Hundreds of tickets have been snapped up ahead of WORD 08 –the University of Aberdeen’s Writers Festival.
Over 1600 tickets have already been sold for the popular festival, which will see a host of literary and cultural happenings take place at King's College campus and at arts venues throughout the city.
A number of events have now completely sold-out or are close to capacity after just a few weeks of tickets being made available to the public.
And organisers are urging those presently without tickets to book now or risk disappointment as the festival draws closer.
Celebrity Apprentice star Hardeep Singh Kohli's much-anticipated appearance booked out within days, while only a handful of tickets now remain for Scottish literary titans Alasdair Gray and James Kelman.
WORD O8 takes place on the weekend of May 9-11, when an expected 11,000 visitors will be treated to a packed weekend of readings, music, art exhibitions, and film screenings from around 50 authors, poets and artists.
Folk-rocker King Creosote, Marvel writer Mark Millar, Dons legend Willie Miller and North-east crime writer Stuart MacBride are among a host of popular and literary names appearing at the three-day festival.
Karen Weiniger, WORD Festival Manager, said: "We've been thrilled with the appetite shown for this year's WORD festival so far. Tickets have been flying out of the door for the likes of Hardeep and Alasdair Gray, but what's been really pleasing is the terrific interest shown in the whole programme.
"It's shaping up to be a wonderful weekend on campus and at the other venues across the city. However, tickets are now beginning to disappear for several authors so we would urge anyone who was thinking about coming to an event to get booking now to avoid disappointment closer to the festival."
Ms Weiniger added that both the hugely popular WORD Children's Festival (May 10-11) and Schools Festival (May 6-8) had also nearly completely sold-out.
For WORD festival tickets visit www.abdn.ac.uk/word/tickets or contact Aberdeen box office directly on 01224 641122.