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Decorative blue and white bunting hanging in the sky creating festive outdoor atmosphere by Alexey Demidov

Festival season in Argyll and Bute: Rhinns Lighthouse Festival and Book Festival this August

With festival season in full swing across the UK and Scotland, including popular music festivals ...

By The Illeach, Rhinns Lighthouse Festival Committee and Carolyn Ferguson

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Word on the street: are authors comfortable with becoming ‘celebrities’?

There is, as far as I know, no central register of UK book festivals, but ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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