Scotland the Best (14th ed.)
Thursday 2nd May
Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh, 2 Blenheim Place, Edinburgh EH7 5JH
7.10pm
7.30pm
It's been 30 years since Scotland the Best was first published, and we're thrilled to welcome its author, Peter Irvine, to talk about its evolution, changes, and the latest reissue of Scotland's bestselling guide. In his own words: 'Compiling this edition was much more of an undertaking than any since the first, thirty years ago. Then and now it involved an odyssey of months on the road, always aiming to experience the fine places personally. After Covid receded it was clear that many businesses had to take a serious and creative look at how they were going to continue in a post-pandemic, post-Brexit world. However, it is a new world'.
We can't wait to welcome Peter to the bookshop & hope you'll join us. Peter will be chatting about the best Scotland has to offer with award-winning broadcaster and dear friend, Edi Stark.
Scotland the Best
For the last thirty years Peter Irvine has travelled the length and breadth of the country seeking out the new, the quirky, the original and the best for his respected and informative guide, Scotland the Best. This week he launches the 14th edition of the revised and updated guide (published by Harper Collins), the first since the pandemic which explores the post-Brexit, post-Covid and much altered hospitality landscape of Scotland. The book contains over 2000 recommendations for every type of adventure from wild camping to boutique hotels, local cafes to regional restaurants, coastal walks, city strolls and wild swimming, and is the perfect travel companion.
About Peter Irvine
Peter Irvine was born in Jedburgh in the Borders and educated at Hawick High School and Edinburgh University. He has been the creator and director of many of Scotland’s major events and festivals including The Opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay from it’s inception in 1993 to 2017. He lives in Edinburgh’s New Town. Peter was awarded an MBE for services to Scotland and an Honorary Doctorate from the Open University.