The Big Scottish Book Club
Sunday 10th November, 10pm
BBC Scotland
If watching in Scotland: Sky 115, Virgin Media 108, Freeview 108/YouView 9 (SD), and Freesat.

If watching outside of Scotland, but inside the UK:
Sky 457 (HD & SD; HD receivers will also have SD on 876)
Freesat: 108 (HD & SD; HD receivers will also have SD on 174)
Virgin Media: 162 (HD)

Damian is hosting The Big Scottish Book Club, a new four-part Salon inspired series featuring the finest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry - all filmed with a live audience on location in Scotland.

The first episode goes out at 10pm on Sunday 10th November on BBC Scotland. You can watch BBC Scotland anywhere in the UK by tuning your set via Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview/YouView and Freesat. You can catch-up with the show on BBC iPlayer in all the usual ways.

Crime is the theme of the first show and our guests are Ian Rankin, reading from his latest Rebus; debut novelist Sara Collins with The Confessions of Frannie Langton; and writing duo Ambrose Parry, aka Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman. Poet Richard Scott completes our line-up, performing his work Dancing Bear.

This first episode comes from the stunning Inchyra Arts Club in Perthshire. Every week Damian steps out to meet a different book club - any excuse to talk books and have a nosey. For the first show Damian gets his boots on for a visit to Cupar and the Walk On walking-and-reading group.

Other names coming up in the series include: Maggie O’Farrell, Denise Mina, Inua Ellams, Marian Keyes, Graham Norton, David Nicholls and Chris McQueer.

Share the literary love on social with #BigScottishBookClub and #booksarebackontelly.

The Big Scottish Book Club is produced by IWC, a Banijay Group Company.

CLICK HERE to watch episode one of The Big Scottish Book Club on iPlayer or visit the programme page to watch the trailer!