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Tom Newlands -

The Little Theatre Nairn,
4 Sep – 4 Sep

Join Tom Newlands as he discusses his highly anticipated new novel Something Like Happiness. Tom will also be reflecting on the success of his debut, Only Here, Only Now, named Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year in 2025, and discussing his journey to publication as a neurodivergent writer.

Photo credit: Sophie Davidson

Tom Newlands -

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Kristie De Garis - Drystone

Shona MacLean - The Cromarty Library Circle

Graeme Macrae Burnet - Benbecula

Nicola Sturgeon - Frankly

Dougie Strang - The Bone Cave

Carys Davies - Clear

Margaret McDonald - Glasgow Boys

Neil Gunn Panel Discussion - David Graham, Alan Riach and Alan Taylor

Karen Campbell - This Bright Life

Wine and Crime - Daniel Aubrey

Wine and Crime - Marion Todd

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Mandy Haggith - The Lost Elms

Kirsty Mills and Gavin Francis in Conversation

Sarah Hall - Helm

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Louise Welsh: To The Dogs

C.J. (Carolyn) Cooke: The Book of Witching

JJA Harwood

Noreen Masud: A Flat Place

Nicholas Jubber: Monsterland

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Wine and Crime: Douglas Skelton

Wine and Crime: Iain Kelly

Lila Cain (Marcia Hutchinson and Kate Griffin)

Scottish coasts: Panel discussion with Donald S Murray and Frank Rennie

Donald S Murray

Nairn Literary Institute 150th Anniversary

Frank Rennie: Among the Layers of the Land / The Changing Outer Hebrides

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C. E. McGill

C.J. (Carolyn) Cooke: The Book of Witching

JJA Harwood

Annie Worsley

Noreen Masud: A Flat Place

Nicholas Jubber

Wine and Crime: JD Kirk - The One That Got Away

Wine and Crime package: Iain Kelly, Natalie Jayne Clark, Douglas Skelton

Wine and Crime package

Shaun Gardiner – The Boy with Nails for Eyes

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Ali Smith

Wine and Crime: Douglas Skelton

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Lila Cain (Marcia Hutchinson and Kate Griffin)

Scottish coasts: Panel discussion with Kenneth Steven, Donald S Murray and Frank Rennie

Donald S Murray

Nairn Literary Society 150th Anniversary

Frank Rennie Among the Layers of the Land / The Changing Outer Hebrides

Errollyn Wallen: Becoming a Composer

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Annie Worsley

Louise Walsh

Calum Macleod - Spirit of the Highlands

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Jen Stout

Jen Stout

James Crawford - event recording

Irvine Welsh - event recording

C. E. McGill - event recording

Sally Magnusson- event recording

Wine and Crime: Claire Askew - event recording

Victoria MacKenzie

Victoria Mackenzie - event recording

Olukemi Ogunyemi

Olukemi Ogunyemi - event recording

RECORDING Andrew O’Hagan