2026 Events Program

Thursday 19^th February, 6.30pm at Portree Library, Skye: Launch event for ‘The Man with the Horse’ by Tony Bonning

Friday 20^th February, 7.00pm, An Crubh, Sleat, Skye: Launch event for ‘The Man with the Horse’ by Tony Bonning

Saturday 14^th March, 7.30pm, Tong Hall: Showing of rare videos about local woman Isabella MacIver Thomson (1856 – 1949), ‘The First Lewis Woman in Athabasca’.

Tuesday 14^th – Wednesday 15^th April, Runavík, Faroes: Population and Cultural Change in the Faroes and Hebrides in the Early Viking Period 👉 More Information

Friday 24^th April, Northern Sands Hotel, Dunnet, Caithness: Launch event for ‘A Boy Stands on a Headland’ by George Gunn.

Saturday 16^th May, 10.30am, Benbecula: Boat Trip to the Monach Isles from Culla (‘Stinky Bay’) near Nunton, Benbecula. £100 per head. Places limited, advanced booking essential. e-mail sales@islandsbooktrust.org to book your place.

Saturday 30^th May, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye: ‘We Need Not Abjure Spirits’ – Authenticity and Mythology in Gaeldom. Speakers include Coinneach Maclean, Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart.

Saturday 6^th June - 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).

Saturday 18^th July – Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, Cross, Lewis: Talk ‘From McBref to Morrison- Documentary Sources for the Brieves of Ness c.1500-1723’ by Aonghas MacCoinnich (with others).

Saturday 1^st August – From Husinish, Harris: Boat trip to Scarp

Saturday 15^th August – Kinloch, Lewis: Talk and Boat Trip from Keose to the former settlement at Suardal (Swordale), Kinloch, Lewis with Iain Mackenzie.

The following additional events are planned but are subject to confirmation.

January/February: Launch events in Oban and Inveraray for ‘Giving the Devil his Due’ by Donald Meek. Details to be confirmed.

Monday 11^th May: Launch event at Ravenspoint, Kershader, for ‘Between the Echoes’ by Angus Macmillan.

Wednesday 13^th May: Launch event at The New Lewis, Stornoway, for ‘Between the Echoes’ by Angus Macmillan

Saturday 13^th June - Talk at Resource Centre, Kershader, Lewis, 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.

Saturday 27^th June – Launch event at Resource Centre, Kershader, Lewis for ‘Our New Crofting Life’ by Isabella De Santis and David Bartles-Smith, followed by a visit to Croft 17/18 Lemreway

Thursday 20^th or Saturday 22^nd August, Portree Library – Launch of Marc Calhoun book ‘Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past – Skye and the Small Isles’

September - Talk by Ian McHardy on the source of the Callanish Stones, followed by a visit to a possible quarry site.