Stirling LIBRARIES BOOK FESTIVAL
Alive with CULTURE
12th-19th May 2018
Welcome Stirling Libraries’ Book Festival, Off the Page, is now in its 13th year. We have another rich, wide-ranging programme planned for May 2018, bringing events to all parts of the community. With an array of writing talent from James Robertson to Meg Henderson, via Alex Nye, Ross Sayers and poet Em Strang, there is much to choose from. This year we welcome crime writer Elly Griffiths, author of the Dr. Ruth Galloway mysteries. New Scottish noir voice, Alan Parks, presents a dark and exciting series set in Glasgow, 1973. Malachy Tallack introduces his first work of fiction, together with music from his four albums as a singer-songwriter, while nature writer, journalist and poet Jim Crumley takes his work to a rural audience. Makar Clive Wright and Laura Fyfe of Figment
Creative host an Off the Page Writers’ Showcase at the Golden Lion, reading their own work and introducing other local writers, with music from singer and guitarist Bill Adair. There is an inspiring programme at The Smith including Enchantment of The Trossachs writer Louis Stott, and tales of Torbrex Tam from Dr Murray Cook. There is more for fans of history with an introduction to The Engine Shed and a volunteerled tour of Bannockburn House. Our children’s programme starts on safari with a Jungle Party for some our youngest readers and there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy songs and rhymes as Off the Page coincides with Bookbug week. Bestselling author Steve Cole, creator of captivating series
Astrosaurs and writer of the Young James Bond, is famous for his entertaining shows catch him at the Tolbooth. Jonathan Meres, Alan Windram and Alan Dapre are just a few of the inspiring children’s writers appearing in our libraries, while Stirling Archives show children how to make their own “wee journal” after school. Our Digiknow roadshow will be at Bridge of Allan and Callander Libraries, with a chance to come and try digital kit like robots and 3d printers. We look forward to welcoming you to our libraries. Stirling is a unique destination with something for everyone and Off the Page is just one of the great events running in the City this year. Councillor Chris Kane,
Convenor, Community Planning and Regeneration Committee, Stirling Council.
Saturday 12th May Dr Murray Cook and Emily McCulloch
Torbrex Tam: Stirling’s Oldest Resident in his Prehistoric Context Smith Art Gallery and Museum 11.00am-12Noon £5.00/£3.00
Come face to face with Stirling’s oldest resident who is over 4000 years old, learn about his discovery, the science behind his facial reconstruction and what Stirling looked like at the time!
Dr Murray Cook is very proud to be Stirling Council’s Archaeologist, he was born and studied in Edinburgh but is delighted to be an adopted Son of the Rock, where he lives with a long suffering wife, three fractious daughters, two cats and the occasional foster baby! He regularly runs walks and digs and if you’d like to join him, give him an email cookm@stirling.gov.uk . Honestly, he doesn’t bite! Emily McCulloch was born and raised in Stirling, first attending Stirling University where she studied Philosophy as her undergrad before moving onto Dundee University to gain an MSc in Forensic Art and Facial Identification. She has loved bringing Torbrex Tam to life and is looking forward to introducing him to the public alongside Dr Murray Cook.
Jungle Book Party with Blair Drummond Safari Park Bannockburn Library 1.00pm-3.00pm £3.00 or 2 for £5.00
Suggested age: 7-10 years We love Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book so much that we thought we would throw a party to show it! The lovely people from Blair Drummond Safari Park will be there to tell you all about the remarkable animals that live in the jungle. There will also be jungle craft and treats and you can even have your face painted just like your favourite animal. Swing, stomp or hop your way to Bannockburn Library for trumpets full of fun! 1
Monday 14th May Meg Henderson Bannockburn Library 11.00am-12Noon Fallin Library 2.00pm-3.00pm £5.00/£3.00
Meg Henderson lived in several parts of the city including Blackhill, Drumchapel, and Maryhill. She went to a convent school and hated it, spending her time there winding up the nuns for fun. Libraries were her sanctuary and where she got an education. Meg worked within the NHS and then travelling to India with the Voluntary Service Overseas. On her return to Scotland she married and went back to work in her old hospital. Meg has been married for 47 years, has three children and two grandchildren. William McIlvanney’s work inspired her to write and Meg works as both a journalist and an author, writing for newspapers and television.
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Meg currently has two books at various stages.
Em Strang
Doune Library 7.00pm-8.30pm £5.00/£3.00
Em is a poet, editor and prison tutor. She also facilitates worskhops in Embodied Poetry, looking at the relationship between psychology, somatic experience and creative practice.
Her writing preoccupations are with ‘nature’, spirituality and the relationship between the human and nonhuman. Bird-Woman, her first full collection, was published by Shearsman in October 2016. Bird-Woman was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Best First Collection Prize and won the 2017 Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Award. She’s currently working on a novella.
Lesley Riddoch
The Smith Art Gallery and Museum 7.30pm-9.00pm £5.00/£3.00
Some have transformed their parts of Scotland. Some have tried and failed. But all have something in common – they know what it takes for Scotland to blossom. We should too…”
Lesley Riddoch’s book Blossom is an account of Scotland at the grassroots “through the stories of people I’ve had the good fortune to know – the most stubborn, talented and resilient people on the planet. They’ve had to be.
Weeding out vital components of Scottish identity from decades of political and social tangle is no mean task, but it’s one journalist Lesley Riddoch has undertaken. Dispensing with the tired, yo-yoing jousts over fiscal
commissions, Devo Something and EU inor-out, Blossom pinpoints both the buds of growth and the blight that’s holding Scotland back. Drawing from its people and history as well as the experience of the Nordic countries, and the author’s own passionate and outspoken perspective, this is a plain-speaking but incisive call to restore equality and control to local communities and let Scotland flourish. 3
Tuesday 15th May
Coo Clayton & Alison Soye Drymen Library 10.30am-12noon
This event is for invited school pupils
Teddy Bears’ Picnic Bookbug Session Killin Library 10.30am-11.30am Free
Suitable for babies and pre-school children with accompanying parent/ guardian. We’re having a special Teddy Bears’ Picnic Bookbug Session. Bring your favourite teddy bear to hear our songs and stories. We’ll have crafts and little snacks at our picnic, so come along with your best cuddly friend, and bring a grown-up too! www.scottishbooktrust.com/babiesearly-years 4
Coo Clayton grew up in St Andrews, Fife. Coo is a primary school teacher and lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three young children who all help inspire her work. Alison Soye is a Northern Irish illustrator living and working in Edinburgh and is a recent Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduate. Coo and Alison will talk about Maggie’s Mittens, a beautifully illustrated story filled with charming and humorous details. It’s a delightful tour around Scotland, visiting Edinburgh, Glasgow, Falkirk, St Andrews, Dundee, Aberdeen, Loch Ness, Arisaig and the Western Isles. See if you can spot the red squirrel hiding on every page!
Simon James Green Bridge of Allan Library 10.30am-12noon
This event is for invited school pupils Simon James Green discusses the inspiration for his YA novel Noah Can’t Even, why he thinks we all need more funny books in our lives, and shares his top tips for writing comedy. His session will also include an exclusive reading from the sequel, Noah Could Never, and a lot of awkward stories from his school days…
My wee journal… Drymen Library 3.45pm-4.45pm Free
Suggested age: 8-12 years Using the example of 12 year old Gargunnock girl, Viola Stirling’s nature diary from 1919, join Neil Dickson from Stirling Council Archives to create your very own authentic looking journal… ready to fill with your own notes and observations.
Bannockburn House Tour Bannockburn House 11.00am-12noon 2.00pm-3.00pm Free
Bannockburn House was built in about 1675 and is an A-listed building which has many highlights including deep-relief plasterwork of national significance. The house has had many owners over the years, and the most famous visitor was Bonnie Prince Charlie who stayed in 1745/46 as a guest. The house is owned by the community (Bannockburn House Trust) and the project is now to restore it to its former glory. Join the Volunteers for a tour of the house followed by a cuppa and a biscuit!
Caricature Challenge (Adult Literacy class)
Cowie Library 11.15am-12.15pm Free This fun art event challenges those taking part to draw a caricature of their friend. Learn all about what a caricature is and how to develop different drawing styles.
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Tuesday 15th May Higher English course, and he is currently redrafting his second novel, a comedic mystery set in a Scottish high school.
James Robertson
Malachy Tallack
Dunblane Library 7.15pm-8.15pm £5.00/£3.00
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James Robertson is a poet, editor and writer of fiction. He has published six novels, including the award-winning Joseph Knight and And the Land Lay Still, and The Testament of Gideon Mack which was long-listed for the Man Booker prize. He co-founded and is editor of the Itchy Coo imprint, which publishes books in Scots for young readers. His most recent novel, To Be Continued, involves a road-andrail trip to the Highlands by a man in the company of a talking toad. In 2017 he published Arrest This Moment, a biography of the late Michael Marra, the Dundee songwriter and musician.
Strathblane Village Club 7.30pm-8.30pm £5.00/£3.00
Ross Sayers
St Ninians Library 7.30pm-8.30pm £5.00/£3.00 Ross Sayers writes contemporary fiction which explores friendship, family ties and morality with humour, unique character voices and pared-back prose. He graduated from the University of Stirling in 2014, with a BA in English Studies, and graduated again in 2015 with a M.Litt in Creative Writing. His debut novel, ‘Mary’s the Name’, was released in January 2017, and was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award. His short story, ‘Dancin’ is used on West College Scotland’s
After two works of non-fiction, Sixty Degrees North and The Un-Discovered Islands, Malachy Tallack this year publishes his first novel, The Valley at the Centre of the World. Set in Shetland, the book explores ideas of home and community, and asks what is passed down between generations. Malachy will introduce readers to the novel, together with music from his four albums as a singersongwriter.
Wednesday 16th May Alan Dapre
Dunblane Library 9.30am-10.30am Strathblane Library 1.30pm-2.30pm This event is for invited school pupils
Elly Griffiths
Bridge of Allan Library 7.30pm-8.30pm £5.00/£3.00 Elly Griffiths is the author of the bestselling series of Dr Ruth Galloway novels, featuring a forensic archaeologist and set in Norfolk. The series has won the CWA Dagger in the library, and has been shortlisted three times for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her Stephens and Mephisto series is based in 1950s Brighton. She lives near Brighton with her husband, an archaeologist, and their two children.
Alan Dapré is the author of more than fifty books for children. He has also written over one hundred television scripts, transmitted home and abroad. His plays have been on BBC Radio 4 and published for use in schools worldwide.
Caricature Challenge Fallin Library 10.00am-11.00am
This event is for invited school pupils This fun art event challenges those taking part to draw a caricature of their friend. Learn all about what a caricature is and how to develop different drawing styles.
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Wednesday 16th May Mac and Bob…with Alan Windram
One Button Benny… with Alan Windram
This event is for invited school pupils
This event is for invited school pupils
Mac the farmer, along with his dog and best friend Bob, are always getting up to all sorts of exciting adventures and one day they get invited to a party. They love parties, But oh no! There’s a big problem, what will they do?
One Button Benny is a story about heroes and the unlikely places you find them. Loveable robot Benny becoming a surprising hero when the hairy, scary collectors try to take over his planet. Or – Robot dancing and songs about One Button Benny
Balfron Library 10.45am-11.45am
Join Mac in this interactive live and loopy event for three to six year-olds, with lots of fun, audience participation, storytelling and specially-written sing-along songs. And look out for the flying carrots! 8
Central Library 2.00pm-3.00pm
Jim Crumley
Callander Library 2.00pm-3.00pm £5.00/£3.00 Jim Crumley is a Stirling-based nature writer, journalist and poet, and a passionate advocate for Scotland’s wildlife and wild places. He is the author of more than thirty books, and a widely-read columnist in both the Scots Magazine and the Courier. His current projects include two series of books. He is writing the The Nature of Spring, the third volume in a quartet on the seasons, following The Nature of Autumn (2016) and The Nature of Winter (2017). The other series is entitled Encounters in the Wild and features short monograms on individual wildlife species. Titles already in print are Barn Owl, Fox, Swan, Hare, Badger, Skylark, and hot-offthe-press are Kingfisher and Otter. Much of Jim Crumley’s work centres around an area he describes as his nature writer’s territory, from Flanders Moss, Ben Ledi and Glen Finglas in the south to Balquhidder and Glen Dochart in the north.
My wee journal…
Alex Nye
Suggested age: 8-12 years
Accompany award-winning author Alex Nye on a journey into Scotland’s bloody past. She will take you into the corridors of power in the time of Mary Queen of Scots where intrigue and conspiracy are rife. Find out about a murder mystery which remains unsolved to this day. Alex is also a teacher and previous winner of the Scottish Children’s Book Award with her first novel Chill. She writes historical fiction for both adults and children, and has four books to her name.
Doune Library 3.30pm-4.30pm Free
Therapy Ponies Scotland
Using the example of 12 year old Gargunnock girl, Viola Stirling’s nature diary from 1919, join Neil Dickson from Stirling Council Archives to create your very own authentic looking journal…ready to fill with your own notes and observations.
Killin Library 7.30pm-9.00pm £5.00/£3.00
Fairview Home, Bannockburn 2.00pm-3.30pm This event is for residents only Therapy Ponies Scotland offer therapeutic visits to nursing and care homes, hospitals and libraries with their very special Miniature Shetland Ponies. We’ll be finding out how reading with Therapy Ponies can help us to relax and be happy while we spend some time with our special visitors. 9
Thursday 17th May
Mick Kitson
Stirling High School 9.45am-10.45am This event is for invited school pupils
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Mick Kitson was born in South Wales, and studied English at university before launching the prolific 80’s pop band, The Senators, with his brother Jim. He worked as a journalist for several years, then went on to become an English teacher. Mick lives in Fife, Scotland with his wife Jill and badtempered dog Lucy. He has three grown-up children, and spends more time than is good for him fly fishing for sea trout, reading, playing the banjo and growing strawberries. He also builds boats. Sal is his first novel.
DigiKnow Showcase
Jonathan Meres
Bridge of Allan Library 11.00am-4.00pm Free
Plean Library 11.00am-12Noon Cowie Library 1.30pm-2.30pm
Open Event
This event is for invited school pupils
Suitable for all ages. Children should be accompanied by an adult.
You’ll laugh outloud at writer and comedian Jonathan Meres as he talks about the twelfth and final instalment in his multi-award-winning The World of Norm series – The World of Norm: Must End Soon. Although life is still sooooooo unfair for Norm, any audience is bound to be cheered up by Jonathan as he talks all about Norm and gets everyone singing along to his World of Norm song.
Fancy finding out how to design your own 3D model? Come and take a look at our 3D printers in action! Come and investigate some new digital activities at Stirling Libraries DigiKnow event at Bridge of Allan Library. Have a go on the smart devices and explore Stirling Libraries e-services – thousands of e-books, magazines, and comics completely free with your library card. Bring your little ones along and investigate some Apps especially chosen for using together with pre-school children. Get hands on with Osmos, Makey-Makeys and the HP Sprout digital creation station. Try out a spot of coding and have a play with our friendly robots.
Paul Murdoch
St Ninians Library 4.00pm-5.00pm Free Paul Murdoch has travelled the world performing workshops and presentations on writing and imagination. His latest novel ‘Sunny’ deals with sectarianism and has been compared to ‘The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas’.
3D Printing Workshops Bridge of Allan Library 4.00pm-5.00pm £3.00 Open Event Suitable for 9+years Come along to Bridge of Allan Library to take part in a digital design and 3D printing workshop run by Stirling Libraries Digital Services team. Design and personalise your own keyring, see the 3D printers in action and take away a wee goody bag of unique 3D prints. 11
Thursday 17th May My wee journal… Balfron Library 4.00pm-5.00pm Free Suggested age: 8-12 years Using the example of 12 year old Gargunnock girl, Viola Stirling’s nature diary from 1919, join Neil Dickson from Stirling Council Archives to create your very own authentic looking journal… ready to fill with your own notes and observations.
Off the Page Showcase With Clive Wright and Laura Fyfe Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling 7.00pm-10.00pm £5.00/£3.00
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Bringing Stirling’s writing off the page and into performance, Stirling Makar Clive Wright and award-winning writer and publisher Laura Fyfe of Figment Creativity join up to present a special showcase evening of local writing. As well as reading some of their own work, Laura and Clive will also introduce other talented local authors. The evening promises an
eclectic mix of talents and performances and will also feature, on the musical side, the remarkable skill of the folk singer and song writer Bill Adair. Seeking submissions: We seek sparky, invigorating performers. Two prizes are up for grabs: Best Newcomer and Best Performance If you wish to be considered as a featured writer (or collaboration of writers), contact us by 30th April at the latest with details of your performance and proposed piece(s) (5-10 min slots). Poetry: clivewright1954@hotmail.com Prose/storytelling: laura@ figmentcreativity.com
Friday 18th May Coding Workshops Callander Library 9.30am-3.00pm
This event is for invited school pupils Stirling Libraries Digital Services team will be joining pupils from Callander Primary School to run a day of introduction to Scratch programming. We’ll be coding our own musical stars, journeying into space and catching ghosts. Supporting important STEM subjects in a fun and interactive session.
Cowie Reminiscence Cowie Library 11.30am-12.30pm Free
Did you grow up during the war? Do you have memories of living in the miners rows? Come along to Cowie Library and share stories of days gone by. (Refreshments will be provided)
Caricature Challenge Cowie Library 1.45pm-2.45pm
Love your Library Day Central Library 9.30am-5.30pm
Come in and tell us why you love your library whilst enjoying some free refreshments. Also try your luck with our free lucky dip!
This event is for invited school pupils This fun art event challenges those taking part to draw a caricature of their friend. Learn all about what a caricature is and how to develop different drawing styles. 13
Friday 18th May Alan Parks
Central Library 6.30pm-8.00pm £5.00/£3.00 Join Alan Parks to discuss his debut novel, Bloody January. When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commits suicide, Detective Harry McCoy is sure of one thing. It wasn’t a random act of violence.
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In a helter-skelter tale – winding from moneyed elite to hipster music groupies to the brutal gangs of the urban wasteland – Bloody January brings to life the dark underbelly of 1970s Glasgow and introduces a dark and electrifying new voice in Scottish noir.
BYOB Book Group Evening
‘Alan Parks’s excellent first novel propels him into the top class of Scottish noir authors… [McCoy] is so noir that he makes most other Scottish cops seem light grey.’ – The Times, Crime Book of the Month
An evening of books, chat and quizzing where we celebrate book groups and the love of reading. If you’re in a group at the moment or interested in joining one then this is the place to be. Bring along your favourite book (BYOB) and your favourite drink (BYOB) because at Cambusbarron Library we like good books and we cannot lie!
Cambusbarron Library 7.30pm-9.00pm Free
Saturday 19th May Steve Cole
Tolbooth 2.00pm-3.00pm £5.00/£3.00 Suggested age: 7-12years
Engine Shed Tour and Talk The Engine Shed 10.00am-12Noon Free
An Introduction to the Engine Shed, Scotland’s Building Conservation Centre. Scotland’s history is written in books and documents, archaeology and archives, but also in its many varied historic and traditional buildings from city tenement blocks to country cottage plots. The Engine Shed, part of Historic Environment Scotland, has been set up as Scotland’s Building Conservation Centre to help
tell the story of our traditional buildings, materials and skills, and reveal how scientific research and practical skills are being used to ensure that our built heritage is conserved for the future. This talk and site visit will introduce you to the work of the Engine Shed teams and recount how the story of an abandoned military shed was rewritten to create a cutting-edge centre for research and learning. All welcome.
Want to kick-start kids’ creative writing and a love of books? Steve Cole – author of Astrosaurs, Secret Agent Mummy, Magic Ink, Doctor Who, Young Bond and many more - leads audiences on a laugh-a-minute, high energy, ukuleleaccompanied master class in “chucking imagination at words” (aka telling stories). He will teach children quick-and-easy ways to invent story ideas, share secret writing tips and reveal the origins of some of his own loopy characters. Children and adults alike will come away enthused and inspired to leap into new adventures in creative writing! 15
Saturday 19th May
Rebel Writing Workshop
Bannockburn Library 10.00am-11.30am £3 Suitable for 18 years and over Places are limited, to book your spot please visit the Scottish Book Trust EventBrite page https://www.eventbrite. co.uk/o/scottish-book-trust-9880481593
Louis Stott-Trossachs Enchantment
The Smith Museum and Art Gallery 12:30pm-2.00pm Free Author Louis Stott will be in conversation with publisher James Kennedy of the Lochard Local History Society on this new edition of ‘The Enchantment of the Trossachs’, published first in 1992. The work explores the unique legacy of Aberfoyle’s 16
minister, the Reverend Robert Kirk who was captured by the faeries, 14 May 1682. This is contextualised within the wider landscape of 17th and 18th century religion and superstition, as well as subsequent re-discovery of Kirk’s story. Stott’s book is a valuable contribution to knowledge and understanding of the Trossachs and the exceptional heritage on our doorstep. Refreshments/Tea and coffee provided
Week Long Events
Balfron in Print 12-19 May Balfron Library
Knitting & Crochet Sale 14-19 May Bannockburn Library Bannockburn Libraries Knitting & Crochet group sale of work, in aid of local charities.
The BALFRON IN PRINT Exhibition devised by the partnership of Balfron Heritage Group and Balfron Library will use the three Statistical Accounts of Scotland, Guthrie Smith’s ‘STRATHENDRICK”, “Buchanan’s Guide to Strathendrick”, Andrew Dow Griffen’s “My Own My Native Land” and Jim Thomson’s “THE BALFRON HERITAGE” to trace Balfron’s past through the printed word.
There will also be some printing trivia such as the origins of “minding your Ps and Qs” as well as the chance to use the exhibition logo to demonstrate how the art of printing actually works. The main “Off the Page” aspect of the event will be Off the Page’s Most Unusual Author Interview in which the Reverend Alexander Niven – contributor to the New Statistical Account in 1841 – will give a snapshot of Early/Mid-19th Century Balfron in his own words.
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Week Long Events Bookbug Week
Wednesday 16 May
Celebrate Bookbug Week 2018 with us! Free
Doune Library 9.30am Central Library 11.00am
Suggested age: Pre-school with accompanying adult
Thursday 17 May
This year’s theme is Bookbug’s Friends. Join us for a whole host of fun story, song and rhyme activities taking place in libraries near you.
Saturday 12 May
Dunblane Library (German) 10.00am
Monday 14 May
St Ninians Library 2.15pm
Tuesday 15 May
Raploch Community Campus 11.30am Plean Library 10.45am
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Strathblane Library 10.30am Dunblane Library 10.30am Callander Library 10.45am Drymen Library 2.00pm Balfron Library 2.15pm Cambusbarron Library 2.15pm Bannockburn Library 2.15pm
Friday 18 May Bridge of Allan Library 10.30am
At a Glance Date
Event
Venue
Time
Price
Saturday 12th May
Bookbug (German) Dr Murray Cook and Emily McCulloch talk on Torbrex Tam Jungle Party
Dunblane Library
10:00am – 10:30am
Free
The Smith
11:00am - 12 noon
£5/£3
Bannockburn Library
1:00pm - 3:00pm
£3 or 2 for £5
Meg Henderson Meg Henderson Bookbug Lesley Riddoch Em Strang
Bannockburn Library
11:00am - 12 noon
£5/£3
Fallin Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm
£5/£3
St Ninians Library
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Free
The Smith
7:30pm – 9:00pm
£5/£3
Doune Library
7:30pm - 9:00pm
£5/£3
Bookbug Teddy Bears Picnic Coo Clayton Simon James Green Bookbug Bannockburn House tour with tea and coffee Caricature Challenge (Adult Literacy Class) Bannockburn House tour with tea and coffee My Wee Journal James Robertson Ross Sayers Elly Griffiths Malachy Tallack
Raploch Community Campus
11:30am – 12 noon
Free
Killin Library
11:30am –12 noon
Free
Drymen Library
10:30am – 12 noon
Schools
Bridge of Allan Library
10:30am – 12 noon
Schools
Plean Library
10:45am -11:15am
Free
Bannockburn House
11:00am - 12 noon
Free
Cowie Library
11:15am - 12:15pm
Free
Bannockburn House
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Free
Drymen Library
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Free
Dunblane Library
7:15pm - 8:15pm
£5/£3
St Ninians Library
7:30pm - 8:30pm
£5/£3
Bridge of Allan Library
7:30pm - 8:30pm
£5/£3
Strathblane Village Club
7:30pm - 8:30pm
£5/£3
Monday 14th May
Tuesday 15th May
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at a glance
Date
Event
Venue
Time
Price
Wednesday 16th May
Bookbug Alan Dapre Caricature Challenge Mac and Bob with Alan Windram Bookbug Alan Dapre Jim Crumley Therapy ponies One Button Benny with Alan Windram My Wee Journal Alex Nye
Doune Library
9:30am - 10:00am
Free
Dunblane Library
9:30am - 10:30am
Schools
Fallin Library
10:00am - 11:00am
Schools
Balfron Library
10:45am - 11:45am
Schools
Central Library
11:00am – 11:30am
Free
Strathblane Library
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Schools
Callander Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm
£5/£3
Fairview Home, Bannockburn
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Free
Central Library
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Schools
Doune Library
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Free
Killin Library
7:30pm – 9:00pm
£5/£3
Mick Kitson Bookbug Bookbug Bookbug Digiknow Showcase Jonathan Meres Jonathan Meres Bookbug Bookbug Bookbug Bookbug 3D Printing Workshops Paul Murdoch My Wee Journal Clive Wright Maker - poetry evening - with Laura Fyfe
Stirling High School
9:45am – 10:45am
Schools
Strathblane Library
10:30am – 11:00am
Free
Dunblane Library
10:30am – 11:00am
Free
Callander Library
10:45am – 11:15am
Free
Bridge of Allan Library
11:00am – 4:00pm
Free
Plean Library
11:00am – 12 noon
Schools
Cowie Library
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Schools
Drymen Library
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Free
Balfron Library
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Free
Cambusbarron Library
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Free
Bannockburn Library
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Free
Bridge of Allan Library
4:00pm - 5:00pm
£3
St Ninians Library
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Free
Balfron Library
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Free
Golden Lion Hotel
7:00pm - 10:00pm
£5/£3
Thursday 17th May
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At a Glance Date
Event
Venue
Time
Price
Friday 18th May
Love your Library Day Coding Workshops Bookbug Cowie Reminiscence Caricature Challenge Alan Parks Bring Your Own Book (Book Group Evening)
Central Library Callander Library Bridge of Allan Library Cowie Library Cowie Library Central Library Cambusbarron Library
9:30am – 5:30pm 9:00am – 3:00pm 10:30am - 11:00am 11:30am - 12:30pm 1:45pm - 2:45pm 6:30pm - 8:00pm 7:30pm -9:00pm
Free Schools Free Free Schools £5/£3 Free
Saturday 19th May
Engine Shed tour and talk Writing Workshop Louis Stott - Trossachs Enchantment Steve Cole
Engine Shed Bannockburn Library The Smith Tolbooth
10:00am - 12 noon 10:00am – 11:30am 12:30pm - 2:00pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Free £3 Free £5/£3
Week Long Events
Knitting and Crochet Sale Balfron in Print Exhibition
Bannockburn Library Balfron Library
14-19 May 12-19 May
Free Free
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How to Book Tickets for all events can be booked as follows Albert Halls
01786 473544
Tolbooth
01786 274000
Local Libraries Balfron
01360 440407
Bannockburn
01786 812286
Bridge of Allan
01786 833680
Callander
01877 331544
Cambusbarron
01786 473873
Cowie
01786 816269
Doune
01786 841732
Drymen
01360 660751
Dunblane
01786 823125
Fallin
01786 812492
Killin
01567 820571
Plean
General enquiries
Stirling Council Library Service reserves the right to make alterations to the programme as deemed necessary.
Concessions
We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their generous support of the Book Festival. Their contributions are greatly appreciated.
Library HQ 01786 237535 E: offthepage@stirling.gov.uk Ticket prices reflect concessionary rates.
Sponsors & supporters
Refunds
Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded except in the event of cancellation by Stirling Council Libraries.
Things to note
Many events have limited places. To avoid disappointment please book in advance.
01786 816319
St Ninians
01786 472069
Strathblane
01360 770737
Central
01786 237760
If you need help or this information supplied in an alternative format please call 01786 404040.
For information 01786 237535 or www.culturestirling.org/offthepage