Welcome
Welcome to the 8th Inverness Book Festival. This year's line-up sees a wide selection of authors from around the Highlands and Islands give the event a real local flavour. There are plenty of authors from the rest of Scotland too - talking about land ownership, capturing Himmler and Highland cowboys.
Readers’ favourites Louise Welsh and Christopher Brookmyre are here to tell us about about their latest works, and I'm really chuffed that we’ve convinced John Byrne to make his first ever appearance at the Inverness Book Festival with his beautiful new book Donald and Benoit, which dips into a wonderfully imaginative world. It truly is a delight for the eyes. There are more kids events this year, with the enthusiastic Sonsie Music folk providing lively singing and fun to entertain adults as much as kids. There's also a chance to get the whole family involved in an event encouraging older kids reading to younger ones with the lovely people from Picture Kelpies.
I look forward to seeing you in mid August for a few days of happy immersion in books – what better way to round off the summer hols!
Brid McKibben
Director
