Interesting piece from the Guardian on Diana Gabaldon's behind-the-scenes visit to the National Museum of Scotland’s forthcoming exhibition about the Jacobites.

"One of the objects in the room is a strange sporran that can contain two flintlock pistols. Gabaldon studies it intently, later saying that this will certainly appear in future books. ( Read more... )

Diana Gabaldon was asked how season 3 was progressing and she tweeted this:

It's really good! The first five episodes are complete (not post-production, but most shooting done), and terrific. https://t.co/eQXXi5DCaE
- Diana Gabaldon (@Writer_DG) 26 January 2017
We also know that ep. 8 was shot out of order, back in October, and that in December, ( Read more... )

Remember that scene in season 1 episode 1 of Outlander, where Frank sees a Highlander in full regalia watching Claire through the window of Mrs. Baird's, and when he approaches, the Highlander vanishes?

Diana says book 10 will finally explain that.

#Outlander's @Writer_DG has revealed when she'll answer that all-important question about Claire & ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the Scottish BAFTA awards were held. Sam Heughan was nominated in the Best Actor TV Drama category, Caitriona Balfe in the Best Actress TV Drama category, and the show in Best TV Drama. Sadly, Sam and the show came up empty, but the lovely Caitriona won for best actress!

#Outlander star @caitrionambalfe accepts the #BAFTAScot16 award ( Read more... )

#Outlander author Diana Gabaldon tells how she felt spooked when visiting Culloden Battlefield https://t.co/IOsg5QyJPq pic.twitter.com/4q3Z5QOjz1
- BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) 27 September 2016

This is sort of inspired by my earlier post asking about the Lord John novels because a few people noted that Lord John was actually their favourite character. I guess it's sort of assumed that everyone's favourite character is Jamie-Claire (it's seems like one should consider them a single entity), but is that the case? If your favourite character ( Read more... )

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This is just to let you know that you can buy signed copies of Diana's books (all of the Outlander series and the Lord John novels) from George R. R. Martin's Jean Cocteau theatre. There are also signed books from a whole bunch of other authors including Martin himself, Neil Gaiman and more. They officially only ship to the US, however. They will ( Read more... )

“_People disappear all the time_…”Today (March 6th, I mean) was sort of my personal New Year. On March 6th, 1988, I...
Posted by Diana Gabaldon on Monday, March 7, 2016

Happy Anniversary to Herself!