Tickets are now on sale for the Bute Noir Crime Writing Festival: August 1-3, on the beautiful Isle of Bute. (Bute Noir always sells out fast so if you’re inclined, jump on it now!
It’s my favorite book festival - not just because Craig runs it! Bute is a spectacularly beautiful island, just a 30-minute ferry ride from near Glasgow - and the ferry alone is worth the whole trip. You end up in the gorgeous, walkable town of Rothesay:
The festival venue is the Glenburn, this historic spa hotel, not at all like the Overlook in The Shining…
With views like this:
The festival is casual and friendly with avid and engaged readers, and a bookshop and bookseller and library and librarians who handsell Bute authors’ books all year long.
This year we’ll be dancing to the irresistible all-author band, the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers:
And the program lineup includes Paula Hawkins, Val Mc Dermid, Liam McIlvanny and dozens of international authors.
Call Print Point at: 01700 503389 to book individual event tickets or weekend passes.
Hope to see you there!
Alex