Upcoming Events At The Book Nook

The Book Nook is delighted to welcome another top class author to Stewarton - Peter James!

Peter James is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
His Roy Grace novels are currently airing their 6th season for the hit ITV drama, Grace, starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper and available to view on ITVX and on Britbox.

Peter will be talking about his latest Roy Grace book ‘Dead in Three, Two, One’

Praised by critics and much-loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern-day policing, he has won more than 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger.

His books have sold over 23 million copies worldwide, achieved 21 Sunday Times No.1s, and have been translated into 38 languages.

World-leading environmental scientist and authority on climate change, Paul Hardisty is back at The Book Nook!

We are pleased to offer free tickets for teens aged 14-18, as feedback from our previous event with Paul was very positive from young people.

Paul Hardisty discusses The Hope” - the final book in his acclaimed climate emergency thriller trilogy:
The Forcing, The Descent and The Hope

Paul E Hardisty lives in western Australia and has worked all over the world as an environmental scientist and writer.

His work has taken him to some of the world's most dangerous places, including Yemen, Ethiopia, and most recently Ukraine in 2022, 2024, and 2025 working on a new book about the war.

The Forcing, first book in his climate thriller series, was shortlisted for the Crime Fiction Lovers' Awards for 2023, and In Hot Water: Inside the Battle to Save the Great Barrier Reef, was shortlisted for the 2025 WA Premier's Award for non-fiction.

Shona Maclean (niece of Alistair Maclean) is the bestselling author of two historical crime series - the Alexander Seaton series, set in seventeenth century Scotland and the Damian Seeker series, set in Oliver Cromwell's London, for which she has twice won the CWA Historical Dagger. Her standalone Jacobite thriller, The Bookseller of Inverness, was Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2023.
Now in her new novel, The Cromarty Library Circle, Shona brings us the unforgettable story of a Scottish town on the cusp of change and the group of townspeople whose lives will be irrevocably altered over the course of one tumultuous year.
Cromarty, The Black Isle, 1831.

Join us for a special Christmas event with Scotland's bestselling cookbook author, and Book Nook regular guest, Coinneach MacLeod!
His new irresistible festive collection is packed with everything you need to create the ultimate
Scottish Christmas.
Brimming with seasonal recipes, this book is a celebration of tradition, warmth and Scottish hospitality. Whether you're stirring a rich Christmas pudding or toasting Hogmanay with a spiced winter cocktail, Hebridean Baker: A Scottish Christmas is your must-have guide to a winter filled with flavour, charm and a touch of Hebridean hygge - wherever you are in the world!
The Hebridean Baker has gathered together an array of dishes that capture the spirit of the season and the spirit of the season will be captured at this event!

The Book Nook is proud and thrilled to welcome Sir Ian Rankin, a global icon of crime fiction, to Stewarton.
Join us at The Book Nook for an unforgettable afternoon with Sir Ian Rankin as he introduces his gripping new novel,
The Heights.

The first standalone novel in nearly twenty years from one of the UK’s greatest storytellers.

The Heights is crime-thriller writing at its finest – topical, thought-provoking and eye-opening – and proves why Ian Rankin remains one of our greatest social commentators in British fiction. This is a novel of two London’s – one for the normal everyday people, and one for the global super-rich elites and speaks to the global picture of stark and growing inequalities across many cities.

What a fantastic event to close the 2026 Events programme at The Book Nook Stewarton!