Tobermory Book Festival, West Over Sea, sets sail this weekend, with a wealth of author events to keep book lovers happy.
On Friday David Greig will be talking about his new book Columba’s Bones, while Dougie Strang combines history, myth and travelogue in his book The Bone Cave, where he explores folklore and landscape in which human beings have sought to make sense of the world.
In the evening Mull musician and author Colin MacIntyre will discuss and play songs from his new album In My Mind There’s a Room, an exciting collaboration with literary giants including: Sebastian Barry, Ian Rankin, Liz Lochhead, Nick Hornby, Jacqueline Wilson, Alan Warner, Jackie Kay and Val McDermid.
His new novel is the first in a new ‘Mull Mysteries’ Crime Series, When the Needle Drops, and features a return to Sergeant Ivor Punch from his award-winning debut The Letters of Ivor Punch, set on Mull. He has also written a memoir, Hometown Tales, and a children’s book, The Humdrum Drum.
On Saturday Isabella Tree will talk about her ‘deep, dazzling and indispensable guide to the most important task of all: the restoration of the living planet’, The Book of Wilding.
While local style guru Banjo Beale will talk you through how to reinvent your home or business on a budget an with the look and feel you want. See next week’s Oban Times for a review of Banjo’s new book, Wild Isle Style.
And you can round off Saturday with dinner and conversation with Alexander McCall Smith.
To find out more about all the events taking place over the two-day festival, visit westoversea.co.uk/day-by-day
Pic: Author and musician Colin MacIntyre, who will be discussing and playing songs from his new album among other things at the book festival on Friday evening. Photograph: Gordon Buchanan.