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Boswell Book Festival

The world's only festival of Biography and Memoir!

Boswell Book Festival is back at Dumfries House 12-14 May 2023

Live and Online for all ages

The programme kicks off on Friday at 17:30 with a fundraising event for Ukraine, followed by Formula One journalist Lee Mackenzie and singer Barbara Dickson at 1930.
Highlights on Saturday include Michael Morpurgo, Andrew Cotter with Olive and Mabel, Esme Young of the Great British Sewing Bee and Val McDermid at 20:00. Or come and hear Flora Fraser speak on Flora MacDonald, poet Don Paterson on his Dundee childhood or Miranda Seymour talk on Jean Rhys.
Sunday highlights include forensic search expert Peter Faulding, Owen Matthews on Putin's war, Giles and Mary from Gogglebox and trans writer Carrie Marshall. Don't miss Shaun Bythell, Alan Taylor and NeiL Pearson on Alan Rickman or gardener Diana Yates with Aidan Donnelly.

Over the weekend there are many more moving and inspirational human stories as well as a Children's festival featuring talks and activities for all the from the Happiness Collectors and Macastory to Vivian French and Theresa Breslin.

See the full programme and obtain tickets at www.boswellbookfestival.co.uk. Tickets on sale 23 March
First event 17:30 Friday 12 May 2023
Saturday 13 May from10:45 through to 20:00
Sunday 14 May 10:30 to 18:30

Tickets £5 online, from £8 live. Childrens tickets £3 plus free activities
Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire KA18 2NJ
Fri 12 May to Sun 14 May 2023
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