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7.00 pm Monday, 25th April	A Tribute to Ian Richardson Ian Richardson, who passed away four years ago, was one of Britain’s top classical actors. Journalist and author Sharon Mail, who was a close friend of his, will be coming to Books in the West with her biography, We Could Possibly Comment, which gives an insight into Ian Richardson’s life through the tributes from more than fifty actors, directors, producers, writers and dear friends.  Here’s what the reviewers say: "... a charming book" - S E G Hopkin, Remembering a Classicist.                                                                      Spectator Magazine "a multi-faceted view of one of the finest actors of our time... nor can I think of a more touching or suitable tribute to a great gentleman than this book"                      Carol Ferguson, Banner Herald, Greenville Texas   "'John Sessions called this book 'a glorious and heart-warming tribute to a superb and much loved actor' I can certainly echo his praise. Highly Recommended."                                                             Scene One Magazine
	Here come the Nature Poets   Jim Carruth was a recipient of the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. He won the James McCash prize for the best poem in Scots with the poem Hame Tongue.  When he took to the stage at Glastonbury Festival he was headlined as 'Scotland’s leading rural poet'.  Jim is an activist and farmer whose poems are moving testaments to a rural way of life.  He also chairs St. Mungo’s Mirrorball, a network of Glasgow-based poets and is an outreach committee member for the StAnza poetry festival.   Betty McKellar lives within Muirshiel Country Park, and says that “the diversity of sights, sounds and stories that it offers is a feast for the senses and a gift for any poet to work on.  Should you go to beautiful Muirsheil, you can follow the Betty McKellar poetry walk.   Betty is also known as the Bard of Lochwinnoch and Composer, Sally Beamish, has written pieces inspired by Betty McKellar’s poems.   Jack Hastie is a retired lecturer in history.  His poetic imagination spans continents and centuries and has been published in various magazines and collections.	7.00 pm Monday, 23rd May

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