Welcome to the third Tobermory Book Festival
from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th October 2022
Curated by Duncan and Sally Swinbanks of Tackle and Books, Hugh Andrew of Birlinn Ltd and Lesley Graham, Hugh and Jane Stuart Smith of Ardtornish and Frances Sutton of Garron Communications, the festival showcases Tobermory as the Book Capital of the Hebrides!
Spend a few days in Scotland’s most beautiful small town, enjoying superb speakers and eating the best food the Highlands can offer.
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER
OPENING LUNCH WITH THE
SEAFOOD SHACK
12pm–1.30pm | An Tobar
Enjoy the recipes and company of Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick authors of the bestselling The Seafood Shack, Ullapool’s go to place for the best of West Highland seafood.
Ticket reference for this event is F1. Tickets are £20 each.
PUTTING THE TEA IN BRITAIN
WITH LES WILSON 2.00pm–3.30pm | An Tobar
Have a cup of tea, hear about the extraordinary story of Scotland’s tea pioneers and Mull’s very own tea plantation at Craignure with Les Wilson, Putting the Tea in Britain.
Ticket reference for this event is F2. Tickets are £10 each.
MULL AND ITS WILDLIFE
4.00pm–5.30pm | An Tobar
The authors of the definitive book take us through the extraordinary story of Mull and its natural history.
Ticket reference for this event is F3. Tickets are £10 each.
A TASTE OF THE HIGHLANDS
6.30pm | Western Isles Hotel
Dinner and talk from Ghillie Bhaşan featuring recipes and stories from A Taste of the Highlands, a showcase of Scotland’s wonderful larder and food heroes.
Ticket reference for this event is F4. Tickets are £30 each.
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER
REWILDING AND REGENERATION 10.30am–11.30am | Western Isles Hotel
Meet Patrick Laurie Native and Andrew Painting Regeneration to talk about rewilding from the perspectives of a Galloway cattle farm and a great Highland Estate, Mar Lodge. Two stories of hope for our times.
Native was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize in 2020.
Ticket reference for this event is S1. Tickets are £10 each.
LUNCH WITH AILIDH FORLAN
AND SALLY MacCOLL
12.00am–1.30pm | Western Isles Hotel
Ailidh Forlan Street Food Scotland and Sally MacColl The Tobermory Seafood Bible provide a delicious lunch and conversation about their books.
Ticket reference for this event is S2. Tickets are £20 each.
THE COFFIN ROADS OF THE WEST 2.00pm–3.30pm | Western Isles Hotel
Ian Bradley tells the extraordinary story of The Coffin Roads with particular reference to Mull, Moidart and Ardnamurchan.
Ticket reference for this event is S3. Tickets are £10 each.
WHO SANK THE TOBERMORY GALLEON? 4.00pm–5.30pm | Western Isles Hotel
Who really was responsible for the sinking of the Tobermory Galleon? Dr Timothy Ashby unravels for the first time the real story in Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby.
Ticket reference for this event is S4. Tickets are £10 each.
SALLY MAGNUSSON
6.30pm–7.15pm | Western Isles Hotel
Enjoy a glass of wine and meet Sally Magnusson to talk about her bestselling novels The Sealwoman’s Gift and The Ninth Child.
Ticket reference for this event is S5. Tickets are £10 each, talk only.
DINNER WITH SALLY MAGNUSSON
7.30pm | Western Isles Hotel
Grand dinner with Sally Magnusson.
Ticket reference for this event is S6. Tickets are £40 each, includes admission to pre-dinner talk.
SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER
MENDELSSOHN, SCOTLAND AND MULL 10.30am–11.30am | Western Isles Hotel
Diana Ambache, author of The Soul of the Journey, will talk about the extraordinary talents and relationship of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and tell the story of Mendelssohns famous trip to Scotland which led to the Hebrides Overture and the Scottish Symphony.
Ticket reference for this event is SU1. Tickets are £10 each.
THE HIGHLAND GRAND TOUR
12.30pm–2.00pm | The Hebridean Lodge
Lunch with Professor Nigel Leask and the story of the Grand Tour and the origins of the romantic Highlands with particular reference to Mull in Old Ways, New Roads.
Ticket reference for this event is SU2. Tickets are £25 each.
