Boswell Book Festival is thrilled to announce that amongst the typically eclectic line-up yet to be released, national treasure Pam Ayres will be taking the stage over the festival weekend to talk about her legendary life in poems. Former newscaster, Classic FM host, and world Beethoven expert John Suchet will also join us to share his journey – literally and symbolically – with the man behind the music. Local historians Rob Close & Gillian Hope will bring us stories of Ayrshire residents thrust into the unimaginable tumult of the First World War.

If you want to get ahead of the crowd with priority booking for these talks and others, there’s still time to join our Friends membership. For a small cost you can be one of the first to access our unique programme, leaving you free to purchase tickets to the events you want on Monday 17 March before public sale on March 20.