FIFE BOOKFEST DUNFERMLINE

SEP 29–OCT 5, 2012

 

Saturday 29 September,
Music Institute, East Port
10.00 - Official Opening
10.00- 4.00 - Book Fair -Books, CDs, cards, crafts. Admission free
10.30 - Children’s crafts/storytelling 
Sheila Kinninmonth 
Join Sheila, Humphrey and Friends for Magical Tales From The Friendly Forest and make a Wooden Spoon Friend to take home.
Hear stories about friendly elves and helpful squirrels, how a duck became king, why the trees no longer speak and how to get along with your neighbours
Family tickets (must include 1 adult) £2.00
2.30 - Writers workshop
Shirley McKay  Tricks of the trade: the writer’s craft
For all aspiring novelists. Historical crime fiction writer Shirley McKay will talk about the making of the Hew Cullan stories, from conception to completion, and discuss the balance of character and plot, setting and research essential to her books and relevant to writers in all genres. A proof reader and editor with many years’ experience, Shirley will examine the whole book-making process, witnessed from the side of both author and publisher, and offer some advice on presenting manuscripts. The workshop will close with an exercise on openings: how to make a good and lasting first impression.  Tickets £3.00

Sunday September 30, 2.00- 5.30pm
Music Institute, East Port
Robert Henryson Conference
7.00 Concert
Andrew Woolley (harpsichord)and Emma Lloyd (baroque violin)
(see separate page for details)

Monday October 1, 7.00-10.00 pm,
City Hotel, Bridge Street
Fiction feast  - Tickets  £5.00
Alan Bissett will be reading from his acclaimed novel, Pack Men, and will perform extracts from his one-woman show, The Moira Monologues and his most recent Fringe success, The Red Hourglass, in which he played several species of spider.
Moira McPartlin will be reading from her novel The Incomers, the story of a black woman who comes to live in a Fife mining village in 1966. It is a tale of alienation and prejudice, vividly written with humour and honesty.   The Herald describes The Incomers as ‘an accomplished debut novel’ and ‘a comment on the universality of prejudice’.  Moira will be joined by two performers from Kirkcaldy Amateur Operatic Society (KAOS) who will act out a short section from the novel, depicting ‘The Pairty Line’, a telephone conversation between two village women.

“The Incomers is a graceful, searching tale of a stranger in a strange land. Its emotional resonance and narrative sweep fascinate to the end.” Alan Bissett, author of Boyracers, Death of a Ladies Man, The Moira Monologues and Pack Men.

Bronwen Winter Phoenix, freelance writer and journalist will be reading from her latest novel Grassmarket Blood

Tuesday October 2, 7.00pm
City Hotel,  Bridge Street
Poetry evening with competition prize winners
Music from The Hershaws
Tickets £1.00

Wednesday  October 3
Music Institute, East Port
7.00 pm -Dr Fiona Watson 
William Wallace – The Hidden Years 1299-1303
What happened after the Scots were defeated at Falkirk ? Wallace escaped and little is known of his movements, except that he went  to France, to seek support for the Scottish cause before retuning to Scotland in 1303. Tickets £3.00

Thursday October 4
The Glen Tavern, Pittencrieff Street
8.30pm Thursday October 4
Poetry & music with Ross Wilson & Guests - poet Michael Pedersen violinist Frank Glynn, guitar Stewart Veitch, singers Jade Edmund and Bryce Sutherland

Tickets £3.00