Exciting schedule of events & talks with authors

May 26, 2026 2 min read

Vertebrate Publishing Author Events and Festivals

Take a look at the exciting schedule of events, festivals and talks coming up with many of our authors. From book launches to adventure festivals celebrating the very best of the outdoors, exclusive talks with the authors at book festivals and more, we have compiled our highlights below!

 

Jo Moseley, Big Retreat festival 2026

11 - 13 September 2026 | The Big Retreat Festival 

Join Jo Moseley, author of Adventures on the Water, Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain and Stand-up Paddleboarding in the Lake District at The Big Retreat festival. This festival has lots on offer with yoga, wild swimming, inspiring talks, fitness, creative workshops and cookery demonstrations as well as music in the evenings. Click here for more information. 

 

John D Burns Bothy Tales Dundee Fringe

12 - 13 September 2026 | Dundee Fringe

Join author John D. Burns at the 2026 Dundee Fringe. Taking place in The Paint Room at The Little Theatre, each day at 2pm. Click here for more information and tickets. 

 

25 - 27 September 2026 | Alpkit Big Shakeout 

Join Natasha Sones, author of Swimming Wild in South East England and Jo Moseley, author of Adventures on the Water, Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain and Stand-up Paddleboarding in the Lake District at this year's Alpkit Big Shakeout. Record-breaking Sabrina Verjee, author of Where There's a Hill, will also be giving a talk at this year's festival.

The Big Shakeout blends adventure, community and entertainment. 'Ask returning Big Shakeout-ers what sticks with them, and the talks almost always come up.' Click here for more information. 


2 - 3 October 2026 | Inverness Fringe with John D. Burns

John D. Burns brings Bothy Tales to Abertarff House on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October.

Burns is an Inverness-based author of The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales (among others). This performance will be the stage version: bothy monsters, an avalanche that nearly finished him, a lion, and the kind of stories that only get told when the stove is going and nobody is going anywhere till morning.

Click here for more information.