linlithgow

  • Catch-up Time

    Busy busy busy at the moment here. It’s good busy, though. I’ve proofed my proofs, sent ’em back and had author photos taken for the book (of which more in due course); I’m gearing up for Linlithgow Book Festival and this month’s various readings; and I’m working on a Scots language writing project in the

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  • LBF on Facebook

    Linlithgow Book Festival now has a Facebook presence. With the full programme listed there, it’s a great way for Facebookers to keep up to date with what’s happening with West Lothian’s literary festival.

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  • The programme for Linlithgow Book Festival 2008 is beginning to take shape. It’s looking good, not least with our first Booker Prize-winning author on the festival in James Kelman. Keep an eye the website for further announcements in coming weeks.

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  • Last year, I exhibited three poems at an exhibition at the offices of our church here in Linlithgow, organised by my wife. This year, the exhibition has moved to the bigger space of the church building, expanding its range of media–already wide last year–and the reach of its contributors to include several people from outside

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  • We are delighted to announce that Alex Salmond MSP, Scotland’s First Minister and a son of Linlithgow, will open this year’s festival. A short opening ceremony will take place in the Masonic Halls at 6.15 pm on Friday 2nd November. The ceremony will be free and open to the public.

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  • LBF Website

    The Linlithgow Book Festival website has experienced a few–ahem–technical problems, but we’ve fixed ’em. If you’ve tried to access it and failed, all should now be well. The programme on the front page has also been updated with a little more information about the renga and the Wallace event I’m involved in. And you can

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  • A quick update: Jennifer Williams will now be reading with me at the Linlithgow Folk Festival gig. I’m also trying to organise some music for it, but that’s not confirmed as yet.

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  • Linlithgow Book Festival now has a website. Drop by and check it out. Note the additional event on the Sunday afternoon.

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  • Readers of this blog and Rob Mackenzie’s might remember the reading that we did last year in Linlithgow as part of the Celebrate Linlithgow! arts festival. This year, I’m reading as part of the town’s longest running festival: the Linlithgow Folk Festival. At the moment, it looks like I have the bill to myself, despite

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  • As veteran readers of this blog will know, contrary to The Sunday Herald‘s belief, Linlithgow already has a book festival. Last year’s inaugural festival was a one-day affair, but the two-year-old LBF has done with doukin its taes in the watter and is splashing into a whole weekend of bookish blether from Friday 2 November

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