Faclan: the Hebridean Book Festival was founded in 2006 and takes place over several days around the autumn equinox and the Celtic festival of Samhain, as the nights draw in and the shadows lengthen.
It is curated each year on a specific theme and includes talks, readings, film, exhibitions, and other events, both local and universal. Over the years it has featured many significant names – Richard Dawkins, Robert Macfarlane, Douglas Stuart, Julia Donaldson, Sir Christopher Frayling among them – who can be found in the archive section.
Faclan Òga (Young Words) is the children’s wing of Faclan and runs in parallel.
