This year’s Festival (our 6th) is a wonderful mixture of the written word and creativity. BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub’s James Naughtie is returning after his sell-out appearance in 2022, while Newsnight former presenter Kirsty Wark dons her fiction hat to chat about her novels. The highly anticipated Asad Qureshi has cashed in on his raincheck from 2025 and joins us this year with his book 165 Days Prisoner of the Taliban. We get theatrical with Theatre Director John Doyle, born in Inverness, and...

The Group is eagerly awaiting the arrival of this year's festival brochures. As in previous years we will be asking our volunteers' help to distribute the brochures in the local area and further afield. We will be holding a volunteers' evening in the Lesser Hall in the Duthac Centre on Wednesday 22nd July at 7pm to give a sneak preview of this years festival. There will also be the opportunity to volunteer your time during the Festival (8th-13th September) to help in the Pop-Up bookshop or...

The sun shone on our fundraising walk and talk on Balnagown Estate lead by Tain & District Museum and Clan Ross Centre manager Jason Ubych. Tickets sold out within a few days and raised £410 for Tain & District Museum. It was perfect weather for the occasion and as predicted the castle and gardens looked amazing in the sunshine. We all celebrated with a photo on the King James Bridge. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers, Jason, and Balnagown Estate for their help in arranging the walk.