Dundee Literary Festival 2007

Tower Building
Perth Road, Dundee

The Dundee Literary Festival is a new literature festival aiming to be fun and informal. The first festival is small but growing, and some leading names in Scottish and British writing are attending. It is split into three parts: Adult, Children and Workshops, and a number of Scottish names will be appearing. The festival runs for two days in June. Each event is individually priced.

Adult

• 1.30pm, Thursday - Benjamin Markovits and Peter Hobbs
• 2.30pm, Thursday - Phillip Pulman
• 3.30pm, Thursday - Alice Greenway
• 4.30pm, Thursday - Bernard MacLaverty will be discussing his most recent book, Matters of Life and Death. He will be joined by Alan Spence, whose The Pure Land is just out in paperback.
• 5.30pm, Thursday - Kirsty Gunn, author of The Boy and the Sea, and Meaghan Delahunt
• 2.00pm, Friday - Christopher Priest
• 3.00pm, Friday - David Profumo
• 4.00pm, Friday - Bill Duncan, author of The Wee Book of Calvin

Children

• 2.30pm, Thursday - Phillip Pulman
• 9.30am, Friday - Jacqueline Wilson
• 5.00pm, Friday - John Fardell will be discussing his two books for children, including The Flight of the Silver Turtle

Workshops

• 11.00am, Thursday - Publishing Panel in which leading publishers and literary agents discuss the various ways in which authors can publisher their books. There will be a question and answer session.
• 3.30pm, Thursday - Creative Writing workshop lead by Kirsty Gunn