Borders Book Festival 2010
The Borders Book Festival, now in its 7th year, will be held in Melrose and held between the 17th and 20th of June 2010, in the stunning Harmony Gardens. Dryburgh Abbey offers ideally located accommodation for patrons of the festival, with many rooms and packages to suit any budget.
The Borders Book Festival has in years past attracted visitors such as Michael Palin, Ian Rankin, Iain Banks, Germaine Greer, William Dalrymple and many other bestselling names, have come to Melrose at midsummer to talk to enthusiastic audiences.
The ever popular festival organisers will be announcing two prizes this year – the inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction, sponsored by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Scottish Arts Council Scottish Book of the Year, which will be awarded to one of a shortlist of four.
Running in parallel to the main festivities have been the Schools Gala Programme and a brand new Family Book Festival. These have attracted thousands of children, their parents and teachers and forms part of a strategy to build readers and audiences in the future.
So if you're looking to discover the best new books released in 2009 and 2010 or if you're after a family break with a difference, please consider Dryburgh Abbey Hotel for your Borders Book Festival accommodation.
