Zoe Strachan's dark, intimate novels capture the changeability and pulse of close relationships, and include the quirky Glasgow launderette-set Spin Cycle and the award-winning, heartfelt tale of bereavement and recovery, Negative Space. Louise Welsh is a celebrated crime writer who didn't set out to become one! Author of the multiple-award winning The Cutting Room, and Tamburlaine Must Die, an imagined account of the final three days in the life of poet-playwright Christopher Marlowe, Louise's most recent novel The Bullet Trick, set in Berlin, London and Glasgow, investigates a 30 year old murder from the perspective of magician and conjuror William Wilson.

Zoe and Louise will be reading from their books, talking about their work, their successes and their future at the Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre on Friday Feb 5th, 1.00pm. Tickets (£15) include a Bistro lunch and refreshments and are available from the theatre's box office: 01796 484626 or click here to buy online.