Book Festival Authors.
SATURDAY
NICOLA STURGEON, former first minister of Scotland, has just published a memoir which will be devoured by all political junkies and everyone else too! Her chair is STV political editor Colin Mackay. 10.30-11.30
ALLAN LITTLE is one of the BBC’s foremost correspondents. He has reported from the Balkans, South Africa, France and Russia in addition to covering war zones like Iraq. His chair is book festival regular Ruth Wishart. 12 noon till 1 pm.
1pm Lunch in the café bar.
BILLY LETFORD is that rare breed of poet who is brilliant at reading from his own work, often in the Scots demotic. He will be chaired by the poet and author Chris Dolan, president of the Ullapool Book Festival. 2pm till 3pm
CLARE HUNTER has written many award winning books, some of which have been serialised on the BBC. Her latest, Making Matters will have a broad appeal to all those who love indulging their own creativity. She will be chaired by Jill Miller, the former Cultural Director of Glasgow Life, herself a not inconsiderable maker. 3.30pm till 4.30 pm.
SUNDAY
SALLY MAGNUSSON is a time served stalwart of our book festival and has a new novel out this very month. She left Reporting Scotland only in April and is already much missed. Her chair is former colleague Pauline McLean, BBC Scotland arts correspondent. 10.30 to 11.30.
RAJA SHEHADEH AND PENNY JOHNSON spend much of their lives in the West Bank town of Ramallah, much in the news as a long running Middle East confict zone. Raja, a Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist and his wife Penny will be chaired by literary agent Jenny Brown. 12noon till 1pm.
LUNCH IN THE CAFÉ BAR
LIN ANDERSON is a well established crime writer, one of the original instigators of Stirling’s Bloody Scotland. Her latest novel continues the story of forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod, but one of her previous works was set right her in our own villages. Lin will also be chaired by BBC Scotland arts correspondent Pauline McLean. 2pm till 3pm.
SARA SHERIDAN has written widely over the years, her books often adapted for the screen. Of late she’s concentrated on historical fiction, but one of her most popular works related the dearth of female statutory in Scotland. Her chair is the outgoing director of the Open University in Scotland, Susan Stewart.
