2026 Events Program
Saturday 6th June 11:00am - Taigh Sgire Sholais, North Uist: Launch of Donald Macaulay’s new book Echoes from an Island’s Past – Early Ecclesiastical Sites on North Uist (followed by a visit to some of the local sites). Free event. No booking required.
Saturday 13th June, 10.00am - Resource Centre, Kershader, Isle of Lewis: Talk about the History of Eilean Chaluim Chille, Crobeg, South Lochs, Lewis, followed by a visit to the island and the ruins of its early Christian church. Free event. No booking required. Lunch available separately.
Saturday 27th June, 11.00am – Resource Centre, Kershader, Isle of Lewis: Launch event for ‘Our New Crofting Life’ by Isabella De Santis and David Bartles-Smith, followed by a visit to Croft 17/18 Lemreway. Free event. No booking required. Lunch available separately.
Saturday 18th July – Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, Cross, Lewis: Talk ‘From McBref to Morrison- Documentary Sources for the Brieves of Ness c.1500-1723’ by Aonghas MacCoinnich and others. To be followed by visit to local sites. Booking required via sales@islandsbooktrust.org - Price £10 (£5 IBT members) Lunch available separately.
Saturday 1st August – From Husinish, Harris: Boat trip to Scarp from Husinish (Harris). Booking required via sales@islandsbooktrust.org – price £70 per person.
Saturday 15th August – Kinloch, Lewis: Talk and Boat Trip from Keose to the former settlement at Suardal (Swordale), Kinloch, Lewis with Iain Mackenzie. Booking required. Further details to be announced.
Thursday 20th August, 6.00pm, Portree Library, Skye: Launch of Marc Calhoun book ‘Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past – Skye and the Small Isles’. No booking required. Free event.
Saturday 5th September, 11.00am – Breasclete Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Talk by Ian McHardy on the possible source of the Callanish Stones, followed by a visit to a possible quarry site. No booking required. Free event.
Saturday 21st November. Edinburgh Zoo Education Centre: Book Launch for Philippe Laplace ‘St Kilda Transformed – A New Annotated Edition of ‘Episode in the Life of Rev. Neil MacKenzie’ (J B MacKenzie (1911). Further details to be announced.
For further details of all events, please contact sales@islandsbooktrust.org