Since 2013, the BOOKMARK Book Festival has been bringing to Blairgowrie its popular and friendly mix of the well-known and the new. The world of books, in rural Perthshire, is celebrated by listening to and engaging with leading writers of all genres.  Acclaimed novelists, crime authors, journalists, nature writers and photographers, historians, poets and singers are just some of the many who now declare BOOKMARK  to be their ‘favourite Book Festival’. Our main Festival is in October (7-8 2023) but we also offer ‘Meet the Author’ events throughout the year. Come and join us!      

 www.bookmarkblair.com

Tickets for BOOKMARK 2023 are available to purchase from Saturday 5 August!

The event will take place on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October 2023 at the Blairgowrie Community Campus.

You can click on events below to purchase individual talk tickets or you can choose day passes for Saturday or Sunday as well as a Weekend Pass option! All three offer great value with savings of up to 40% available!

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Events

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Jim Crumley and Patrick Galbraith with Merryn Glover – Nature Writing

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Jim Crumley, author of over 40 books on Scottish wildlife and landscape joins writer, journalist and editor Patrick Galbraith to discuss Patrick's lastest book, In Search of One Last Song.

Blairgowrie Community Campus

BOOKMARK 2023 Festival - Saturday Pass

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Day pass for all BOOKMARK 2023 Festival events on Saturday 7 October.

Blairgowrie Community Campus

BOOKMARK 2023 Festival - Weekend Pass

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Weekend pass for Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October for all events at BOOKMARK 2023 Festival.

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Andrew Greig and Lesley Glaister with Magnus Linklater – Writing the Past

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Andrew Greig, winner of the 2022 Book of the Year Award for his novel, Rose Nicolson, will be joined by Lesley Glaister who will be discussing her new acclaimed novel, Blasted Things.

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Owen O’Neill – An Entertaining Interlude

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Owen O’Neill is a Northern Irish writer, actor, director and comedian. He has won numerous awards including two Fringe Firsts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he has also been nominated for a Perrier Award.

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Don Paterson with Joyce Caplan - Memories

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Don Paterson has recently been described as ‘one of the world’s great poets’. He joins Joyce Caplan to discuss his new memoir, Toy Fights

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Rachel Joyce with Olga Wojtas – First Class Fiction

Dates:
Sat 7 Oct 2023

Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce not only inspired BOOKMARK to run an annual Book of the Year Award but it was its first winner. She will announce this years winner of the 2023 BOOKMARK Book of the Year. 

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Alan Taylor with Rosemary Goring - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

Dates:
Sun 8 Oct 2023

Alan Taylor has worked as a librarian, journalist, editor of prestigious newspapers in Scotland and was the founder of the Scottish Review of Books.

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BOOKMARK 2023 Festival - Sunday Pass

Dates:
Sun 8 Oct 2023

Day pass for all BOOKMARK 2023 Festival events on Sunday 8 October.

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BOOKMARK 2023 – A Celebration of William Soutar

Dates:
Sun 8 Oct 2023

A Celebration of Perth born poet William Soutar with Dr Paul Phillippou.

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BOOKMARK 2023 – S G McLean, Sally Magnusson and Douglas Skelton with Jenny Brown

Dates:
Sun 8 Oct 2023

Shona MacLean, Sally Magnusson and Douglas Skelton join to chat about their latest books. Winner of the Christine Findlay Prize will be announced by Sally Magnusson. 

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Liam McIlvanney with Anna Day

Dates:
Sun 8 Oct 2023

Liam McIlvanney, born in Ayrshire, is a writer and academic – the Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. 

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BOOKMARK 2023 – Ambrose Parry

Dates:
Sun 8 Oct 2023

Ambrose Parry is the penname for two authors: the best-selling crime novelist Chris Brookmyre and Dr Marisa Haetzman, a consultant anaesthetist of over 20 years’ experience.