Welcome
Ayrshire's place in the history of world
literature was secure by the Victorian era,
thanks to the glorious, colourful, human, and
vibrant writing of Robert Burns, James
Boswell, and John Galt. The tradition
continues today and I'm proud to say that
the town of Irvine, so important to those
writers, is the location for one of the great
book festivals. Whether your cup of tea is
crime writing or romance, memoir or
philosophy, the modern novel or the self-help manual, Tidelines will
serve you a feast of exciting authors, ready to enrich your love of reading
and your passion for ideas.
A poet once said that great writing helps you to live your life, and
Tidelines, set in and around the beautiful old harbour at Irvine, enhances
the wonders of the town, and offers, every year, new insights into the
mysteries and the glories of being alive. I am a great fan of Irvine and of
the warm place it occupies at the literary heart of the world. Get involved.
Book your places. And see you there at Tidelines 2017, your very own
festival of writing talent on your very own doorstep.
Andrew O'Hagan
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature,
author of Our Fathers, Be Near Me, and The Illuminations.
Pop up festival bookshop in the
HAC all weekend, courtesy of
Timberbooks, West Kilbride
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