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Colonsay Book Festival
27th April & 28th April 2024

WHAT’S ON
  • 1.30pm Polly Pullar
    Inspirational wildlife author, journalist and photographer, Polly will lead us through some of the animals, people and places that have punctuated her life through readings from her acclaimed memoir The Horizontal Oak.
  • 3.00pm Michael Pedersen
    A poetic quest into the realms of friendship, grief, love and cats with prize-winning poet, author and Edinburgh University Writer-in-Residence, Michael Pedersen. Michael will perform work from his newest collection The Cat Prince & Other Poems as well as his prose debut, Boy Friends.
  • 9.00pm Literary Pub Quiz
    Venue: The Hotel Bar. Adults £1.
  • 12pm Light lunch and refreshments available for purchase
    Venue Colonsay Village Hall
  • 4.30pm Eimear McBride
    Multi-award-winning novelist Eimear McBride in conversation about her work and style, as well as reading from her novels.
  • 5.30pm Festival closing
    Join us in a farewell glass or two…
  • 3.00pm David (D.V.) Bishop
    Author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Florence, David will talk about writing real people from 500 years ago alongside his own invented characters to create stories which resonate with modern readers – and will be reading from his latest novel, Ritual of Fire.
  • 1.30pm Victoria Bennett
    Victoria will be reading from her debut memoir, All My Wild Mothers: motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden, and talking about juggling writing, care and chronic illness, and the solace to be found where the wild things grow.
  • 4.30pm Graeme Macrae Burnet
    Award-winning and Booker-nominated author Graeme Macrae Burnet in conversation about his work which has been described as ‘an experiment in a genre which might be called ‘false’ true crime’.
  • 12pm Light lunch & refreshments available for purchase
    Venue Colonsay Village Hall
  • 1.30pm Polly Pullar
    Inspirational wildlife author, journalist and photographer, Polly will lead us through some of the animals, people and places that have punctuated her life through readings from her acclaimed memoir The Horizontal Oak.
  • 3.00pm Michael Pedersen
    A poetic quest into the realms of friendship, grief, love and cats with prize-winning poet, author and Edinburgh University Writer-in-Residence, Michael Pedersen. Michael will perform work from his newest collection The Cat Prince & Other Poems as well as his prose debut, Boy Friends.
  • 9.00pm Literary Pub Quiz
    Venue: The Hotel Bar. Adults £1.
  • 12pm Light lunch and refreshments available for purchase
    Venue Colonsay Village Hall
  • 4.30pm Eimear McBride
    Multi-award-winning novelist Eimear McBride in conversation about her work and style, as well as reading from her novels.
  • 5.30pm Festival closing
    Join us in a farewell glass or two…
  • 3.00pm David (D.V.) Bishop
    Author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Florence, David will talk about writing real people from 500 years ago alongside his own invented characters to create stories which resonate with modern readers – and will be reading from his latest novel, Ritual of Fire.
  • 1.30pm Victoria Bennett
    Victoria will be reading from her debut memoir, All My Wild Mothers: motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden, and talking about juggling writing, care and chronic illness, and the solace to be found where the wild things grow.
  • 4.30pm Graeme Macrae Burnet
    Award-winning and Booker-nominated author Graeme Macrae Burnet in conversation about his work which has been described as ‘an experiment in a genre which might be called ‘false’ true crime’.
  • 12pm Light lunch & refreshments available for purchase
    Venue Colonsay Village Hall

All events take place in the Village Hall unless noted in the listings. Tickets for all events are £12 unless noted, and available to purchase on the door. Weekend pass tickets are £60 and available to buy online here.

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