Programme 2024

Birnam Book Festival takes place at Birnam Arts

Saturday 26th October

The Wisdom Of The Cailleach

With Morag Anderson & Kate Leiper

Family/School event
Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 9.45-10.30
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: Pay what you can

Festival Launch

Celebrate our 2024 festival comeback with the renowned folklorist, singer, and author Margaret Bennett (Guest of Honour); Poet in Residence Morag Anderson; Author Fiona Valpy; and soprano Colleen Nicoll.

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 10.45-11.45
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: Pay What You Can

Philip Paris - The Last Witch Of Scotland

With Fiona Valpy

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 12.10-13.10
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £10

Workshop: How To Draw Dragons & Magical Creatures

With Illustrator in Residence Kate Leiper

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 13.30-15.00
Venue: Dance & Drama Studio
Ticket: Pay What You Can

The Tayside Shakespeare: Uncovering Macbeth’s Scotland

With Dr. Toria Johnson

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 13.40-14.40
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £10

Witches Of Scotland Podcast - Live Recording

Claire Mitchell KC & Zoe Venditozzi interview Margaret Bennett

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 15.00-16.00
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £10

Panic In Perth: Local Trials And The Survey Of Scottish Witchcraft

Interactive Session with Ashlyn Cudney

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 16.30-17.30
Venue: Dance & Drama Studio
Ticket: £10

Heal & Harrow

With guests Margaret Bennett (Gaelic song) and Morag Anderson (poetry)

Date: Saturday 26th October
Time: 19.30 (doors 19.00)
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £20

SOMETHING wicked THIS WAY comes

Art Installation

By James Millar & Heather Tyrrell

Sunday 27th October

Scottish Street Songs

With Margaret Bennett

Community event
Date: Sunday 27th October
Time: 11.00-11.45
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: Pay What You Can

Ambrose Parry - Voices Of The Dead

With Chris Brookmyre & Dr Marisa Haetzman

Date: Sunday 27th October
Time: 12.00-13.00
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £10

Workshop: Tree Time Creativity

With Kate Leiper

Art & Sensory Workshop
Date: Sunday 27th October
Time: 13.30-15.00
Venue: Dance & Drama Studio
Tickets: Pay What You Can

Fiona Valpy - The Sky Beneath Us

With Jane Archer

Date: Sunday 27th October
Time: 13.30-14.30
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £10

Chris Brookmyre - The Cracked Mirror

With Jamie Jauncey

Date: Sunday 27th October
Time: 15.00-16.00
Venue: Main Hall
Tickets: £10

SOMETHING wicked THIS WAY comes

Art Installation

By James Millar & Heather Tyrrell