Faclan Hebridean Book Festival 2007
An Lanntair
Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Faclan is the book festival dedicated to writing about, from and relevant to the Hebrides. The festival features fiction, poetry, song, drama and non-fiction, writing in both Gaelic and Scots. Authors appearing at the 2007 festival include:
- Adam Nicolson
- Jim Hunter
- John Murray
- Roger Hutchison
- John Buchan
- Carl MacDougall
- David Craig
- Mairi Hedderwick
- Bill Lawson
- John Love
- Angus Peter Campbell
- Frank Thompson
- Kevin MacNeil
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Add to BasketCalum's Road - Hardback -
£9.99
Hutchinson tells the moving story of a stubbornly heroic resistance and of extraordinary personal achievement. It is the story of a statement made from the depths of one man's heart in the most practical and indisputable of ways against the unnecessary destruction of his homeland. -
£9.99An Eye On The Hebrides: An Illustrated Journey - Paperback -
Mairi Hedderwick's An Eye on the Hebrides is a personal and unique record of her six-month solitary journey through the beautiful archipelago which forms the Western Isles of Scotland and has established itself as one of Scotland's best-sellers. -
Add to BasketInvisible Islands - Paperback -
£8.99
'The Invisible Islands' is a collection of 21 stories, each illuminating a specific island in the mythic Invisible Islands archipelago. The central theme is what connects landscape, culture and tradition. -
Add to BasketThe Lewis Land Struggle: Na Gaisgich - Paperback -
£12.99
As well as covering happenings on Bernera and outwith it, the Park Deer Raid, the Aignish confrontation and events at Coll and Gress, the English section has an introduction and a chapter on 'The Wider Struggle' by the editor. This is followed by six Gaelic songs/poems of the period. -
Add to BasketScots: The Language Of The People - Paperback
£9.99
'Scots' accompanies the four-part television series to be screened by BBC2 in early 2006. Written and presented by Carl MacDougall, the series tells the story of the Scots language from its common roots with English to the present day. -
Add to BasketSea Room: An Island Life - Hardback -
£14.99
Adam Nicolson's father had answered a newspaper advertisement in the 1930s: Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides. 600 acres. Adam Nicolson inherited the islands when he was 21, and in this book he tells the story of his own experiences there.