Falkirk Storytelling Festival

Falkirk Storytelling Festival Authors

Thursday 3rd October

Mary Paulson-Ellis

6.30pm, Thursday 3 October

Falkirk Library, Hope Street, FK1 5AU

Sunday Times best selling author Mary PaulsonEllis, joins us to celebrate her new novel The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing. Mary was awarded the 2009 Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction and the Tom McGrath Maverick Award in 2011.

David Hamilton:
How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

7.30pm, Thursday 3 October

Falkirk Trinity Church, Manse Place, FK1 1JN

Falkirk Storytelling Festival brings you Dr David R Hamilton to discuss his updated book ‘How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body’. In this new edition, David has added four new MORE

Friday 4th October

Lin Anderson – Rhona MacLeod

7.00pm, Friday 4 October

Waterstones, 119-121 High St, Falkirk FK1 1ED

Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod discovers that a terrifying war is unfolding on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. A chance encounter leads to what seems to be a crime scene. Enlisting the help of tracker dog Blaze, Rhona starts to search for a connection.

Free

Saturday 5th October

David Weinczok: The Castle Hunter

3.00pm – 4.00pm, Saturday 5 October

The Howgate Shopping Centre, High Street, FK1 1HG

Ruthless seaborne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A warrior king becomes a legend when he smites his foe with one swing of his axe during a nation-forging battle. Castle Hunter David Weinczok draws on a vast array of characters and events from Scottish history echoing Game of Thrones at every dramatic turn.

Alan Brown: Overlander

3.00pm – 4.00pm, Saturday 5 October

The Wheatshealf, Baxters Lane, Falkirk FK1 1PF

Seeking an escape from city life and a world gone mad, Alan Brown challenged himself to an off‐road coast‐to coast ride through the Highlands without creature comforts or high‐tech cycling gear. This is a story of ups and downs, weather and wildlife and the sheer pleasure of freedom and self‐reliance.

Free

RESERVE A PLACE

Age limits apply at this venue. Over 18s only.

Jim Crumley: Seasons In The Wild

7pm, Saturday 5 October

Falkirk Trinity Church, Manse Place, FK1 1JN

Jim Crumley’s wildlife and wild Scottish landscape writing has been shortlisted for prestigious awards such as the Wainwright Prize and the Saltire Society Literary Awards. A widely published journalist with a monthly column in The Scots Magazine, Jim is also a poet and broadcaster.

Sunday 6th October

Alan Parks

12.30pm – 1.30pm, Sun 06 October

The Howgate Shopping Centre, High Street, FK1 1HG

Alan’s debut novel Bloody January was one of the top crime debuts of 2018. The second gripping Harry McCoy thriller sees rival gangs competing for control of Glasgow’s underworld. It seems Detective McCoy’s oldest friend is tangled up in it all. Harry McCoy’s first day back at work couldn’t have gone worse.

Lindsey Porter: Whirlpools, Yoga and The Balance of Life

1.00pm – 3.00pm, Sunday 6 October

The Therapy Workshop 9B East Bridge St, Falkirk FK1 1YD

Join writer and Yoga teacher Lindsey Porter as she shares her adventure-packed world travel memoir. In addition to stories from some of the world’s most incredible locations, Lindsey shares her own personal journey, from financial services to training as a Yoga teacher in India.

Free

RESERVE A PLACE

The event will take place in an upstairs location. We regret that there is no lift.

William McIntyre: Fixed Odds

2.30pm – 3.30pm, Sunday 6 October

The Gin Lounge at the Wine Library, 1 Princes Street, FK1 1LS

Defence lawyer Robbie Munro has a habit of getting too involved with the criminals he represents. Forever flying by the seat of his pants, Robbie juggles a host of difficult clients, rubs shoulders with dodgy acquaintances and battles the legal system, all while trying to figure out fatherhood.

Free

RESERVE A PLACE

The event will take place in an upstairs location. We regret that there is no lift.

Elaine Henderson

4.00pm – 5.00pm, Sunday 6 October

The Therapy Workshop 9B East Bridge St, Falkirk FK1 1YD

Join Elaine and discover a beautiful written autobiographical account of Elaine’s journey to find her biological family.

Free

RESERVE A PLACE

The event will take place in an upstairs location. We regret that there is no lift.

Steve Finan: Lifted Over The Turnstiles

7.00pm, Sunday 6 October

Falkirk Trinity Church, Manse Place, Falkirk FK1 1JN

Steve Finan is DC Thomson’s Heritage Editor. Join Steve in a trip down memory lane as he shares images and anecdotes from Scotland’s football stadium heyday, plus Pass It On Tips (shared between 1950s housewives) and The Doc Replies (medical advice and questions from the 1950s and 60s).MORE