St Duthac Book and Arts Festival 2025

It's official the St Duthac Book & Arts Festival is officially recognised as part of Highland Culture. On a recent visit to the newly re-furbished Inverness Castle we were delighted to see our 2021 brochure on display alongside Nairn Book Festival and Dornoch Fibre Festival.

On Sunday 8th March we marked St Duthac Day with our first event of 2026 and welcomed Scottish author Shona Maclean aka SG Maclean to speak to a full house about her latest book the Cromarty Library Circle.

Congratulations to former TRA student and 2023 festival artist, Finn Robinson, who has a new solo exhibition entitled Caught in the Act at Horsepower Art Gallery in Glasgow until 1st March .

We are super excited to announce our first stand-alone event of 2026 to mark St Duthac Day on the 8th March, with guest speaker Shona MacLean.

Did you know that 2026 is the National Year of Reading? We are going all in ... youtu.be/XnXDmkemZhY

We held our first group meeting of 2026 on the 27th January and are excited about the plans for the September 2026 festival. We can't wait to share the programme, which is coming together nicely. We are also planning St Duthac Day event on 8/3/2026. News coming soon.

Did you know that the French wish Happy New Year throughout the whole of January? So in the spirit of the French community we would like to wish all of our members and followers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026.

Author, of Skirly Crag, and shepherdess Helen Percy is popping up in the festival bookshop on Saturday 13th Sept from 11 a.m. Helen Percy's journey from a Church of Scotland minister to a shepherdess is a testament to her resilience and adaptability.

From early years and all the way through to early teens, reading brings benefits that have a lifelong positive impact on their lives. ​Which is why every child who visits the St Duthac Pop-Up Bookshop, in the Masonic Lodge, Tain will be gifted a pre-loved book of their choice.

We cant wait. Best-selling cookbook author @Hebridean_Baker who recently announced his debut television series will be cooking up a storm, providing a taste of Tain as part of the St Duthac Books and Arts Festival. On Sat 13th Sept, from 2 - 3 p.m. in the Duthac Centre, Tain.

100,000 Reasons to Join Us, with @cynthiarogerson who will be launching her latest book '100,000 Birthdays' on Wednesday 10th September from 7.30 p.m. "This book celebrates every fragile, fleeting heartbeat in the grand tapestry of existence". Book tickets via TicketSource.

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It's here! Our brtochure has arrived and will go live on our website from the 18th July 2025. Hard copies will be available across the Peninsula and further afield from he 18th.

The Wanderer returns. The first author in the 2025 Festival line up has been announced. We're pleased to welcome back author Jess Smith to our wee festival. Jess also appeared at the Festival in 2022 Jess will be appearing on the 9th of September at 19:30 in the Tain Golf Club.

More Please! On Monday 9th June, some 65 people enjoyed two walks around the Castle and grounds of Balnagown Castle, Easter Ross.  The walks were organised by St Duthac Book and Arts Festival Group with the kind permission of the Management of Balnagown Estate.

stduthacbookfest.com/post/beautiful… Join us for a special addition to the St Duthac Book and Arts Festival. Balnagown Estate are opening their doors to the festival for our popular walking historic tour of the grounds on what we hope will be a glorious June day of sunshine.

Tain Community markets are under new management and returning on the 19th April 2025 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will be there with our pre-loved books all available for a donation. Pop along and say hello.

Spring is in the air. We will be at the annual Tain Daffodil Tea in aid of Marie Curie. Will you?

Our St Duthac Day event featuring author Neil Lancaster received a lovely write-up in the Northern Times: "Ex-Met detective turned author gives 'excellent' talk at Tain's St Duthac Day celebration."