Booking in

HUNDREDS of bibliophiles are set to descend on the Borders Book Festival next week. From Thursday June 12 to Sunday June 15, all roads will lead to Melrose, where the Borders Book Festival will celebrate books and writers, interrogate politics and current affairs, and where festival-goers will have fun and be amazed. This year’s star studded line-up includes Gavin and Stacey stars Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb who both have new books. Michael Palin will be talking about his latest volume of diaries; and broadcaster Stacey Dooley has a moving book on motherhood. Also appearing are Kirsty Wark, Tanni Grey Thomson, Sammi Kinghorn, Louise Minchin, Ian Rankin, Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove. First Minister, John Swinney, will talk to another former cabinet minister, festival chairman Michael Moore, about the books that shaped his thinking. And, Andrew Marr, Sally Magnusson and Alistair Moffat will discuss the seismic changes in journalism and why they matter.