Leith Festival Book Club 2007
Lamb's House
Burgess Street, Leith
The Leith Festival runs from June 1st-10th 2007. This year’s festival will play host to more than 150 events in over 60 venues across Leith - all within a mile of the ‘Foot o’ the Walk.’ In excess of 30,000 people are expected to attend this year’s celebrations, which will include exhibitions, live music, drama, comedy, walks, talks, debates, and much, much more.
The literary strand of the program will run for the full ten days of the festival in the historic Lamb’s House in Leith. The literary programme is called The Leith Festival Book Club, and events include:
- Friday 1st June, 7.30pm - Penguin Scotland Presents - New Scottish fiction from Alison Miller and Doug Johnstone in an event chaired by Alan Bissett
- Saturday 2nd June, 7.30pm - A Tale of Intrigue and Betrayal - Donald Smith, director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, reads from his novel The English Spy
- Monday 4th June, 7.30pm - Other People's Money - the true story of Elliot Castro, who lived a jet-setting life of luxury funded by credit card fraud. The story is retold in Other People's Money by Neil Forsyth.
- Tuesday 5th June, 7.30pm - What is it about Edinburgh...? - début novelist Gillian Galbraith leads a discussion on why Edinburgh inspires so much crime writing.
- Wednesday 6th June, 7.30pm - Brainheart - Paraig MacNeil celebrates 50 of Scotland's best thinkers - a eulogy in iambic pentameter - Brainheart
- Thursday 7th June, 7.30pm - Desperately Trying to Make Your Mark? - Talks and a dramatisation from Stephen Thompson's new novel Meet Me Under the Westway
- Friday 8th June, 7.30pm - Killers, Crooks and Cons - Godfather of true crime Reg McKay shares his stories of Killers, Crooks and Cons
- Saturday 9th June, 7.30pm, 87 Giles Street - Little Black Dress - a classy evening of wine, readings, glitz and glam, all featuring the Little Black Dress
- Sunday 10th June, 7.30pm - Rab Wilson Presents - an evening of Scottish poetry lead by Rab Wilson. Why not bring your own work along?
-
£8.99Accent O The Mind: Poems, Chiefly In The Scots Language - Paperback -
This collection of poems from Rab Wilson written predominantly in Lallans, encompasses the variety of modern Scottish life, touching on diverse aspects such as supermarket shopping, morris dancing, text messaging and reflecting on Scotland's mining communities. -
Add to BasketBlood In The Water - Paperback -
£7.99
We follow Edinburgh's latest fictional detective Alice Rice as she races against time and an implacable killer to solve a series of grisly murders amongst Edinburgh's professional elite in the well-to-do New Town. -
Add to BasketBrainheart - Paperback -
£6.99
This text offers a look at 50 Scottish inventors and what they have given to the world in a heroic eulogy in iambic tetrameter based on 'the Wallace'. -
Add to BasketDemo - Paperback -
£7.99
'Demo' is a compelling debut novel which depicts the lives of four central characters - Scottish and English - against a backdrop of the current anti-globalisation and anti-war movements. -
Add to BasketThe English Spy - Paperback -
£8.99
This tale of intrigue and betrayal goes to the heart of events surrounding the Treaty of Union in 1707. Daniel Foe (better known as Defoe), sent to Scotland to sway opinion towards Union, reports to his English spymaster. But Edinburgh is already a hotbed of counter-plots and nascent rebellion. -
Add to BasketLittle Black Dress - Paperback
£7.99
Every woman knows what a little black dress is for - seduction, mourning, revenge, celebration, perhaps even murder. It can be a sign of belonging or a sign of individuality, a way to hide or a way to stand out. 15 women offer a range of views on the little black dress. -
Add to BasketMeet Me Under The Westway - Paperback -
£9.99
Jem, an aspiring playwright living in bohemian Notting Hill, dreams of being a success but, after years of struggle, is still no closer to achieving his objective. And, just when he thinks things can't get any worse for him, the career of his best friend and fellow playwright begins to take off. -
Add to BasketOther People's Money: The Rise And Fall Of Britain's Most Audacious Fraudster - Hardback -
£12.99
'Other People's Money' is the gripping true story of Elliot Castro, a young man who lived the high life funded by credit card fraud. -
Add to BasketTombstoning - Paperback -
£7.99
David Lindsay hasn't been back to Arbroath in 15 years, ever since his best friend's body was found at the bottom of the cliffs. But a school reunion invitation from childhood sweetheart Nicola somehow proves impossible to resist and when he travels back there, he discovers that old friendships can be revived.
