Two writers who feature in HI~Arts’ Spring 2011 Sampler of the best unpublished writing in the Highlands and Islands region, are giving showcase readings of their work at the Highland Literary Salon on Tuesday 19th April 2011.

The Ullapool Book Festival has been described as the most intelligent and stimulating weekend of the year.

Pat Law explains her role and assesses the wider significance of Ian Stephen’s Is A Thing Lost … project.

KATIE LAING reports on the latest phase of development for the Stornoway-based publisher.

Scotland’s interwoven communities of islanders, poets and musicians, Gaelic-speakers, scholars and all with an interest in the promotion of Scottish literature and Scottish identity will be gathering on Skye this June to celebrate one of their own.

This year’s Blas Festival got off to a flying start with tickets starting to sell within hours of going on sale on 8 March.

Jura Malt Whisky has announced the winner of its prestigious writing competition.

A celebration of Hamish Henderson and the Folk Tradition in Caithness and Sutherland.

Caithness Horizons centre at Thurso will host a celebration of the late Scottish poet and folk singer Hamish Henderson from 24-26 March 2011.

HI~Arts’ Scottish Island Writers Network is very proud to present a reading in Stornoway on 18 March 2011 by one of Scotland’s leading novelists and poets, Robert Alan Jamieson.