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Ness Bookfest launch a year of 'read-along' events for the coming year





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

Writer Matt Killeen.
Writer Matt Killeen.

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

Matt Killeen's book.
Matt Killeen's book.

October

Happy Broomstick Day by Pauline MacKay

Children's

November

Wilson’s Ornithology And Burds In Scots by Hamish MacDonald

Scots, poetry, nature

Hamish MacDonald's poems.
Hamish MacDonald's poems.

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

Anna by Laura Guthrie.
Anna by Laura Guthrie.

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


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