Award-winning novelist Graeme Macrae Burnet will join us on Islay for a chat about his incredible body of work. The Kilmarnock-born author will be in conversation with translator and Islay Book Festival Chair, Charlène Busalli and will discuss his latest work, A Case of Matricide, which is the concluding chapter of his Gorski novels set in the French town of Saint-Louis.
Graeme told us that he visited Islay on three or four family holidays when he was a teenager, but this will be his first visit since then. “I enjoy the social side of small festivals like this, so it will be great to meet some readers from Islay and also perhaps to sample a Caol Ila or Bunnahabhain (or two!)”
While A Case of Matricide will be the main focus of his session on 29th August, we may also be lucky enough to hear a little about his forthcoming novella Benbecula (although unfortunately it won’t be published in time for the festival). You can find out more about Benbecula here: Polygon Acquires Next Darkland Tale – Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet | Birlinn
You might also be interested in listening to this recent episode of the World Service Book Club, where Graeme talks about one of his previous novels, His Bloody Project.
Graeme will be at St John’s Church in Port Ellen on Friday 29th August at 6pm, for an event sponsored by the Scottish Book Trust. Tickets are £5.
