A festival with a truly unique focus – celebrating life stories – the Boswell Book Festival is an established favourite on the Scottish cultural arts scene. Held at the magnificent Dumfries House in Ayrshire, it annually attracts a host of leading biographers, memoirists and famous personalities: such as Judi Dench, Ben Macintyre, Maggie O’Farrell, Matthew Parris, Sally Magnusson, James Naughtie, Neil Oliver, Susan Calman, Alfie Boe, Frank Skinner, Amanda Owen, Lady Anne Glenconner, Andrew O’Hagan and many more.

2027 dates are yet to be confirmed.