The fifth Dundee Literary Festival closed on Sunday after another successful programme of events.
The fifth year of the festival saw some of the biggest names from the world of fiction, poetry and publishing converge on the city for a week of workshops, talks and readings.
”It’s been the best year by far and there’s been a steady increase in interest,” festival director Anna Day told The Courier.
”Each year we learn something new and each year we get something else right. There is always something more that we can do but, generally, I think we’re almost getting it perfect.”
The finale of the festival celebrated a huge part of Dundee’s history with the work of comics coming to the fore.
Judge Dredd creator and former D. C. Thomson writer John Wagner was joined by comic artist Frank Quitely to mark Dundee Comics Day 2011.
An exhibition of artwork and rarely-seen items from the legendary war comic Commando were also among the highlights.
Saturday had seen leading crime writer Val MacDermid discuss her work alongside Professor Sue Black, who offers expert guidance to leading crime writers.
It was one of 10 events that took place on the day, a sign of how quickly the festival has grown in such a short space of time.