Kids, Storytelling, "perth"

A new weekend book festival for Blairgowrie and Rattray with guest authors and a range of events including an interactive children's programme.

A silver donkey named Platero and his rider, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Juan Ramon Jimenez, take a fanciful ride through southern Spain. Storytelling and puppetry from Mike Maran and Nino Namitcheishvili.

An age-free arts festival with music, literature and spoken word, visual art and crafts, film and theatre as well as a programme of talks and debates. 2013 promises intimate venues, rising stars, unique collaborations, participation and mental stimulation.