Borders Book Festival 2006
Melrose
The details are yet to be confirmed, but the 2006 Borders Book Festival will run from Thurs 22nd to Sun 25th of June 2006. A complete list of programme of events can be found at the Borders Book Festival website. Children's events run on Saturday 25th and Sun 26th of June.
Authors at the Festival this year include:
- Dominic Barker
- Leven Brown
- Stephen Cole
- Tom Conti
- William Dalrymple
- Anne Donovan
- Jennie Erdal
- Vivian French
- Richard Hamilton
- Richard Havers
- Mairi Hedderwick
- Jeremy Isaacs
- Jackie Kay
- A L Kennedy
- Sue Lawrence
- Liz Lochhead
- Michael Marra
- Bernard MacLaverty
- Catherine MacPhail
- Graham Marks
- Patrick Marnham
- Val McDermid
- James Naughtie
- Tom Pow
- Ian Rankin
- Eric Robson
- Jim Telfer
- Barbara Trapido
- Eleanor Updale
Details: http://www.bordersbookfestival.org/
Box office: tel. 0870 6080404
Confirmed events
Thurs 22nd: Melrose Rugby Club - Jim Telfer will be signing copies of the new paperback edition of his autobiography, Jim Telfer: Looking Back - For Once.
Sat 24th: St Mary's School, The Morrison Hall - Tom Pow, poet and novelist, will be launching his new novel, Captives, at the Borders Children's Book Festival.
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Add to BasketCaptives - Paperback -
£4.99
Martin could never have predicted what would happen when his family sign up for two day's trekking in the National Park during their holiday on the beautiful island of Santa Clara. This book presents a story about ten people thrown together under extraordinary circumstances and with devastating consequences. -
£7.99Jim Telfer: Looking Back - For Once - Paperback -
Jim Telfer is one of the greats of international rugby, with a career spanning more than five decades. This autobiography reveals how a shepherd's son from the Borders became the major driving force in the most successful days of Scottish rugby and steered the game into the professional era.
Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th June 2006
