All events are 1 hour long unless otherwise specified.
Friday October 31
6:45pm to 7:15pm - Festival opening with Scottish education secretary, Fiona Hyslop MSP. [Free.]
7:30pm - Christopher Brookmyre [SOLD OUT] (Chaired by Roy Dalgleish.)
Saturday November 1
11:00am - Roderick Graham on his book An Accidental Tragedy: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots. [£6] (Chaired by Alan Young.)
11:00am to 12:30pm - Poetry workshop with Andrew Philip. [£8]
12:10 to 12:50pm - Linlithgow in Print, with Sybil Cavanagh, West Lothian Libraries local history librarian, and Douglas Watt. [Free.]
1:00pm - Timothy Neat on Hamish Henderson. [£6] (Chaired by Ewan McVicar.)
2:30pm - James Kelman with his new book Kieron Smith, boy. [£6] (Chaired by Roy Dalgleish.)
4:00pm - Alistair Moffat on Hadrian's Wall. [£6] (Chaired by John Fowler.)
7:00pm - Crime writer Alex Gray with her new book Pitch Black. [£6] (Chaired by Roy Dalgleish.)
8:30pm - Open mike reading in the Festival Club, hosted by Andrew Philip. [Free.]
Sunday November 2, afternoon
1:30 to 2:15pm - Children's author and illustrator Catherine Rayner. [£6 per child; bring an adult free!]
2:30 to 3:15pm - Lynne McGeachie, Scots translator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. [£6 per child; bring an adult free!]
3:30pm - Alistair Findlay, editor of 100 Favourite Scottish Football Poems and author of The Love Songs of John Knox. [£6] (Chaired by Andrew Philip.)
Linlithgow Book Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsorship of Robert Callander Optician and the Linlithgow Bookshop.
Linlithgow Book Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of West Lothian Council and Linilthgow's councillors.
