McLellan Book Festival: Amy Liptrot
Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.
Amy Liptrot [https://canongate.co.uk/contributors/0000000460171821-amy-liptrot/] grew up on a sheep farm in Orkney, Scotland and has written two bestselling memoirs: THE OUTRUN (2016) and THE INSTANT (2022). The Outrun won the Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the PEN Ackerely Prize for memoir, has been translated into 15 languages and adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan. Her book about seaweed THE TANGLES will be published next year. She lives in Yorkshire.
Also follow us on theMcLellan Book Festival facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555662311463] here for regular updates.
Pricing
Admission price is 10 per session but a Festival Ticket is 50. This covers entrance to all Book Festival events from Friday 4th - Sunday 6th September. More info and buy aFestival Ticket here [https://www.ticketsource.com/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/t-aaardzg].
Entrance free to under 18s and those in full time education.
More info about the McLellan Arts Festival is available here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/mclellan-festival].
Amy Liptrot [https://canongate.co.uk/contributors/0000000460171821-amy-liptrot/] grew up on a sheep farm in Orkney, Scotland and has written two bestselling memoirs: THE OUTRUN (2016) and THE INSTANT (2022). The Outrun won the Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the PEN Ackerely Prize for memoir, has been translated into 15 languages and adapted into a film starring Saoirse Ronan. Her book about seaweed THE TANGLES will be published next year. She lives in Yorkshire.
Also follow us on theMcLellan Book Festival facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555662311463] here for regular updates.
Pricing
Admission price is 10 per session but a Festival Ticket is 50. This covers entrance to all Book Festival events from Friday 4th - Sunday 6th September. More info and buy aFestival Ticket here [https://www.ticketsource.com/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/t-aaardzg].
Entrance free to under 18s and those in full time education.
More info about the McLellan Arts Festival is available here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/mclellan-festival].
Where & when
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