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Live Author Event 8th March 2025

Updated: Feb 21



Crime author Neil Lancaster will be live and in person as part of the St Duthac Day celebration from 2 p.m. on the 8th March 2025. 


The doors will open at 1 p.m. with tea/coffee and baking available for a donation, plus pre-loved books on offer and a raffle with excellent prizes in aid of the festival. 

Tickets will be available online via the Ticketsource website or telephone ordering system call 03336663366 or online at Ticketsource. from the 1st Feb 2025.


Since his retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 2015, where he worked in a number of roles as a Detective investigating the most serious of crimes in the capital and beyond, Neil moved to the Highlands and writes award winning crime and thriller novels whilst looking from his window at the view all the way to the Cairngorms. 


His Novak series was an Audible number 1 bestseller and the DS Craigie novel, Dead Man's Grave was long listed for the McIlvanney prize for the best Scottish crime novel of 2021. 


Each of the DS Craigie titles, Dead Man's Grave, The Blood Tide, The Night Watch and Blood Runs cold have topped the audio and eBook charts. Neil also works as a broadcaster, giving expert commentary on true crime shows, such as Netflix's chart-topping Meet, Marry, Murder, Kids Who Kill.

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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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