Ness Bookfest launch a year of 'read-along' events for the coming year
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THE volunteers at Ness Bookfest are celebrating and supporting the range of authors, poets and performers who were due to perform at the Ness Bookfest 2020 by picking a selection of books to read together.
“We were so excited about our fabulous programme for 2020 and so disappointed that we had to cancel due to global pandemic,” committee member Elaine Downs explained.
"Books and authors are so vital to all us, and never more so than during these stressful times. We wanted to join together, although we have to be physically apart, and celebrate the joy and inspiration that books bring us.”
“The team at Ness Bookfest had curated an incredible group of books and events for 2020 that sadly couldn’t go ahead for safety reasons, so we want to create a virtual community of readers and authors throughout the year ahead.”
“Each month we will share a book on social media – @NessBookfest1 on twitter, nessbookfest on Instagram and www.nessbookfest.co.uk – and hope as many people as possible will read along with us.
“Since many people are staying close to home and may have a little more reading time now, we have decided to start with not one, but two books in July.
"One is delightful nature memoir Marram: Memories of Sea And Spider Silk by Leonie Charlton, and the second is Matt Killeen’s gripping, suspenseful historical novel for Young Adults Orphan Monster Spy.
"We hope by reading along together and sharing our thoughts on social media we will capture a flavour of what we wanted to create during Ness Bookfest 2020.”
The books are:
July
Marram: Memories of Sea And Spider Silk by Leonie Charlton
Memoir, nature
July
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
Young adult, part of series
August
Waiting For Lindsay by Moira Forsyth
Fiction
September
Generation Hope by Kimberlie Hamilton
Young adult, activism, non fiction
October
Happy Broomstick Day by Pauline MacKay
Children's
November
Wilson’s Ornithology And Burds In Scots by Hamish MacDonald
Scots, poetry, nature
December
Beyond The 39 Steps by Ursula Buchan
Biography
January 2021
Pine by Francine Toon
Fiction, gothic thriller
Feb 2021
Shadowscent 1: The Darkest Bloom by PM Freestone
Young adult, fantasy, part of series
March 2021
Gaelic Guerilla: John Angus MacKay, Gael Extraordinaire by Roy Pederson
About Gaelic, but in English, biography
April 2021
The Girl Who Stole The Stars by Corrina Campbell
Children's
May 2021
Taking The Plunge by Anna Deacon and Vicky Allan
Nature, sport
June 2021
Anna by Laura Guthrie
Young adult
July 2021
Da Shamhradh ann an Raineach by Graham Cooper
Gaelic, biography of poet
August 2021
Tiger Skin Rug by Joan Haig
Young adult
Sept 2021
Grumpa Agus an Latha Fuaimneach by Ceitidh Hutton
Gaelic, children's
