Despite Storm Bert, this year's book festival brought large audiences and only one author decided the weather was too hazardous.
However we heard from Beatles groupie Ken McNab, fearless war correspondent Jen Stout, poet, playwright and all round national treasure Liz Lochhead, broadcaster and Glasgow raised Asmah Mir, award winning writer Peter Ross, comedian turned author Josie Long and GP, author and adventurer Gavin Francis.
