Regular Event:
10am-6pm, 29th Sep 2023 -
1st Oct 2023
Established in 2022 in collaboration with HM the Queen Consort’s ‘Reading Room’ – a worldwide network of literary communities – we are delighted to announce the grand return of the Braemar Literary Festival for its second year.
Turn the page on your next big adventure and visit us in our storybook setting from 29th September – 1st October 2023, for a weekend celebrating the power and quiet beauty of the written and spoken word. Connecting bibliophiles of all ages with heartfelt readings from the authors who penned the words and a forum to engage in spirited discussion, we stand proudly as part of the new Scottish cultural scene.
Festival Programme 2023
Friday, 29th September
Festival Launch Dinner curated by Rick Stein featuring poetry reading by John Glenday, 7.30 – 10pm, Fife Arms Clunie Dining Room
Sabine Muir and Agnieszka Brozek, 2 – 3pm, Highland Games Pavilion
John Glenday poetry reading, 4.30 – 5.30pm, TOR workshop
Saturday, 30th September
Grace Dent & Rick Stein in conversation with Tom Parker Bowles, a book signing will take place after the event, 10am – 11am, St Margaret’s Art Centre
Mary McCartney in conversation with Sam Leith, 11.30am – 12.30pm, Braemar Village Hall
Flora Fraser in conversation with Doreen Wood, 1pm – 2pm, a book signing will take place after the event, Highland Games Pavilion
The Queen’s Reading Room: in conversation with William Boyd Hosted by Vicki Perrin, CEO of The Queen’s Reading Room
2.30 – 3.30pm, St Margaret’s Art Centre
Dame Judi Dench in conversation with Brendan O’ Hea, 5.30 – 6.30pm, St. Margaret’s Art Centre
Rebecca Smith in conversation with Alistair Braidwood, 4pm – 5pm, Braemar Gallery
Book Launch with Maureen Kelly, 7.15pm – 8.15pm, Highland Games Pavilion
Poem & A Pint Author Readings, 7.00pm – 9.30pm, Fife Arms Flying Stag
Sunday, 1st October
David Walliams, 10am – 11am, St. Margaret’s Art Centre
Women’s Fiction Panel: with novelists Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, Lucy Barker, literary agent Lucy Morris, chaired by Claire Shanahan, 11.45 – 12.45pm, Braemar Village Hall
Sophie Berrebi in conversation with Vicky Allan, 1.15 – 2.15pm, Fife Arms Drawing Room
Meet the Illustrator: Johanna Basford workshop, 1.15 – 2.15pm, Fife Arms Fog House
The Queen’s Reading Room: in conversation with Anthony Horowitz Hosted by Vicki Perrin, 2.45 – 3.45pm, St. Margaret’s Art Centre
Don Paterson & chair Alistair Braidwood, a book signing will take place after this event, 4.30 – 5.30pm, Braemar Village Hall
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Tickets are available here.
