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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OPENING EVENT

Friday 5th October, 8.00-10.30pm at the library 

Our ever popular opening night celebration event for this 10^th book festival also sees the launch of the commemorative publication Postcards from Portobello. This publication has been made possible through the support of Creative Scotland and is a collection of original work from many writers which we hope reflects the diversity of life in Portobello. It will be available free during the festival.

The evening brings together contributing authors and local musicians for a lively evening of words and music. Refreshments will be available.

Host: David Francis

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

We are delighted that the first event of this year’s festival will be at a new venue: Jameson Gate, the retirement living development at the far end of Portobello High Street. This event is open to all but, as always, tickets must be picked up from the library.

WHODUNIT IN SKARA BRAE!

Friday 5th October, 2.00-3.00pm JAMESON GATE

No forensics, police force or modern communications – how do you solve a Neolithic whodunit in Stone Age Skara Brae? B K Bryce (authors, researchers and sisters, Barbara and Kathleen Stevenson) let you into a few of those secrets when they talk about the books Maeshowe Murders and Evil in Eynhallow from their light crime fiction series Marna Mysteries. There might also be an insight into fire lighting, brewing bread ale and making nettle ropes!

Chair: Lorna Lawrie

The wait is over! The programme for the 2018 Portobello Book Festival, 5th-7th October, has now been revealed. We have a packed programme as always this year and are very excited to be welcoming our authors, contributors and guests. Tickets to all events are, as always, free and will be available from Monday 3rd September Portobello Library.

Click the link below to see the full programme and look out for more info about each individual event over the coming weeks. 

PBF Programme 2018 – final

Please note one change to the programme since it was printed. Unfortunately Ron Butlin has had to cancel.

BLACKWELL’S BOOKSHOP

Books by participating authors will be available.

Tickets for all events can be collected in person from

Portobello Library from 4^th September. Some tickets

will be available at venues 15 minutes before events.

PORTOBELLO BOOK FESTIVAL

is organised by local enthusiasts and Portobello Library.

If you have ideas or would like to be involved, please contact:

portobellobookfestival@gmail.com

VENUES

PORTOBELLO LIBRARY

14 Rosefield Avenue, EH15 1AU

PORTOBELLO BAPTIST CHURCH HALL

189 Portobello High Street, EH15 1EU

JAMESON GATE

17-21 Portobello High Street, EH15 1DW

DALRIADA

77 Promenade, EH15 2EL

Another excellent selection of photos giving a flavour of the weekend, this time from one of our organising team, Christine Hoy.

Another fantastic set of photographs courtesy of Jon Davey featuring some of the contributors at Saturday’s events at Portobello Book Festival. All photos copyright Jon Davey Photography. 

Just a few photos from some of today’s events at the library. More will follow. Thank you so much to all our contributors and chairs for helping make it such a fantastic day. Still some tickets available for events tomorrow. Best to come along to the library just before an event to see if you can get a ticket. Remember the library is only open for book festival events tomorrow so doors open just before each one. 

Saturday 7th October, 5-6pm, Library Upstairs

There has been a change to the speakers at this event. We will now be joined by Anne Kerr,  who is a member in Ayrshire and is currently Senior Vice Chairman and Convenor of the Communications Committee,  Heather McDougall,  Secretary of Perth and Kinross Federation and a member of Cleish Institute in Perthshire, and Jay Hutchison, also a Perthshire member. 

Anne will talk about the organisation, its history and its vision for the future and the other two will chat about their roles.  They will all speak about the Centenary Cook Book, published to celebrate this significant anniversary.

There are still free tickets available at the library for this event. As there has been discussion recently on our local Facebook page about possibly starting up a Portobello branch of the SWI, this is an ideal opportunity to find out more about the organisation’s history and future.

Programme details

One hundred years after its inception at Longniddry, the SWI is still dedicated to friendship, learning and skill sharing. At this session the challenges and opportunities facing the organisation as it stands today will be discussed and we will take a glimpse inside the SWI’s celebratory Centenary Cook Book.

Chair: Linda Bradley      

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

Only four days until the 2017 Portobello Book Festival begins. Some events are already fully booked but there are still tickets left for many of them. And there will be a very limited amount for each event available immediately beforehand. To make sure of your place though, head to Portobello library this week to pick up your FREE tickets.

Sunday 8th October, 4.15-5.45pm, Library

Lately much has been made of ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’. But what are we dealing with here: something new or just a new way of talking about something that is not new at all?  What is the role of social media in all this?  A distinguished panel discuss these questions: academic and researcher, Rita Marcella of Robert Gordon’s University; freelance journalist and writer, Marcello Mega; Director of Common Weal and campaigner, Robin McAlpine.

Chair: Alastair Cameron

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