by Kathie Griffiths kgriffiths@obantimes.co.uk
Traditional storyteller Jess Smith headlines Bookends Festival next month telling tales of travellers’ lives in Scotland.
The author of Jessie’s Journey, Tears for a Tinker and Tales from the Tent, to name just a few of her books, will be at Benderloch’s Victory Hall on Sunday September 23 at 7pm. The free event is being sponsored by the Scottish Book Trust. A self-proclaimed gatherer of tales since she was wee, Jess grew up as part of a travelling family, living with seven sisters and a shaggy dog in an old blue bus - her granny was born in Luing.