Name: Opening Night with Fiona Valpy and Prof. Devi Sridhar
Start: 2022-05-20BST18:30
End: 2022-05-20BST22:00
Location: Birnam Arts

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Ciara Gibson

6 May - 26 Jun 2022
10:00 - 16:00 WED-SUN | Gallery

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Birnam Book Festival

20 May - 22 May 2022
Various

The Birnam Book Festival returns to showcase literature from Scotland and beyond in our beautiful corner of Perthshire, nestled between the hills and the River Tay.

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Opening Night with Fiona Valpy and Prof. Devi Sridhar at Birnam Arts

Opening Night with Prof. Devi Sridhar
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Fri 20 May 2022
18:30 - 22:00 | Auditorium

Join Book Festival Patron and best selling author Fiona Valpy with Prof. Devi Sridhar

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Booking Closed

The Book of the Howlat

James Robertson & Kate Leiper
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium

Believing himself to be ugly, a young owl (howlat) seeks help from the most handsome bird of all, the peacock.

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Tickets for The Book of the Howlat

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Chitra Ramaswamy - 'Homelands'

Chitra Ramaswamy
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
11:30 - 12:30 | Auditorium

Homelands tells the story of Chitra Ramaswamy's decade-long friendship with Holocaust survivor, Henry Wuga.

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Tickets for Chitra Ramaswamy - 'Homelands'

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£8.00

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David the Pizzly Bear

Molly Arbuthnott
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
11:30 - 12:30 | Studios

David has always been a bit different. His friends andfamily are brown grizzlybears, but he is whitish.

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Mara Menzies - 'Blood & Gold'

Mara Menzies
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
13:30 - 15:00 | Auditorium

Enter the world of Blood and Gold, and let performance storyteller, Mara Menzies take you on a journey of tragedy, wonder and magic.

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Tickets for Mara Menzies - 'Blood & Gold'

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£8.00

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A Writer's Journey

Malachy Tallack
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
15:30 - 16:30 | Auditorium

Malachy Tallack speaks with Linda Cracknall about his journey through travel, nature and fiction writing.

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Tickets for A Writer's Journey

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£8.00

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The Second Cut

Louise Welsh
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
17:00 - 18:00 | Auditorium

Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable, but ...

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Tickets for The Second Cut

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£8.00

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'Forever Flowers'

Ann Lindsay
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Drop by
18:00 - 19:00 | Gallery

Drop by and say hi to Ann Lindsay, author of 'Forever Flowers'

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Hosted by Tim Turnbull

Cabaret Night
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sat 21 May 2022
19:30 - 22:30 | Auditorium

Join us at Birnam Arts for a Birnam Book Festival extravaganza of poetry, spoken word, music and performance.

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Tickets for Hosted by Tim Turnbull

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£12.00

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Nicola Wright 'James Croll: Climate Pioneer'

Nicola Wright
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
10:00 - 11:00 | Studios

Meet James Croll, the Perthshire man who grew up in poverty and was dogged by ill health who became the self-taught father of climate science.

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Tickets for Nicola Wright 'James Croll: Climate Pioneer'

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Beatrix Potter Sings

Colleen Nicoll
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
10:15 - 11:15 | Auditorium

Colleen Nichol presents songs and stories based on Beatrix Potter stories.

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Caroline Wilding 'Bold and Brilliant Women of Dunkeld' at Birnam Arts

by Caroline Wilding

Bold and Brilliant Women of Dunkeld
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
11:30 - 12:30 | Auditorium

The Bold and Brilliant Women of Dunkeld and Birnam is an illustrated children’s book that celebrates the women of our villages.

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Tickets for by Caroline Wilding

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Scottish Pen 'Declarations' Panel chaired by Jenni Calder

Declarations
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
11:30 - 12:30 | Studios

Declarations is an anthology of prose and poetry - Panel readings and conversation

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Tickets for Scottish Pen 'Declarations' Panel chaired by Jenni Calder

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Anna Fleming 'Time on Rock: A Climber's Guide to the Mountains'

Anna Fleming
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
13:30 - 14:30 | Auditorium

Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rockclimbing, and the new developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her.

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Tickets for Anna Fleming 'Time on Rock: A Climber's Guide to the Mountains'

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£8.00

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with Martin Edwards & Doug Skelton

Lives of Crime
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
15:00 - 16:30 | Auditorium

Join bestselling author Fiona Valpy as she sits down with Martin Edwards and Douglas Skelton to discuss crime writing.

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Tickets for with Martin Edwards & Doug Skelton

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£10.00

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News of the Dead

James Robertson & Anthony Baxter
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
17:00 - 18:00 | Auditorium

James Robertson & Anthony Baxter 'News of the Dead' with Chair, Jamie Jauncey

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Tickets for News of the Dead

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£8.00

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The Living Mountain

Jenny Sturgeon
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 22 May 2022
19:30 - 22:30 | Auditorium

The Living Mountain is an evocative, uplifting and compelling audio-visual performance inspired by Aberdonian Nan Shepherd's writing.

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Tickets for The Living Mountain

Adult

£15.00

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In Conversation With

Ciara Gibson
Part of Pockets of Experience

Tue 31 May 2022
19:00 - 20:30 | Gallery

Join Kate Bell in conversation with Ciara Gibson

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Dunkeld Celebrations

4 Jun - 5 Jun 2022
Various

Dunkeld Community Archives and Chapter House Museum present the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Dunkeld.

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End of Summer Song: Beatrix Potter in Perthshire

Birnam Institute Players
Part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Dunkeld Celebrations

Sat 4 Jun 2022
19:00 - 21:30 | Auditorium

Birnam Institute Players present a full-length play with songs about the famous writer, Beatrix Potter.

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Tickets for End of Summer Song: Beatrix Potter in Perthshire

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£10.00

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Standard entry - U16

£5.00

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Scottish Plainsong Choir with Canty

Part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Dunkeld Celebrations

Sun 5 Jun 2022
16:30 - 18:00

Narrated by Wattie Barbour, the history of Dunkeld's religious past is told in music.

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Tickets for Scottish Plainsong Choir with Canty

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£10.00

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£5.00

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Niel Gow: His Life and Times

Pete Clark and Jamie Jauncey
Part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Dunkeld Celebrations

Sun 5 Jun 2022
19:30 - 21:30 | Auditorium

Music and conversation with Pete Clark & Jamie Jauncey

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Tickets for Niel Gow: His Life and Times

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£10.00

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Adam Holmes

Thu 9 Jun 2022
20:00 - 22:00

Acclaimed Edinburgh born singer-songwriter Adam Holmes is one of the brightest stars on the UK roots music scene.

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£14.00

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Birnam Arts 21st Big Birthday Bash

Let's Celebrate!
Various

Come and help us Celebrate our Happy 21st Birthday!

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Amos, Jauncey & Friends

Part of Birnam Arts 21st Big Birthday Bash

Sat 18 Jun 2022
20:00 - 22:30

A musical evening with a posse of local musicians. Dave Amos, Jamie Jauncey, Pete Caban.

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£10.00

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Blue Rose Code

Fri 15 Jul 2022
20:00 - 22:00

"One of the greatest live acts around right now so if you get a chance to see them in any of their many guises do yourself a favour and go." Americana UK

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Tickets for Blue Rose Code

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£18.00

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The Songs of Leonard Cohen

with Keith James

Thu 15 Sep 2022
20:00 - 22:00 | Auditorium

‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ ~ The Independent

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Tickets for The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Adult

£18.00

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Talisk

Sat 10 Dec 2022
20:00 - 22:30 | Auditorium

Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, instantly enthralling…

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£17.00

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£17.00

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£12.00

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Birnam Book Festival

The Book of the Howlat

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Chitra Ramaswamy - 'Homelands'

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David the Pizzly Bear

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A Writer's Journey

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The Second Cut

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'Forever Flowers'

Hosted by Tim Turnbull

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Nicola Wright 'James Croll: Climate Pioneer'

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Beatrix Potter Sings

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by Caroline Wilding

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Scottish Pen 'Declarations' Panel chaired by Jenni Calder

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Anna Fleming 'Time on Rock: A Climber's Guide to the Mountains'

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with Martin Edwards & Doug Skelton

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News of the Dead

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The Living Mountain

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In Conversation With

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Dunkeld Celebrations

End of Summer Song: Beatrix Potter in Perthshire

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Scottish Plainsong Choir with Canty

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Niel Gow: His Life and Times

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Adam Holmes

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Birnam Arts 21st Big Birthday Bash

Amos, Jauncey & Friends

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Blue Rose Code

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The Songs of Leonard Cohen