The Winter Tales festival offers a wide and diverse programme for everyone. Please note that some events and free and others are £10 or £5 for students.
You can see the full programme below and explore each event, or go directly to our Eventbrite (free events ) and Epay (paid events) homepages to book multiple events.
Friday 3rd December
| Time | Description | Cost |
| 1-2pm | Flora Johnston in conversation with James Robertson
Cancelled |
Free |
| 2.30 – 3.30pm | Panel discussion. Books for the Hostile Environment: Facts, Fictions and Futures of Migration (Ulrich Schmiedel, Laura Jeffery, Victoria Williamson, Marjorie Lotfi Gill, Nadeen Dakkak) Cancelled |
Free |
| 2.30 – 3.30pm | Uncompromising Hope: Reflecting on Incarnation with the Iona Community (Sally Foster – Fulton, Jan Sutch Pickard) More details and booking |
Free |
| 4 – 5pm | O Come, All Ye Jacobites: The Hidden History of Carols (Ian Bradley) More details and booking |
Free |
| 5.15 – 6pm | Carol Service More details and booking |
Free |
| 6-7pm | Reception More details and booking |
Free |
| 7 – 8.15pm
8 – 9pm |
In conversation with Robert Harris (Live on screen) More details and bookingReception with festive treatsMore details and booking |
£10/£5
Free |
| 9 – 10pm | Helen Bond in conversation with Charles Foster More details and booking |
Free |
Saturday 4th December
| Time | Description | Cost |
| 10 – 11am | Just imagine: Science and Religion in Literature (Michael Fuller, Christopher Southgate, Richard Holloway, Jaime Wright) More details and booking |
Free |
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Cathy MacDonald in conversation with Mona Siddiqui More details and booking |
Free |
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Longing, Learning and Liturgy: Fiction set in Theology Colleges (Rachel Mann, Catherine Fox, James Robertson) More details and booking |
Free |
| 1.15 – 2.15pm | In conversation with Mara Menzies More details and booking |
Free |
| 2.30 – 3.30pm | Sara Maitland & Kate McLoughlin in conversation with Jay Brown More details and booking |
Free |
| 4 – 5pm | Marina Warner discusses Repair & Refuge: The Spirit of Stories with James Eglinton (Live on screen) More details and booking |
Free |
| 5.30 – 6.30pm
6.15 – 7.15pm |
Allan Little In conversation with Val McDermid More details and booking Reception with festive treatsMore details and booking |
£10/5
Free |
| 7 – 8.15pm | Jolyon Mitchell in conversation with Sally Magnusson More details and booking |
£10/5 |
| 8.45– 9.45pm | Sara Parvis in conversation with Francis Spufford More details and booking |
Free |
Sunday 5th December
| Time | Description | Cost |
| 12.15pm – 1.15pm | Jewish Tales from Scotland (Hannah Holtschneider, Phil Alexander, Ellen Galford, Elisa Koch) More details and booking |
Free |
| 1.30 – 2.30 | Secrets of the Sea in Literature (Lizzie Smith, Ed Newell, Christine de Luca) More details and booking |
Free |
| 1.30 – 2.30 | Children’s Event: Francesca Barbini More details and booking |
Free |
| 3.15 – 3.45 | Children’s Event: Michelle Sloan More details and booking |
Free |
| 2.45 – 3.45pm | Creative Writing (Catherine Fox, Rachel Mann, Judith Stevenson) More details and booking |
Free |
| 3 – 4pm | George Mackay Brown (Linden Bicket, Malachy Tallack, Gerry Cambridge) More details and booking |
Free |
| 4.30pm – 5.15pm | The Winter’s Tale: a Tale about Tales by Judith Buchanan More details and booking |
Free |
| 5.30– 6.30pm | Miles Jupp and Harriet Harris on Comedy, Religion and Literature More details and booking |
£10/5 |
