The Borders Book Festival is a highlight of the literary calendar.
HE’S a Borders man in charge of a Borders book festival – and he’s an author to boot. Alistair Moffat has all the correct credentials to ensure that the Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival is going to be a winner.
It seems to be a sort of literary busman’s holiday for Alistair, but one he relishes.
“As a writer, the festival is a fund of information for me,” he says. “I can listen to other authors talk about their work and often learn something. And I can also meet old friends who make a living from the world of scribbling.
This story is from the June 2017 edition of The Scots Magazine.
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