Fascinating presentation from sisters and first time authors Carole and Fiona who have written 'Lemonade Tonight' based on their fathers wartime diaries.

Our pitching window for the 2025 festival is now open for authors, artists and musicians throughout the whole of October 2024.

On world book day (6th March 2025) children and young people are encouraged to dress as their favourite book characters. What we thought would be fun is to ask is which book character would you dress up as for World Book Day

Meet the 2025 organising team of volunteers. We have welcomed Peter Newman to the team.

Entertained, Amused and Enthralled... On the 8th March the St Duthac Book & Arts Festival welcomed Neil Lancaster to our celebration of St Duthac Day to a packed house. Neil is a crime fiction author best known for the “DS Max Craigie” and the “Tom Novak” series of novels.

Our St Duthac Day event featuring author Neil Lancaster received a lovely write-up in the Northern Times: "Ex-Met detective turned author gives 'excellent' talk at Tain's St Duthac Day celebration."

Spring is in the air. We will be at the annual Tain Daffodil Tea in aid of Marie Curie. Will you?

Tain Community markets are under new management and returning on the 19th April 2025 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will be there with our pre-loved books all available for a donation. Pop along and say hello.

stduthacbookfest.com/post/beautiful… Join us for a special addition to the St Duthac Book and Arts Festival. Balnagown Estate are opening their doors to the festival for our popular walking historic tour of the grounds on what we hope will be a glorious June day of sunshine.

More Please! On Monday 9th June, some 65 people enjoyed two walks around the Castle and grounds of Balnagown Castle, Easter Ross.  The walks were organised by St Duthac Book and Arts Festival Group with the kind permission of the Management of Balnagown Estate.

The Wanderer returns. The first author in the 2025 Festival line up has been announced. We're pleased to welcome back author Jess Smith to our wee festival. Jess also appeared at the Festival in 2022 Jess will be appearing on the 9th of September at 19:30 in the Tain Golf Club.

It's here! Our brtochure has arrived and will go live on our website from the 18th July 2025. Hard copies will be available across the Peninsula and further afield from he 18th.

Tickets are selling fast for the 2025 St Duthac Book and Arts Festival. Don't delay, book yours today. ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=st%…

100,000 Reasons to Join Us, with cynthia rogerson who will be launching her latest book '100,000 Birthdays' on Wednesday 10th September from 7.30 p.m. "This book celebrates every fragile, fleeting heartbeat in the grand tapestry of existence". Book tickets via TicketSource.

We cant wait. Best-selling cookbook author Hebridean Baker who recently announced his debut television series will be cooking up a storm, providing a taste of Tain as part of the St Duthac Books and Arts Festival. On Sat 13th Sept, from 2 - 3 p.m. in the Duthac Centre, Tain.

From early years and all the way through to early teens, reading brings benefits that have a lifelong positive impact on their lives. ​Which is why every child who visits the St Duthac Pop-Up Bookshop, in the Masonic Lodge, Tain will be gifted a pre-loved book of their choice.

Author, of Skirly Crag, and shepherdess Helen Percy is popping up in the festival bookshop on Saturday 13th Sept from 11 a.m. Helen Percy's journey from a Church of Scotland minister to a shepherdess is a testament to her resilience and adaptability.