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We had so much fun! Thank you to everyone at the Islay Book Festival for being so welcoming. What a glorious, beautiful part of the world. Cheers. ⁦Hodder & Stoughton (no longer active)⁩ #everythingiseverything ⁦Islay Book Festival⁩

✨ Poetry Walk with Alycia Pirmohamed, author of Another Way to Split Water (2/3)

✨ Sue Lawrence: New Scottish Baking at Craigard Kitchen, Ballygrant (3/3)

It's so lovely to see the Saraband authors' takeover of The Ileach 😁📚 This community newspaper cover features Les Wilson Sue Lawrence and Mike Billett (and Andy O'Hagan too) at their Islay Book Festival events. Thanks to @CharleneBusalli for everything!

Louie Stowell ON BLUESKY not here, come say hi I had a fab time at Islay Book Festival

Thank you to The Ileach (Islay and Jura’s newspaper) for the lovely write up in their most recent issue. 📚 The Ileach

Did you spot us in The Scotsman on Wednesday? ‘Scotland’s best island independent bookshop’ according to Brian Ferguson, no less! 😀 And the article mentions Islay Book Festival too! Thanks to our regular customer Maureen Mackinnon for pointing it out to us 😊 #choosebookshops

As book festivals multiply across the UK, authors are increasingly expected to step out from behind their desks and into the spotlight. At the Islay Book Festival , Brian Palmer of The Ileach speaks to Gary Younge and others about their experience. scottishbeacon.com/news/sports-cu…

Following the success of #IBF2024, we are thrilled to bring you the dates for Islay Book Festival 2025 📚 It will take place from Thursday 28th August 2025 - Sunday 31st August 2025. Keep your eyes peeled on our website and social media for exciting updates 👀

📖 ISLAY BOOK FESTIVAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 🗓️ Sunday 1 December 2024 ⏰ 3pm 📍lonad Chaluim Chille lle (Islay Gaelic Centre) All are welcome to attend 😊📚 If you would like to attend via Zoom please email [email protected] See you then! #islaybookfestival

✨ We are hiring! ✨ Islay Book Festival are looking for an organised and enthusiastic freelance festival co-ordinator 📚 Just pop us an email at [email protected] for a full job description. Please share 😊 #islaybookfestival

Great opportunity for a great person running a great festival!

Applications close this Friday!

We are very proud of our very own committee member Emily Arnold-Fernández who has had one of her poems published in AEOS magazine 📝

We are *very* excited to welcome our brilliant new festival co-ordinator Dawn Geddes! 📚 Dawn has a real passion for books and has dedicated her career to championing Scotland’s thriving literary scene through her journalism, PR and digital communications work. Dawn Geddes

Happy World Book Day 2025 from Islay Book Festival 📚 We have been a little quiet recently, but only because we have been very busy behind the scenes… Stay tuned for some exciting announcements very soon 👀 Who are you hoping to see on our lineup for 2025?

📚 BOOK FESTIVAL 2025 FIRST AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 We are thrilled to bring you the first author announcement for the IBF 2025 lineup… ⭐️LEN PENNIE⭐️ Stay tuned for further updates 👀 #islaybookfestival #islaybookfestival2025 islaybookfestival.co.uk

Hello from a beautifully sunny Islay this evening… We are delighted to bring you our second author announcement, ⭐️ PETER MACKAY ⭐️ More to come soon! #islaybookfestival

We are thrilled to announce another author for our 2025 lineup 🙌🏻 📖 Rory Cellan-Jones 📖 Rory Cellan-Jones islaybookfestival.co.uk