A fascinating, authoritative hour is in store from three novelists whose real-life knowledge of contemporary events informs these remarkable books. The Forcing by Paul E Hardisty is an all-too plausible dystopian thriller set in a near future where civilisation has collapsed following a cataclysmic climate emergency. The Darker the Night by former BBC foreign correspondent Martin Patience, centres on a murder on the eve of a Scottish Independence referendum. Dirt is a powerful Israel-set political thriller armed with all Sarah Sultoon’s experience as a journalist and international news executive at CNN. Chaired by Bryan Burnett.

Date: Sunday 17th September

Time: 11.30am

Venue: Golden Lion, Stirling

Tickets: £10 / £9 concession