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Ullapool Book Festival reveals dazzling literary line-up for 2021 event; Historian Sir Tom Devine, writer and journalist Peter Geoghegan and Donald S Murray amongst participants of Wester Ross event By Hector MacKenzie Published: 10:15, 17 January 2021
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Donald S. Murray. Picture: Sandie Maciver
A WESTER Ross book festival has unveiled a dazzling line-up of literary talent ahead of its May showcase.
Scottish historian Sir Tom Devine, Irish writer, journalist and broadcaster Peter Geoghegan, Miriam Gamble and Jim Carruth will be joined at Ullapool Book Festival by Madras-born poet and novelist Leela Soma, Chris Dolan, Donald S. Murray and Linda Cracknell.
Historian Sir Tom Devine among line-up for Highland literary festival By Val Sweeney Published: 18:00, 16 January 2021
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Sir Tom Devine will be a guest at the Ullapool Book Festival.
Best-selling Scottish historian Sir Tom Devine and Irish writer and broadcaster Peter Geoghegan are among the names lined-up for this year s Ullapool Book Festival.
Leela Soma, the 2021 Scriever for the Federation of Writers Scotland, will also appear at the festival due to take place May 7-9.
It will feature writers all living in Scotland to overcome potential travel difficulties arising from coronavirus restrictions.