07 November 2013

HISTORY WRITING

The past is the new rock and roll!

Want to know how to research, organise your findings, and write a cohesive and engaging book about the past? Find out from the experts on an Arvon residential course at Moniack Mhor, near Inverness. The tutors:

Roger Hutchinson is the prize-winning author of the bestselling Calum’s Road, as well as The Soap Man, The Silent Weaver, Walking to America and many others.

Emma Wood’s acclaimed history books include Notes from the North, The Hydro Boys, and Peatbog, Plague and Potatoes.

Guest reader: Alistair Moffat has written 22 award-winning books, most of them on Scotland’s history.

Cost: £620 for a shared room, £680 for a single. All inclusive.

Grants available for low income, unemployment, benefit recipients, and anyone who really wants to come but finds the cost a barrier. Moniack believes in access for all.

01463 741 675 www.arvon.org moniackmhor@arvon.org

07 November 2013

Colby Camps

Talk by Noel Williams

Ben Nevis Hotel, North Road Fort William PH33 6TG

Organised by Lochaber Local History Society, which meets on the first Thursday of every month.

Colby Camps were temporary camps set up on hilltops by the Ordnance Survey in the early 19th Century as part of the first triangulation of Scotland.