News from the New Lanark World Heritage Site - re an upcoming Book Festival
Until Sunday 20th September there is an offer of 30% off tickets to the festival
To purchase tickets using the special offer visit this link
http://bit.ly/1idHfX0 and the code newlanark. Further information on the New Lanark Book Festival and all the authors speaking at the event can be found on the website here:
http://www.newlanark.org/visitorcentre/2015-book-festival.shtml A brief summary of the author line-up is:
Thursday 1st October:
Jonathan Whitelaw: 'From the Laptop to the Bookshelf' (Scottish crime writer on his journey to publication)
Christopher Brookmyre: 'Dead Girl Walking' (Scottish crime writer on the return of Jack Parlabane)
Friday 2nd October:
Mandy Haggith: 'Into the Forest and out to Sea' (Scottish poet/Environmentalist on her nature novels & poetry)
Billy Kay: 'The Scottish World' (Broadcaster/ Scottish travel writer on stories from his travels)
Saturday 3rd October:
Janet Renouf-Miller: 'Knit 1 Bike 1 - A cycle and knitting journey around Scotland' (Knitter/writer on her journey)
C A Hope: 'Telling the Story' (Author of historical novels set in New Lanark)
David McLaren: 'David Dale - A life' (Author of David Dale's biography)
Catherine Brown: 'Making better of our Good - Scotland's Changing Food Culture' (Tasting session with Scottish Food writer)
Tom Bruce-Gardyne: 'Scotch Whisky'
Ian Crofton: 'Scottish history without the boring bits' (Illustrated talk on Scottish history)
David Spaven: '200 Years of Railway History in Maps' (topographic and specialised railway maps of Scotland's history)
Daniel MacCannell: 'Hiding in Plain Sight - Scotland's Lost Industrial Sites' (Historian & screenwriter on built heritage of Scotland)
Kerry Hudson: 'Lives on the Margins' (Lively Q&A with Scottish author)
Peter Ranscombe: 'Burke and Hare: Fact and Fiction' (Journalist & author on his historical thriller novel, Hare)
James Robertson: 'Where the Truth Lies?' (Scottish fiction from Enlightenment to Edinburgh)
Sunday 4th October:
Chae Strahie: 'Stories & Songs' (Children's Session for 3-7s)
Gerry Durkin: 'Fantastic Creatures' (Storytelling for young children)
Keith Gray: 'Discovering a love of books' (Teens & aspiring authors)
Roger Hutchinson: 'A People's History of St.Kilda' (Author speaking on the archives of St.Kilda & its people)
Ed Hollis: 'Secret Lives and Concrete Monstrosities' (strange stories that buildings can tell)
Ken Cockburn: 'The Road North and other Scottish Journeys' (Edinburgh-based poet & translator on his journeys & poems about Scotland)
Peter Ross: 'Daunderlust - Dispatches from Unreported Scotland' (award-winning reporter on Scotland's unsung characters)
Alistair Moffat: 'Scotland - A History from the Earliest Times' (From the Ice Age to the Scottish Referendum, Alistair explores the history of a nation)
Were keen to let as many book lovers across Scotland know about this new festival and would be extremely grateful for any support in doing so."
