BOOKMARK PREVIOUS AUTHORS

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson

Alan appeared both in 2017 and 2018 to a capacity...

Alan Riach
Alan Riach

Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of...

Alan Rowan
Alan Rowan

Alan Rowan is a mountaineer, journalist and author.  He has...

Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor has worked as a librarian, journalist, editor of...

Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton
Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton

Following on from the 2018 AGM BOOKMARK was delighted...

Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE is a British-Zimbabwean writer...

Alex Gray
Alex Gray

Alex began writing professionally in 1993 and had immediate success...

Ali Smith
Ali Smith

Born in Inverness and now living in Cambridge, Ali Smith has excited...

Allan Massie
Allan Massie

Allan is a Scottish journalist and critic.  Gore Vidal called...

Ambrose Parry
Ambrose Parry

Ambrose Parry is a pseudonym for a collaboration between Chris...

Andrew Crummy
Andrew Crummy

In the 21st century, The Prestonpans Tapestry and The Great...

Andrew Greig
Andrew Greig

Andrew Greig is a poet, full time writer and ‘sometimes...

Andrew Nicoll
Andrew Nicoll

Journalist Andrew Nicoll has lived in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee,...

Barry Hutchinson
Barry Hutchinson

Barry Hutchison is an award-winning children's author and screenwriter. His...

Bill Jones
Bill Jones

Bill's working years, before he started writing, were spent making...

Billy Kay
Billy Kay

This well-known broadcaster and historian, writer of the TV series...

Blairgowrie Players
Blairgowrie Players

BOOKMARK was delighted to work in partnership with The...

Caroline Milligan
Caroline Milligan

Caroline Milligan works within the Centre for Research Collections at the...

Christopher Brookmyre
Christopher Brookmyre

Chris was a journalist before turning to writing novels full...

Chris Whitaker
Chris Whitaker

Chris Whitaker lives in the UK with his wife and...

C J Schüler
C J Schüler

Following the historic route of the amber trade...

Clare Hunter
Clare Hunter

Clare Hunter has been a banner-maker, community textile artist and...

David McPhail
David McPhail

I write funny books and historical fiction for children. Thorfinn...

Dean Nelson
Dean Nelson

Dean is an award winning journalist and foreign correspondent who lived...

Denise Mina
Denise Mina

Denise studied law at Glasgow University.  Misusing her PhD grant...

Don Patterson
Don Patterson

Don Paterson has recently been described as ‘one of the...

Douglas Skelton
Douglas Skelton

Douglas Skelton says of himself: ‘I am a crime writer...

Elizabeth Crawford
Elizabeth Crawford

Elizabeth is the author The Women's Suffrage Movement: a reference...

Emily Dodd
Emily Dodd

Author Emily Dodd is passionate about science, wildlife, and storytelling....

Esther Rutter
Esther Rutter

Esther Rutter is a non-fiction writer based in Fife.  ...

Ewan Morrison
Ewan Morrison

Ewan Morrison is a multi-award-winning novelist, screenwriter and essayist. His...

Fiona Armstrong
Fiona Armstrong

BOOKMARK Patron, Fiona Armstrong is an award-winning broadcaster working...

Flora Shedden
Flora Shedden

Flora is 23 and lives in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. She...

Freeland Barbour
Freeland Barbour

Freeland Barbour, a very well-known figure in Scottish music circles,...

Gareth Williams
Gareth Williams

Composer and songwriter Gareth Williams is a Chancellor’s Fellow at...

Gary West
Gary West

Gary West is an ethnologist, musician and broadcaster who has...

Geoff Hill
Geoff Hill

Geoff Hill is a critically acclaimed author and award-winning journalist...

Gerda Stevenson
Gerda Stevenson

Gerda Stevenson, actor/ writer/ director/singer-songwriter, trained at R.A.D.A., London, winning...

Gordon Kerr
Gordon Kerr

Gordon Kerr, originally from East Kilbride, studied at Glasgow University....

Graeme Macrae Burnet
Graeme Macrae Burnet

Graeme is the author of three novels, The Disappearance of...

Graeme Pallister
Graeme Pallister

BOOKMARK was delighted to welcome to Blairgowrie, Perthshire-born Graeme...

Hania Allen
Hania Allen

Hania was born in Liverpool of Polish parents and has now...

Isla Dewar
Isla Dewar

Isla was born in Edinburgh, scene of many of her...

James Naughtie
James Naughtie

James Naughtie, who presented Today on BBC Radio 4 for...

James Robertson
James Robertson

James Robertson, a prolific and popular poet, novelist, children’s writer...

Jamie Jauncey
Jamie Jauncey

Jamie is an author, writer and facilitator. For many years he...

Janice Galloway
Janice Galloway

BOOKMARK was delighted to welcome Janice Galloway to Blairgowrie...

Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan

Jenni Fagan was born in Scotland. She graduated from Greenwich...

Jess Smith
Jess Smith

Jess says 'I am a Shenachie; a Traditional Storyteller'  She...

Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley

Jim Crumley, author of over 40 books on Scottish wildlife...

Jim Mackintosh
Jim Mackintosh

Jim Mackintosh is a Poet. Editor and Producer. Current Makar...

John Glenday
John Glenday

John has published four collections of poetry: The Apple Ghost (Peterloo Poets,...

John Lister-Kaye
John Lister-Kaye

Sir John Lister-Kaye is one of Scotland's best known naturalists...

John Purser
John Purser

John Purser is well known as a composer, writer, broadcaster...

Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon)
Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon)

Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon) is Britain's best-known commentator on the...

Joyce Caplan
Joyce Caplan

Joyce Caplan is a lecturer, specialising in Scottish Poetry. Chair...

Karen Campbell
Karen Campbell

Karen Campbell was born in Paisley, Scotland is a Scottish...

Kate Leiper
Kate Leiper

Kate Leiper is an artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh,...

Kathleen Jamie
Kathleen Jamie

Kathleen Jamie was born in the west of Scotland and now...

Keith Brockie
Keith Brockie

Keith is a freelance artist specialising in wildlife and natural...

Ken Cox
Ken Cox

BOOKMARK Patron, Ken Cox is one of the world's...

Lachlan Goudie
Lachlan Goudie

Lachlan Goudie is an award-winning Scottish painter and arts broadcaster....

Lari Don
Lari Don

'I'm a children's writer based in Scotland, and most of...

Lesley Duncan
Lesley Duncan

As poetry editor of The Herald, Lesley Duncan has almost...

Lesley Glaister
Lesley Glaister

Lesley Glaister is a novelist, poet and playwright and teacher...

Lin Anderson
Lin Anderson

Lin Anderson is one of Scotland’s best known crime writers: a...

Louis de Bernières
Louis de Bernières

Louis de Bernières much acclaimed novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin won the...

Lyn McNicol
Lyn McNicol

Badger the Mystical Mutt is not one but two series...

Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell

Maggie O'Farrell is the author of many novels.  After You'd...

Magnus Linklater
Magnus Linklater

Magnus Linklater is one of {% component type: "snippet", alias:...

Marion Duffy
Marion Duffy

Marion Duffy is one of the creative writing partnership of...

Mark A Smith
Mark A Smith

Mark A. Smith was born in Dundee, where he works...

Martin Bell OBE
Martin Bell OBE

From the ranks of the Suffolk Regiment, Martin Bell emerged...

Melanie Reid
Melanie Reid

Melanie Reid MBE is a writer and journalist with The...

Merryn Glover
Merryn Glover

Merryn Glover, winner of our 2021 Book of the Year...

Mike Nicholson
Mike Nicholson

Mike has written books for all ages of primary school...

Mungo Campbell
Mungo Campbell

Mungo Deputy Directory of the Hunterian Museum, along with Alan...

Murdo Fraser
Murdo Fraser

Murdo Fraser was born in Inverness in 1965 and educated...

Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark

BOOKMARK was delighted to offer special events to celebrate the...

Naomi Christie
Naomi Christie

Naomi Christie is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen,...

Neil McIntyre
Neil McIntyre

Neil McIntyre is a professional wildlife photographer based in the...

Nick Hesketh
Nick Hesketh

Nick appeared as part of BOOKMARK's Children's Festival.  He...

Olga Wojtas
Olga Wojtas

Olga Wojtas was first introduced to BOOKMARK audiences as...

Owen O'Neill
Owen O'Neill

Owen O’Neill is a Northern Irish writer, actor, director and...

Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith

Patrick Galbraith was born and lived most of his younger...

Rachel Crowther
Rachel Crowther

Rachel Crowther qualified as a doctor and worked in the...

Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce’s first novel, published in 2011, The Unlikely Pilgrimage...

Richard Frazer
Richard Frazer

Dr Richard Frazer is minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh....

Richard Holloway
Richard Holloway

Richard Holloway, FRSE (born 26 November 1933) is a Scottish...

Robert J Harris
Robert J Harris

Dundee born Bob regaled the audience at St Catharine's about...

Robin A Crawford
Robin A Crawford

Born in Glasgow, Robin A. Crawford has a particular interest...

Ron Butlin
Ron Butlin

With an international reputation as a prize-winning novelist, Ron Butlin...

Rosemary Goring
Rosemary Goring

Rosemary Goring won a prize for Scottish History in her...

Ross McKenzie
Ross McKenzie

Ross McKenzie, Authors in Schools, was one of three authors...

Sally Magnusson
Sally Magnusson

Sally Magnusson, a well-known face and voice of broadcasting, is...

Sandra Ireland
Sandra Ireland

Sandra Ireland was born in Yorkshire, lived for many years in...

Sarah Maine
Sarah Maine

Sarah Maine’s work as an archaeologist was the launch pad...

S G MacLean
S G MacLean

Shona MacLean’s two distinct series of award-winning books set in...

Shaun Bythell
Shaun Bythell

Shaun runs Wigtown’s The Bookshop, the largest second-hand bookshop in...

Simon Conway
Simon Conway

Simon Conway is a former British Army officer and international...

Simon Puttock
Simon Puttock

Simon Puttock, Authors in Schools,  entertained 330 P1/2 and P3...

Stewart Conn
Stewart Conn

Stewart  is a Scottish poet and playwright, born in Hillhead,...

Stuart MacBride
Stuart MacBride

Stuart MacBride is the No 1 bestselling author of the...

Stuart Reid
Stuart Reid

A full-time children's author since 2012, Stuart has performed in...

Sue Lawrence
Sue Lawrence

Award winning food writer Sue Lawrence, author of 15 cookery...

Teresa Breslin
Teresa Breslin

 Winner of many literary awards, Theresa Breslin is the popular...

The Blairgowrie Players
The Blairgowrie Players

BOOKMARK was delighted to welcome back, to the stage...