Authors stack up for Book Week
21 INCHRYA: Music - The View frontman Kyle Falconer, plays Inchyra Arts Club at 8pm. Tickets £15 from Bandwagon, St Madoes store or www.inchyraartsclub.co.uk
21 CRIEFF: Talk - Young adult author Victoria Gemmell will be talking about creativity and her books at Strathearn Community Campus. Talk from 7pm, entry is free but booking essential via EventBrite.
21 PERTH: Talk - Crime author Liz Mistry will give an interactive creative writing workshop on how to write a crime fiction novel at AK Bell Library. The workshop will run from 2pm, and tickets are free via EventBrite. Over 18s only.
21 KINROSS: Event - Crime writers Gillian Galbraith and Shirley McKay will be in conversation at Loch Leven Community Library from 7pm. Tickets £5 from www.ticketweb.uk
22 BLAIR ATHOLL: Talk - Composer and musician Muriel Johnstone will give a talk on the music, musicians and composers of Highland Perthshire at the Atholl Arms Hotel. Talk starts at 7.30pm, entry is £5 including refreshments.
22 KINROSS: Event - Best-selling author of BBC One’s Shetland and ITV’s Vera, Ann Cleeves will be discussing her latest book ‘Wild Fire’ at Loch Leven Community Library from 7pm. Tickets £5 from www.ticketweb.uk
22 PERTH: Music - Blues band Wolftrain perform, The Green Room, 9pm. Entry is free.
22 PERTH: Event - Wild Woodlands for pre-school children at Quarrymill on ‘tremendous trees’ from 10am. Free but booking is essential from miranda.shepherd@rspb.org.uk
22 PITLOCHRY: Event - An evening with clairvoyant Richard Stibbles at Cargill’s Clubhouse, Pitlochry Golf Club. Evening from 7pm until 10pm, tickets from the clubhouse on 01796 472334.
22 SCONE: Talk - Bestselling crime and children’s author Sara Sheridan will be talking about her books at Scone Library. Talk from 5.30pm, entry is free.
22 PERTH: Music - The Proclaimers perform Perth Concert Hall from 7.30pm. Tickets £35 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Support act TBC.
22 SCONE: Talk - Bestselling crime and children’s author Sara Sheridan will be talking about her books at Scone Library. Talk from 5.30pm, entry is free.
22 PERTH: Talk - Dr David Robertson speaks on the lost country houses of Perthshire at 2pm in AK Bell Library. Tickets from 01738 444949.
23 ST FILLANS: Event - Lanarkshire Paranormal will be investigating spooky goings on at the Four Seasons hotel. Over 18s only, tickets £30 from www.lanarkshireparanormal.co.uk/investigations
23 PERTH: Music - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays Perth Concert Hall from 7.30pm. Music includes Debussy and Ravel with Joaquin Archucarro on piano and RCS Voices. Tickets from £14.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
23 PERTH: Art - Artist Anne Parker will hold an exhibition of her artwork, mainly of landscape scenes in Perth and Italy, at Katy’s Company bridal shop. Exhibition from 7pm until 10pm, entry is free.
23 KINROSS: Music - Benny Gallagher and Lyle, a pop and folk rock duo, play Backstage at The Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
23 BIRNAM: Music/talks - Birnam Book Festival reception evening, The Gutenbergs, a five-piece band from Perthshire that plays original songs in the style of the 70s songwriters taking inspiration from short stories of Scott Fitzgerald and other writers. Author talks by Jenny Colgan and Peter Dorward, Birnam Arts, 6pm-10.30pm. Tickets £15 include nibbles and drinks www.birnamarts. com/birnam-book-festival or 01350 727674.
23 GLENCARSE: Workshop - Elena Costello runs craft workshops at Glendoick Garden Centre. Workshop from 10am until noon, entry £20 including all materials.
24 DUNKELD: Market - Corbenic Advent Market, wreathes, poetry, storytelling, stalls, crafts, soup lunch, waffles, Camphill Corbenic Community, hourly buses from Birnam Arts. Free.
24 BIRNAM: Event - Birnam Book Festival, day two, folk music legend Peggy Seeger 1pm and 8pm, authors Pauline Tait 10am, Meg Mclaren 11.30am, Lin Anderson/Lorna Dawson 2.30pm, Robert Rowland Smith 3pm, Darren McGarvey/Don Paterson/Anna Ross 4pm, music from Alan Reid, Fiona Ritchie and Jon Plunkett 8pm, Birnam Arts. Tickets can be bought from www. birnamarts.com/birnam-bookfestival or call 01350 727674.
24 PERTH: Music - Multistorey lover plays at The Twa Tams with support from The Bikini Bottoms. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
24 PERTH: Market - Fair City market throughout the city centre from 9am until 4.30pm. Arts, crafts, jewellery, gifts, paintings, food and drink and Christmas trees on sale.
24 PERTH: Art - Children’s museum explorers, how the poppy became the symbol of remembrance, craft workshop to make a clay poppy, the Black Watch Castle and Museum, 1.30pm- 4pm. Entry £5, 01738 638152.
24 CRIEFF: Market - Morrison’s Academy hosts its Christmas market from 1pm until 4pm. More than 20 stalls with gifts, handmade crafts, jewellery, cards, clothes, Christmas decorations and festive food. Complete with Santa’s grotto and music from Morrison’s Pipe Band. Entry is free.
24 BLAIRGOWRIE: Music - Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash tribute night at The Angus Hotel. Music from 7pm, tickets from EventBrite.
24 PITLOCHRY: Music - Cover Daddy plays contemporary and classic covers from across the eras at The Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
24 PITLOCHRY: Market - The local branch of the SNP will hold their
24 METHVEN: Market - Craft fair and coffee morning in Methven Community Centre from 10am until 3pm. All money raised goes towards the community centre.
24 KINROSS: Music - Ma Kelly’s Boys, a non-tribute band playing the QUO boogie from the golden years of 1970 to 1976, play Backstage at The Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
24 PERTH: Talk - Author Samuel Best will talk from 11.30am in North Inch Community Library. Entry is free.
24, 25 PERTH: Market - Christmas design market in the civic hall, 2 High Street, with 42 local makers showcasing their work. Open from 10am until 4.30pm, entry is free.
25 BIRNAM: Talks - Birnam Book Festival, day three, authors Victoria Williamson 10am, Linda Cracknell/ Claire Hewitt 10.30am in the wood, Rose George 10.30am, Lesley Wilson/ Jane Archer/Ali Matheson 12pm, Dean Burnett 1pm, Magnus Linklater 1.30pm, Fiona Valpy 2.45pm, Darren McGarvey 3pm, Stuart Cosgrove 4.30pm all Birnam Arts. Tickets from www.birnamarts.com/birnam-bookfestival
25 KINROSS: Market - Festive street market on the High Street from 4pm until 7pm. Hot and cold food and drink will be served and there will be street entertainment.
25 KINROSS: Event - Light Up Kinross Christmas celebration on the High Street from 7pm. Entry is free.
25 ERROL: Market - Errol Sunday Market at Errol Airfield with shopping and food. Open 8am until 3pm, entry is free see www.errolsundaymarket.co.uk
26 PERTH: Music - Elena FischerDieskau performs a piano recital at Perth Concert Hall from 1pm. Music includes Brahms, Ravel, Bortkiewicz and Liszt. Tickets £9/£8 in advance, or £10 on the day from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
26 KINROSS - Music: Glenfarg Village Folk Club Singaround, the theme is money or lack of it. All welcome, Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry fee £2 all.
26 PERTH: Music - Modern Studies Dante plays The Monday Night Thing at Perth Theatre’s Joan Knight Studio. Tickets £13.50, concessions £11.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
26, 27 PITLOCHRY: Music - Celtic band Skippinish play classic anthems at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50, call 01796 484626.
26 PITLOCHRY: Talk - Churchwarden and historian David Willington will speak on the history of St John’s Church in Perth at The Tryst. Talk starts at 7.30pm