What's On: Faclan

Faclan, the Hebridean Book Festival returns to An Lanntair to take you to a place beyond the borders of the known world.

Filmed in dozens of locations on five continents, Chronos relates to time passing and the history of civilization, from pre-history to Egypt to Rome to the modern era. Other time-scales include the passing of seasons, night and day, people on the street.

A band of conquistadors searching for El Dorado in darkest Peru find the horror within themselves. An unremitting and overwhelming vision, not just of the colonial mind-set but of the latent madness within everybody.

Classic film on the de-population of one of Scotland’s isolated, outer islands as the younger generation leave for the mainland. Based on the evacuation of St Kilda.

New Writers’ Anthology. The launch of the second publication from the Western Isles Writers’ Group.

Murdo Macleod and Finlay Macleod discuss the place of photography in Acair’s publishing programme over the last 40 years.

A group of plane-crash survivors land in the mythical Shangri-La, a valley hidden deep within the Himalayas. Rescued, they grow to love the remote paradise, but all is not as it seems.

Never-before-seen images and fresh insight into the influences and early life of a beloved, charismatic artist whose work holds a mirror to Scottish life, identity and industry.

3 events included in the one ticket.

A rare film of Icelandic life in the early 20th Century depicting modernity encroaching on traditional life. (Silent, 1925 with live piano accompaniment by Jessica Danz.)

Workshop with Lily Greenall specifically on the supernatural in Scottish fiction.

Lushly austere, powerful images of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands document vanishing lifestyles as Ragnar Axelsson (Rax) looks back upon the foundation of his photographic passion and career.

From Adam Nicolson, one of the greatest nature writers, we explore the pattern of seabirds’ lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire.

With Kirsten Gilmour, the award-winning New Zealand chef and owner of The Mountain Cafe, Aviemore which was voted Best Cafe in Scotland at the 2017 Scottish Food & Drink Awards.

A 1950s travelogue to the most remote inhabited islands in Britain, including North Rona, St Kilda, Mingulay, Barra, and Iona.

A short film by Glasgow School of Art graduate, Jamie Edmundson. About Kenny Mackay of Harris and his fight to get a road built to Rhenigidale, previously accessible only by boat or on foot.

The compelling official film of the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, led by Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, on their failed quest to become the first to reach the South Pole.

3 events included in the 1 ticket.

On saga manuscripts, trolls and dragons jostle with explorers, traders, and kings.

Episode 1, Game of Thrones

An indispensable guide to the 21st century’s pre-eminent fantasy creation.

3 events included in the 1 ticket

Film and discussion with writer John Murray.

Winner of the Donald Meek Award 2016, this collection of bawdy, erotic and transgressive Gaelic song and verse mines a long tradition back to the age of Ossian.

Photographs, maps and place-names immerse us in the landscapes which songs, poems and tales have described over the ages.

2 events included in the one ticket.

The story of Scottish islands from the earliest maps to the most up-to date techniques of digital mapping.

A magical book-making session that takes you on a colouring-in journey around the islands.

The Aerographica Partnership specializes in the research, record and interpretation of cultural landscapes using aerial photography and art projects.

3 events included in the one ticket

The third attempt to climb Everest saw the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Did they reach the summit?

On 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest. Scott tells his story from his birth in Nottingham during the darkest days of war to the summit of the world.

A ghost story to chill and thrill… Like Touching the Void rewritten by Jack London, Thin Air is a heart-freezing masterpiece. With author Michelle Paver.

Fancy dress, cocktails, DJ set, late licence.