Apackedprogramme ofcommunityevents

Unless otherwise stated, all events take place at the Blairgowrie Community Campus on Elm Drive.

6pm Maggie O’Farrell - ‘This Must be the Place’

The dazzling new novel from Sunday Times bestseller and Costa Award-winner Maggie O’Farrell, crosses timezones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage.

7.30pm James Naughtie - ‘Paris Spring’ followed by Drinks Reception

After ‘The Madness of July’, comes ‘Paris Spring’, where Will Flemyng finds himself in Paris in 1968 at a time when the city seethes with would-be revolutionaries and spies.

10 - 11am Richard Holloway - ‘Light and Darkness: a Conversation about Religion’

Richard’s latest publication, ‘A Little History of Religion’ will be the starting point for a discussion looking at religion and its role in current conflicts.

11.45am - 12.45pm Stuart MacBride - ‘In the Cold Dark Ground’

This is the tenth novel in the six times No 1 bestselling Logan McRae series.

2 - 3pm Sue Lawrence - ‘The Night he Left’

Food writer Sue talks about her venture into fiction with this her second novel. The Tay Rail Bridge disaster impacts on two families with devastating results.

3.45 - 4.45pm Sir John ListerKaye - ‘Gods of the Morning’.

Sir John’s talk is based on his most recent book which draws on a lifetime of observation and celebration of the Highland countryside and the birds that come and go through the year.

5.30 - 6.30pm Sally Magnusson - ‘Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything’

Sally talks about her bestselling memoir and the experience of her mother’s dementia that led to her founding the charity ‘Playlist for Life’.

7.30pm Meet the Author Members’ Supper Event, the Red House Hotel, Coupar Angus.