Tormod a’ Bhocsair

8pm, Wednesday 28th October

Norman Campbell (Tormod a’ Bhocsair)

Sgeulachdan sa Chiaradh: Acair Book Launch

This special event celebrates Norman Campbell (Tormod a’ Bhocsair) who died earlier this year, and includes readings from his works with recollections from friends and fellow writers. It includes Gaelic fiction, poetry and drama and his wonderful writing for children. His short story collection, completed this spring and launched here, contains the characters and events he knew best, and includes a poignant account of his battle with cancer.

A Stag from Rum

6.30pm, Wednesday 28th October

A Stag from Rum, Robert Atkinson

An Essay in Poaching (Islands’ Book Trust launch)

Atkinson first came to the Hebrides in 1936, returning every summer up to the outbreak of WW2. He wrote of his experiences in ‘Island Going’(1949), now a travel classic. Resuming his travels after the war he wrote ‘Shillay and the Seals’ (1980) and, before his death in 1995, revealed the MS for ‘A Stag from Rum’. This tale of youthful derring–do, poaching and extreme sailing is now published by the Islands’ Book Trust.

Throne of Blood

4pm, Wednesday 28th October

Akira Kurosawa, film, 1957, 110m

Macbeth transposed to mediaeval Japan. A war-hardened general, egged-on by his ambitious wife, murders his way to fulfill a prophecy of inherited, promised power. A world cinema classic.