Ullapool Book Festival turns fifteen in May. And, again, we have pulled together an exciting, eclectic list of guests for this year’s festival which takes place from 10 to 12 May. Tickets will go on sale towards the end of March.
FICTION
Angus Peter Campbell (Memory and Straw)
Robert Alan Jamieson (macCloud Falls)
Volker Kutscher (Germany) Babylon Berlin
Sally Magnusson (The Sealwoman’s Gift)
Malachy Tallack (The Valley at the Centre of the World)
NON FICTION
Andy Drummond (author and researcher on the failed proposed Ullapool-Garve railway)
Penny Johnson (Companions in Conflict)
Neil Mackay (journalist)
Daniel Maudin (award-winning historian of architecture and material)
David Pratt (journalist)
Melanie Reid (The World I Fell Out Of)
Sara Sheridan (Where Are The Women)
CANADIAN GUEST
Kathleen Winter – author of Canada No 1 bestseller Annabel, award-winning Boundless (non-fiction), latest novel Lost on SeptemberBILINGUAL SESSION
Martin Macintyre (Samhradh ’78)
Roddy Maclean (Còig Duilleagan na Seamraig)
Morag Stewart – translator
POETRY
Jo Shapcott (awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2011).
Roseanne Watt, winner of the 2018 Edwin Morgan Prize
POETRY AND MUSIC
Roseanne Watt, winner of the 2018 Edwin Morgan Prize
Prize winning poets Michael Pedersen & Hollie McNish join forces with cult music maker Withered Hand for a unique collective outing. The three will share their own work and some thoughts on their dear friend, lost giant, the late Scott Hutchison.
Prize winning poets Michael Pedersen & Hollie McNish join forces with cult music maker Withered Hand for a unique collective outing. The three will share their own work and some thoughts on their dear friend, lost giant, the late Scott Hutchison.
HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE
(presented by The Highland Society of London) http://www.highlandbookprize.org.ukThe winner will be announced at a session on the Saturday evening followed by a reading from, and interview with, the winning writer. The four shortlisted writers will all read a piece from their books at a free early(ish) Saturday morning session.
Dance
Cask Strength Ceilidh Band
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SESSION
The free Sunday early morning session will be readings by young local people taking part in the Green Ink project.
OUTREACH
Author, poet and storyteller Martin Macintyre’s visits will include care homes, the primary school and groups with disabilities.
SESSION CHAIRS
Faith Liddell, David Robinson, Ruth Wishart, Mark Wringe