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23rd 2010
will take place over three weekends, enticing visitors from around the world to visit Kirriemuir and join with local people in celebrating the life and work of the author and playwright.
International interest is already being shown in a lecture by Barrie expert Andrew Birkin on May 9,
J M Barrie's birthday.
For more information on the author, go to J M Barrie
Kirriemuir's cobbled streets and public halls will ring to a variety of activities, including a mini-arts festival, theatrical performances, dance, visual arts, and family history research.
Are you related to J M Barrie? Do you have Kirrie Kin? Find out at the Tayroots Local History & Genealogy Fair on 15 May, when a Mini Arts Festival will also take place over the weekend. For more information see the Tayroots Ancestral Events page, and the full programme of Kirriemuir's celebratory events is available on the Barrie 2010 website.
The 'Wee Red Toon' of Barrie's youth (many of its buildings are built of the ancient sandstone which gives the Vale of Strathmore its glorious red soil) has become
Kirriemuir - Literary Town, such is the upsurge of interest in its famous son.
Barrie's Birthplace, and the Camera Obscura which he gifted to the people of Kirriemuir, are in the care of the National Trust for Scotland