Dundee Literary Festival 2008
The 2008 Dundee Literary Festival runs from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd June. This is the second year of the festival, and Scottish authors attending include Douglas Dunn, William Boyd and James Kelman.
Thursday 19th June
- 1pm - Poem and a Piece with Douglas Dunn
- 3pm - Novelist and commentator William Boyd is being awarded an honorary degree from the University of Dundee. He will be discussing his most recent novel, Restless
- 4pm - Kate Muir's latest novel, West Coast, moves from the Hebrides to London
- 7.30pm - Headlining the festival is Ian Rankin, who will be discussing Rebus's last appearance in Exit Music, plus Rankin's new novel Doors Open
Friday 20th June
- 10am - Creative writing workshop with Kirsty Gunn
- 1pm - Poem and a Piece with Glasgow poet Peter Manson
- 2pm - James Kelman's latest novel is Kieron Smith, Boy
Saturday 21st June
- 12noon - David Robinson, the literary editor of The Scotsman, will be discussing In Cold Ink
- 1pm - Poem and a Piece with James Stewart
- 2pm - Scottish women and crime with Lin Anderson, Aline Templeton and Karen Campbell
- 5pm, at Borders Bookstore - An evening of music, readings and literature. A free event with Doug Johnstone and Rodge Glass
Sunday 22nd June
- 12noon - Garden Plants for Scotland was written by Raoul Curtis-Machin and gardener Ken Cox
- 1pm - Prose and a Piece with Andrew Murray Scott's latest novel The Big J
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Add to BasketThe Big J - Paperback -
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When US artist Xanthe Pritchard-Benz comes to spend the summer in a coastal town in North-East Scotland, teenager Robbie Strachan looks forward to meeting her again. But this summer, there's another new arrival, 'Big J', a young man with a motorbike and the poise of a born leader. -
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£18.99
Set in a very different Edinburgh to that inhabited by DI John Rebus, this thriller centres on the glamorous uber-world of the Scottish capital. Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. Together with two friends, he hatches a plan to rob the National Gallery of Scotland. -
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Called in to carry out forensic investigations into the brutal murder of a prostitute in Glasgow, Rhona Macleod realizes that she is dealing with a serial killer - and that he will kill again. Anderson's other novels include 'Driftnet' and 'Dark Flight'. -
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Forced to retire by both the law and his relieved superiors, Detective Inspector John Rebus knows that his time in the blue ranks must now come to an end. But how will he deal with this grim terminus? -
Add to BasketGarden Plants For Scotland - Hardback -
£25.00
In this book, Scottish gardeners will find accurate information and hundreds of plants ideally suited to where they live. -
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£12.99
After serving in the British Army, Lewis's grandfather founded the Victory Barber Shop in Manchester in 1945. But three generations later the shop is being attacked by anti-war protesters and Lewis isn't sure what side he's on any more. Then an invitation arrives to join the charity Hope for Newborns. -
Add to BasketKieron Smith, Boy - Hardback -
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Rejected by his brother and largely ignored by his parents, Kieron Smith finds comfort in the home of his much-loved grandparents. But when his family move to a new housing scheme on the outskirts of the city, a world away from the close community of the tenements, Kieron struggles to find a way to adapt to his new life. -
Add to BasketLamb To The Slaughter - Hardback -
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A sunny evening, a tranquil garden - and an old man brutally gunned down on his doorstep. When a second victim is killed, DI Fleming will not accept that the crimes are motiveless. -
Add to BasketThe Ossians - Paperback -
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The Ossians are on the verve of signing a major record deal before setting off on a two-week tour of the cities and hinterland of Scotland, a tour expected to culminate in a career-defining Glasgow gig. -
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What happens to your life when everything you thought you knew about your mother turns out to be an elaborate lie? Ruth Gilmartin discovers the strange and haunting truth about her mother, Sally, during the long hot summer of 1976. -
£12.99The Twilight Time - Hardback -
Anna Cameron is a new Sergeant in the Flexi Unit. On her first day she discovers she'll be working with her ex, now married with a child. In at the deep end emotionally after many years without him, she's also plunged headlong into the underworld of Glasgow's notorious Drag - the haunt of working girls, drug dealers and sad, seedy men. -
Add to BasketWest Coast - Hardback -
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A celebrated Brit Art photographer in Noughties' London finds himself going over his childhood in a tenement with his resentful mother after his fisherman father drowns. Follow him from scabby-kneed schoolboy to ambitious artist, from a squat to a mansion, from rent boys to an aristocratic marriage.