The creator of the popular time-travel romance drama Outlander has been added to the line up of a new Scottish literary festival.
Diana Gabaldon will take part in the Saltire Society’s first virtual literary festival.
She will join authors Val McDermid, Michael Faber, A. L. Kennedy, Vic Galloway, Juno Dawson and Kirsty Logan for the Saltire Society’s first “virtual literary festival”, taking place between the 24 and 26 June.
The festival will also feature a live screening of William McIlvanney: Living With Words, a portrait of the late Scottish author.
Comedian and Leonard Cohen tribute act Arthur Smith brings comedy to York Lit Fest. Photograph: Andy Warrington
January 3, 2016
Comedian and professional Grumpy Old Man Arthur Smith, former politician and train-spotter Michael Portillo and crime queen Val McDermid are all booked for what is set to be a classic York Literature Festival.
With 40 events packed in to 14 days, the festival is set to be the biggest and best yet.
Other big names heading our way include poets Wendy Cope and Carol Ann Duffy and York-born former business secretary Vince Cable.
