REAL WOMEN: UNHEARD STORIES

This session brings into focus the realities of life for women from ethnic minorities who are caught up in domestic abuse, and on those who endeavour to help them. Co-editors Peter E. Ross and Shakti Women’s Aid’s Anila Mirza along with one of the book’s contributors discuss issues arising from the book.

Chair: Peter E. Ross

Saturday 6th October 2.30-4.00pm                       PORTOBELLO BAPTIST CHURCH CAFÉ

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

ASCENT TO GREATNESS

Erlend Clouston, literary executor and family friend of the inspirational nature writer Nan Shepherd, takes a sideways look at the life and literary career of the woman who wrote The Living Mountain and whose image currently decorates the RBS £5 note.

Chair: Rona Gray

Saturday 6th October 2.30-3.30pm                     PORTOBELLO BAPTIST CHURCH HALL 

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

Chick Lit or Women’s Fiction – What’s In a Name?

Jen Mouat, author of The Bookshop of New Beginnings, and Jenny Harper, author of the Heartlands series, read from their novels and discuss the importance of fiction genres, book titles and covers.

What does a book cover tell potential readers, and why do certain titles appeal?

Chair: Joanne Baird 

Saturday 6th October, 2.00-3.00pm                                                      LIBRARY UPSTAIRS

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

WORLD POETRY

Steve Harvey hosts a discussion with three poets from across the globe. Stuart A. Paterson from Scotland, Marjorie Lotfi Gill an Iranian American and Lynn Davidson from New Zealand read from their work and discuss the universal appeal of poetry and the challenges of translation.

Saturday 6th October, 1.00-2.00pm PORTOBELLO BAPTIST CHURCH HALL

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

SHORT BUT SWEET

Join short story writers Elle Turner, Jane Tulloch and Rosemary Gemmell as they chat about the art of creating short but perfectly formed tales. Is it easier or harder than writing a novel? How do you create an effective story in a shorter form? Come along for some tips and to hear them read from their work.

Chair: Lynsey May

Saturday 6th October, 12.30-1.30pm                                                  LIBRARY UPSTAIRS

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

Saturday 6th October, 11.30am-12noon, Library

BOOKBUG returns to the Book Festival for fun, songs and rhymes.

No tickets needed for this event, just turn up with your wee ones.

Cancelled event

Please note that unfortunately Ron Butlin’s event, Day of the Trolls, has had to be cancelled. This was due to take place on Saturday 6th October at 2pm.

DESERT ISLAND BOOKS

Three books, one desert island: What would you choose? Come and listen to author Doug Johnstone give his take on this conundrum, throwing in a record or two!

Saturday 6th October   11.00am-12.00noon      PORTOBELLO BAPTIST CHURCH HALL

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

REAR VIEW MIRROR

For 16 days in 2015 author, photographer and taxi driver Ryan Walls photographed the people in the back of his cab.  Join Ryan as he talks about his book Edinburgh People: A Photographic Journey through the Lens of an Edinburgh Taxi Driver in which he captures distinctively natural moments in the lives of 101 of his passengers.

Chair: Paul Hudson

Saturday 6th October, 11.00am-12.00noon                    LIBRARY Upstairs 

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

WRITING WORKSHOP

This writing workshop open to writers of all abilities and all styles. Come and flex your writing muscles in the company of other local writers and writing enthusiasts.  Led by Sarah Broadley, who is an experienced chair at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Story Shop participant.

Saturday 6th October  11.00am-1.00pm              PORTOBELLO BAPTIST CHURCH CAFÉ

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.

A selection of photographs from the official launch of the Portobello Book Festival programme for 2018 at the Dalriada on Thursday. Huge thanks to Kelly at LoveBooksGroup for her fantastic photos. Don’t forget that tickets for all events are available from Portobello Library now. Some are going fast though so get yourself along to pick up your tickets. If you miss out, a few are available at the door for each event so it’s always worth coming to see if you can get in.

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