Thursday 16th June 2011
Borders Book Festival gets under way
BBC News
One of Scotland's top literary events, the Borders Book Festival, is getting under way in Melrose.
Other authors taking part in the festival include Larry Lamb, Maureen Lipman, Rory Bremner, Michael Parkinson, Peter Snow and Rory McGrath.
The winner of the second Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction will be announced at the event.
Last year it was awarded to author Hilary Mantel for her novel Wolf Hall.
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