OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon will appear for the first time at a theatre in Inverness.
An Audience With Diana Gabaldon will take place on October 15 at Eden Court Theatre, and the author will share her inspiration, research and insight into writing the best-selling series. Tickets go on sale on Monday, and fans can expect a sneak preview of the newest instalment of the book series.
Sinead Robertson, chair of Inverness Outlanders who organised the event, Sinead Robertson said: “Inverness is the perfect setting for an event featuring Diana Gabaldon.
“Inverness is the home of Outlander and the starting point of the tumultuous time-travelling storylines set in 18th century Jacobite Scotland, so it’s very fitting that she has agreed to come to the city which is at the heart of it all.
“It’s especially apt that she is visiting during the VisitScotland Year Of Stories 2022, because we can think of no story set in Scotland that has had a bigger or more significant worldwide impact than Outlander.”
The Outlander series began in 1991, and as of 2022, it has spawned several spin off series, novellas and, of course, a 2014 television series, adapted by Sony.
It has become a worldwide favourite, with the series being published in 38 languages and sold in 114 countries.
The series has even helped tourism. In 2019, Gabaldon was presented with an International Contribution To Scottish Tourism award by VisitScotland for the so-called Outlander Effect – which has seen visitor attraction to the Highlands increase by 40% since the start of the 2014 television series.
Robertson continued: “We also know from Diana that the Highland capital is her favourite place in Scotland, because it reminds her of the small mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona where she grew up.
“She says that she and her husband found Inverness enchanting and peaceful and somewhere they wouldn’t mind living.
“We’re sure she’ll enjoy the opportunity to visit the city again this autumn and the chance to meet many of her fans from Scotland and elsewhere.”
Outlander tells the story of a World War II era nurse, Claire Randall, who travels back in time to 18th century Jacobite Scotland and is forced to marry Highlander Jamie Fraser.
The story follows the characters through the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and the latest book takes a trip across the Atlantic and explores the American Revolution in 1779 and 1780.
Tickets for An Audience With Diana Gabaldon go on sale on Monday, at 10am and are available from Eden Court Theatre priced at £20.
