watt and Sarah Golightley.
ALAN HOLLINGHURST Pleasance Theatre, Tue 10 Oct, edbookfest.co.uk Man Booker- winner Alan Hollinghurst discusses his sixth novel, The Sparsholt Affair. Set in 1940, it follows two young men who start Oxford University knowing the call-up to war is only a year away. ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Assembly Roxy, Fri 27 Oct, armisteadmaupin.com Armistead Maupin, author of the groundbreaking Tales of the City series, reads from his memoir Logical Family.
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OUTWITH Various venues, Dunfermline, Thu 7-Sun 10 Sep, outwithfestival. co.uk New Dunfermline-based festival. Featured authors include John Cairney, Philip Pullman and Alan Bissett.
CHRIS BROOKMYRE Albert Halls. Stirling, Sun 10 Sep, brookmyre.co.uk Brookmyre discusses his eighth Jack Parlabane novel, Want You Gone, the follow up to McIlvanney Prize-winner Black Widow. FALKIRK STORYTELLING FESTIVAL Various venues, Falkirk, Thu 21-Sun 24 Sep, falkirkstorytelling.com A new event in the heart of Falkirk town centre, with storytelling, music and performance.
WIGTOWN BOOK FESTIVAL Various venues, Wigtwon, Fri 22 Sep-Sun 1 Oct, wigtownbookfestival. com Guests this year include Denise Mina, Judy Murray and Andrew O’Hagan. A dedicated Children’s Garden hosts events for younger readers. RAY MEARS Albert Halls, Stirling, Sat 14 Oct, raymears.com The TV survival expert tells stories of his experiences in the wild.