Saturday, July 21, 2018

First Scottish historical fiction festival to be held

BooksFrom BBC News:
The first Scottish historical fiction festival is to be held later this year.

Taking place in Grantown-on-Spey, the event will feature writers Susan Fletcher, Andrew Grieg, SG Maclean, Rosemary Goring and Maggie Craig.

It's Nae the Tudors: Scottish Historical Fiction Festival will be held on 8 and 9 September.

Organiser Marjory Marshall said: "There have been, and are, historical fiction festivals in Scotland, but none focusing entirely on Scots history."

Ms Marshall, who owns local independent bookstore The Bookmark, added: "A great deal of attention has been given to 16th Century British history in recent fiction, and associated film and TV dramas - another film about Mary Queen of Scots will be released later in the year - and I wanted to look beyond that period.

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