Image: Moira MacLean
Photo: John MacLean
FACLAN: Fèis Litreachas Innse Gall
The Hebridean Book Festival.
No-one can remember being born, and – discounting an afterlife – no-one will remember dying. Conscious life exists in our waking hours, between these two points. Some say it’s all between our ears. The poles of our existence: Birth and death. Beginning and end. Start and stop.
In between is the messy, unpredictable interlude called life.
This year’s Faclan takes us from the womb to the tomb, with film, poetry, true crime, memoir and the many voices of lived experience, concluding with an appreciation of the remarkable life and cultural contribution of the late Finlay Macleod.
Opening at 5pm, Friday 18 Oct and running from 19 Oct – 30 Nov are:
Main gallery: Tiugainn Còmhla: Let’s Go Together – Tom Brice: Tapestries
Cafè Bar gallery: Sgeulachdan bho’n Loch: Tales from the Loch: Alice MacMillan
‘TOISEACH: BEGINNING’
DIARDAOIN 24 DÀMHAIR : Thursday 24 OCTOBER
2pm – The Grapes of Wrath
5pm – Stuff the World is Made of
6pm – A Transfer of Grace: Island Lives
7pm – Sweeney an Intertonguing: Rody Gorman – ** EVENT CANCELLED ** Unfortunately our talk with Rody Gorman has been cancelled. Our Front of House team will be in touch with those who’ve already booked tickets.8.15pm – Unnad: Indigenous – Calum Angus Mackay
‘BLACK FRIDAY’
DIHAOINE 25 DÀMHAIR : Friday 25 October
2pm – The Dead
5pm – Strandings: Confessions of a Whale Scavenger – Peter Riley
6pm – Highland Boundary Fault: Emma McKervey
7pm – A Tomb with a View: The stories and glories of graveyards: Peter Ross
8.30pm – We All Go Into the Dark: The Hunt for Bible John: Francisco Garcia
‘VISIONS AND VOICES’
DISATHUIRNE 26 DÀMHAIR : Saturday 26 October
10am – Breith is Bàs is Ath-bheatha: Birth Death and Afterlife in the Islands.
12pm – The Scottish Cookbook. The Hebridean Baker: Coinneach Macleod
2pm – The Raven’s Nest: An Icelandic Journey through Light & Darkness – Sarah Thomas
3.30pm – Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russia’s War – Jen Stout
5pm – Mirror
7.30pm – FIONNLAGH Finlay Macleod: An Appreciation
Faclan Òga
As part of Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival, a number of inspiring author talks are available for schools. Faclan Òga events are supported by Scottish Book Trust through Live Literature.
Dates: w/c 28th October
English P2 – P5
The Great Auks Great Escape – Louisa MacDougall
Dates: Mon 28th October or Fri 1st November
English P4 – P7
An Cat Coigreach le June Ghreumach
Date: Mon 28th October
Gaelic P1 – P3
An Fhaochag agus a’Mhuc-mhara – Drama games with Catriona Lexy
Dates: available during w/c 28th October
Gaelic P4 – P7
Uncail Dod agus na Dineasairean – Màiri NicGillìosa
Date: Tuesday 29 October
Suitable for: P4 – P7
The Whistlers in the Dark by Victoria Williamson
To book an event in your school, email moira@anlanntair.com
