Pitch and Punt
An event for new writers
Saturday 29 September
Harbour Arts Centre
1.00-3.00pm
£3*
Are you a writer with an unpublished/self-published novel
or story collection? Here’s a chance to step up to the mic
and show us what you’ve got! Are you a book-festival
goer interested in hearing something completely new?
Come along and listen! With a panel of experts ready to
share their advice and a networking opportunity included,
this is for new writers and adventurous audiences alike.
WRITER SPOTS BY APPLICATION ONLY – SEE TIDELINES WEBSITE FOR DETAILS
*Free for participants £3 for audience members (incl. tea/coffee) Suitable for over 14s
The McDougalls Singalong Storybook
Saturday 29 September
2.00-3.00pm
Fullarton Connexions
£3*
Auntie Aggie, Morag and Max are back for Tidelines
2018 and are ready to bring stories to life through
action, songs and musical mayhem. Dress up as your
favourite fairytale character and get ready to clap
your hands, stamp your feet and join in the fun!
* £3 each or £10 per family of 4 (2 years+)
Helen Bellany
The Restless Wave
Saturday 29th September
Maritime Museum
2.00-3.00pm
£10*
Helen Bellany was partner and muse of the critically acclaimed
artist, John Bellany. An artist in her own right, she and John were
married twice and had three children together.
The Restless Wave, gives a candid insight into their marriage,
their loss to one another, their second marriage and their life
together to the end.
John Bellany’s painting The Dawn Pearl at Port Seton Harbour is
currently on display at the Scottish Maritime Museum as part of the
exhibition Maritime Perspectives: Collecting Art of a Seafaring Nation.
* Includes entry to Scottish Maritime Museum
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Erlend Clouston
Zen and the Art of Rucksack Maintenance
Nan Shepherd’s extraordinary journey from flaneur to the RBS fiver
Saturday 23 September 3.30-4.30pm Harbour Arts Centre £6
Erlend Clouston is Nan Shepherd’s literary executor,
and knew her for the first three decades of his life and
the last three of hers. Here he takes a sideways look at
the life, career and influences of this extraordinary
writer, whose great work The Living Mountain is suddenly
all the rage. Featuring Jefferson Airplane, Philip Marlowe,
community singing and a one-man re-enactment of the
bombing of Aberdeen, this event was an Edinburgh Book
Festival sell-out.
Voices from the Jungle
Stories from the Calais refugee camp
Saturday 29 September
4.00-5.00pm
Harbour Arts Centre
£6
Calais refugees tell powerful stories of childhood dreams;
genocides, wars, and persecution; the terror and strengths of
their extraordinary journeys; the realities of the Calais camp
and their hopes for the future. Join Majid Adin, one of the
authors, who will tell his story and reflect on his experiences.
Corinne Squire, co-editor, will describe the complexity of
producing the book and will read extracts from other
contributors in what promises to be an interesting and
thought provoking event.
Struan Stevenson
The Course of History: Ten Meals That Changed the World
Saturday 29 September
5.30-6.30pm
Harbour Arts Centre
£6
Many decisions which have had enormous historical consequences
have been made over the dinner table, and have been accompanied
(and perhaps influenced) by copious amounts of food and wine.
Struan Stevenson brings to life ten such moments in his new book
The Course of History, exploring the personalities, the issues and
of course the food which helped shape the course of history.
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