

The Mallaig Book Festival
A Write Highland Hoolie!
7 - 9 November 2025
A Write Highland Hoolie Programme 2025
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7th
5.30-6.45pm THAT BEAUTIFUL ATLANTIC WALTZ
Malachy Tallack
DINNER 7.30pm
Music in the Bar
Donald Livingstone and Iain Cameron
(Malachy Tallack ticket holders and residents only)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8th
9.30-10.30am MRS BURKE AND MRS HARE
Michelle Sloan
11am-12 noon FROM THE FAR FIELD
Jim Carruth
LUNCH 12.15-1.00pm
1.15-2.15pm THIS BRIGHT LIFE
Karen Campbell
2.45-3.45pm THE GRAVITY OF FEATHERS
Andrew Fleming
4.15-5.15pm THE HEBRIDEAN BAKER: THE SCOTTISH COOKBOOK
Coinneach MacLeod
5.45-7.00pm IN CONVERSATION
Alexander McCall Smith
DINNER 7.30pm
Music in the Bar
Ingrid Henderson & Iain MacFarlane
(Alexander McCall Smith ticket holders and residents only)
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9th
10.00-10.55am COMMUNITY: PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE ON THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND
Jane Smith
11.00-11.15am – REMEMBRANCE DAY - minute’s silence, piping
& reading
11.45am -12.45pm CARNIVAL OF LIES
David (D.V.) Bishop
LUNCH 1.00-1.45pm
2.00-3.00pm TAILS OF SCOTLAND: THE STORY OF SCOTTISH DOGS
Peter MacQueen
3.30pm GRAND FINALE PRIZE-GIVING TEA PARTY
ONE BUTTON BENNY
Alan Windram
Gaelic singing – Mallaig Primary School
5pm FESTIVAL ENDS