Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026
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Writers will include -
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Ajay Close - crime writer and winner of the Saltire Award for Writer of the year.
Jim Crumley - acclaimed Scottish nature writer.
Lesley Glaister and Andrew Greig - award winning novelists.
Amy Liptrott - autobiographer well know for The Outrun
Sally Magnasson - award winning journalist, writer and biographer.
Gerda Stevenson - poet and dramatist and Judge of this years McLellan Poetry Prize
Kirsty Walk- writer, award winning journalist and broadcaster
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Booking information will be available in the summer so please join our mailing list
to get the details as soon as they are published.
2024 saw the first ever McLellan Book Festival. Watch the video for highlights of this fantastic event!
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