Festival Opening
with Tide Lines Band
Thursday 27 September 7.30-10.00pm
Harbour Arts Centre
£12
concession £10
Join us for Scotland’s most upcoming
multi-talented four piece band, Tide Lines,
whose debut single, Far Side of the World
charted higher than Beyonce, Coldplay and
Adele. Heavily influenced by the trad music
of the Highlands and Islands, and fresh from
their sell out Spring tour and Summer Festival
dates at Bearded Theory, HebCeltFest,
Belladrum and more, we are delighted to
welcome Tide Lines to Tidelines!
Thig còmhla rinn fhìn is Tide Lines, còmhlan cho mòr ann an Alba le ceathrar cho
tàlantach agus gun do shreap iad air thoiseach air Beyonce, Coldplay agus Adele leis
a’ chiad chlàr singilte aca ‘Far Side of the World’. An-dèidh dhaibh a bhith air cuairt
shoirbheachail earraich agus aig na fèisean samhraidh Bearded Theory, Fèis Cheilteach
Innse Gall, Belladrum is eile, tha sinn air ar dòigh fàilte a chur air Tide Lines gu
Tidelines! Le taic bho Comhairle Siorrachd Àir a Tuath
With support act of traditional music from North Ayrshire pupils
Fifty Shades of Fiction
Hosted by thriller writer Gordon Brown
Friday 28 September
6.00-7.30pm
Puffers Café
Over 18s only
£12
You have heard of Fifty Shades of Grey, now let
Tidelines Book Festival introduce you to Fifty Shades
of Fiction. An evening of cocktails, fun and naughty
readings, hosted once again by Nippy Nora (parlour
maid extraordinaire), author Gordon Brown (not
that one!) and Claire (Still Game’s Seonaid). Giggles
guaranteed. Can you get through the evening without
blushing?
Ticket price includes 2 free cocktails.
Further cocktails available to purchase.
Non-alcoholic cocktails available.
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Dane Love
Scottish Frauds and Hoaxes
Friday 28 September
Harbour Arts Centre
6.00-7.00pm
£6
The story of five amazing frauds and hoaxes, including four
from Ayrshire, part of the author’s The Man Who Sold Nelson’s
Column and Other Scottish Frauds and Hoaxes. Dane Love has
written about nineteen of the most audacious fraudsters
in Scotland, including Arthur Furguson, who sold Big Ben. The
Ayrshire stories are about the Buchanites, (who started in
Irvine), Rev Thomas Clifford of Ayr, The Burns Temple Hoax in
Kilmarnock, and the Burns manuscript forgeries. Join us for an
hour of subterfuge and skull-duggery in the company of one
of Ayrshire’s most accomplished historians.
Cameron McNeish
There’s Always the Hills
Friday 28 September
Harbour Arts Centre
THE MAN
WHO SOLD
NELSON’S
COLUMN
AND OTHER SCOTTISH FRAUDS AND HOAXES
8.00-9.00pm
£8
Join Cameron McNeish for an evening of outdoor appreciation
and anecdotes as he candidly recalls the ups and downs of a
full life, much of it in the public eye, much of it until now unseen.
His best-selling book, There's Al ways the Hills, follows Cameron's
journey from his childhood in Glasgow to a successful career in
broadcasting and journalism, living and working in some of the
most beautiful landscapes on earth.
Sponsored by Air Na Creagan Mountaineering and Hillwalking Club.
Tidelines Writing Workshop with Fiona Gibson
Saturday 29 September
11.00-12.00pm
Harbour Arts Centre
Over 16s only
£6
Best-selling author Fiona Gibson shares her advice and tips
on writing fiction – from getting started to finding a publisher
– along with extracts from her latest novel, The Mum Who’d
Had Enough. Fiona started her writing career on teen magazine
Jackie, then went on to edit Just Seventeen and More!, where
she invented the infamous Position of the Fortnight.
Booking essential.
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