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Award Winning Author Returns

At the 2024 AGM of the St Duthac Book and Arts Festival we were delighted to share the news that local Highland author Shona MacLean will be returning to the 2024 festival, which takes place from the 10th - 15th September 2024.




Shona will talk about her Jacobite thriller, The Bookseller of Inverness, which was a fascinating read and Waterstones’ Scottish Book of the Year 2023 and will also give a tempting insight into her forthcoming nineteenth century novel set in the Black Isle and which mentions Tain.


Born in Inverness, Shona grew up in the local area, attending Hilton of Cadboll Primary School and Dingwall Academy. She studied History at the University of Aberdeen, gaining a PhD in Seventeenth Century Scottish History. She is the author of both the Alexander Seaton and the Damian Seeker historical mystery series for which she has twice won the CWA Historical Dagger. Shona took part in the inaugural 2021 Festival, and we are delighted to welcome her back.


 
 
 

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Thank you to all our funders in 2025: Balnagown Estate: Beinn Tharsuinn Community Windfarm Fund (accessed through Kilmuir and Logie Easter Community Council, Edderton Community Council and Tain Community Council): Birlinn Ltd: Glenmorangie Distillery: Global Energy Group GEG: Kier Construction Community Wishes, and Scottish Book Trust. Thank you to DUFI ART for the beautiful brochures, posters and banners. Thank you also to all the businesses who have donated a raffle prize or placed an advert in our brochure, your continued support is much appreciated. Thank you to Councillors, sponsors, contributors, collaborators, local businesses, schools, venues and individuals who support the Festival in all sorts of ways. Finally, to all the volunteers who turn up, stand at stalls, staff the Pop-Up Bookshop, bake, sit on the committee, sell raffle tickets and do a hundred other things, a huge thank you, this Festival would not exist without you!

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