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A welcome return for Patrick Galbraith, who alerted us to changes in the natural world with In Search of One Last Song. His new book Uncommon Ground is a re-appraisal of the impact of modern farming on the countryside.

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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or 
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Sue’s latest novel, Whispers In The Glen, is set in Glen Clova and tells the story of the resilience of two sisters, who, like other women, were ‘left behind’ during World War II. Sue’s other talents as a prize-winning cook and cookery writer will also be part of this lively conversation

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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Delighted to welcome for the first time one of our most engaging writers. She is the author of numerous best-selling novels, picking up many awards for her romantic comedies and appearing on both Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling lists.

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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or 
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Rosemary enthralled us a few years ago talking about Mary Queen of Scots’  'Scottish Years' (with Clare Hunter)  She returns with the second part of this significant biography: Exile, The English Years. Proof, if need be, that this doomed Queen keeps surprising us.

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Highly regarded art historian, writer and broadcaster (Lost Masterpieces) will be taking us on a visual journey into the art world. His latest book The Invention of British Art has been described as ‘a provocative and captivating survey of the glories of British art.

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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 or 
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This event is sponsored by
Hodge Solicitors LLP

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By a happy coincidence, Philip was introduced to {% component type: \"snippet\", alias: \"bookmark\" %} audiences on a November Saturday afternoon event on the same day he won Waterstone’s Scottish Book of the Year 2024 for The Last Witch of Scotland. Now he takes us into the dangerous world of the Covenanters in his latest book A Fire In Their Heart

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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thereafter

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available from:
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Adventure into Books - 01250 872852
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or
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Our principal sponsor for 2026

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Equally popular with {% component type: \"snippet\", alias: \"bookmark\" %} audiences and the reading public at large, Shona returns with her new stand-alone novel, The Cromarty Library Circle, set in the mid 19 century. Reminiscent of the best of Victorian novels, a community comes to life in a country on the cusp of change.  \n

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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or
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How to do justice to the great Irish poet and Nobel Prize-winner, Seamus Heaney?\nBy listening to this engaging and illuminating conversation between his friend and retired lecturer Alasdair Macrae and the highly acclaimed poet Don Paterson.\n

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
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The founders of the important crime fiction festival, Bloody Scotland, return to join us to talk all things crime-related. We can look forward to a highly entertaining hour of stories both real and imagined from two of our most popular novelists.

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Sponsored by
The Findlay Family

Our principal sponsor for 2026

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Sir Tom Devine has been described as ‘the most illustrious Scottish historian of our era’. We are delighted that he is coming to give {% component type: \"snippet\", alias: \"bookmark\" %} an unforgettable finale in his conversation with Magnus Linklater. We anticipate that we’ll still be talking about this in the lead up to {% component type: \"snippet\", alias: \"bookmark\" %} 27!\n

Early Bird Tickets are available from 25 July - 23 August
£55 for a weekend pass and £35 for a day pass

thereafter

£65 for a weekend pass and £40 for a day pass
Tickets for individual events are £12

available from:
Treasurer Rhona Christie  01250 875613 rhona.maclean@yahoo.co.uk
Adventure into Books - 01250 872852
Blairgowrie Library - 01250 871305
or
Perthshire Box Office

Our principal sponsor for 2026

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