No way are Scotland’s Islands slowing down as autumn approaches! Not a bit of it. October’s a truly sparkling month with great music and comedy in the northern isles and a feast of storytelling at events from Cumbrae to Bute, to Skye and the Hebrides, to Orkney and Shetland.

Here are some of the events taking place at Timespan in Helmsdale over the coming months.

Budding writers from across Scotland are being offered a rare opportunity to access the expertise and knowledge of published writers and experts from within the industry. Scottish Book Trust’s second annual Young Writers Conference will take place on 12th November and is open to all young people based in Scotland, aged between 14 and 17. […]

A new concept to the world of writing – FutureBook Fest otherwise known as FuBooFest- is coming to the north of Scotland.

Poet El Gruer will be performing in Inverness at the Smithton-Culloden Free church on Friday 23 September 2011.

David Almond, best-selling author of the award winning novel Skellig and the extraordinary prequel My Name is Mina, is poised to bring literature to life for children all across the country when he appears in a free live internet broadcast on Thursday 29 September 2011 at 11am.

Port Ellen Primary School, 3-4 September 2011.

The shortlist for this year’s Scottish Children’s Book Awards has been announced today, Tuesday 6th September 2011.

Sandstone Press is very proud to be the publisher of Jane Rogers and her novel The Testament of Jessie Lamb, long-listed for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

A reminder that Brae Editions will launch Ecstatics: a language of birds at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, this evening, Thursday, September 1st, at 5.45 for 6pm. A further launch will take place tomorrow evening in Shetland, at the Islesburgh Centre, Lerwick, 8pm.