Upcoming Events At The Book Nook

25.09.25 @7pm The Book Nook, 6B High St, Stewarton KA3 5AA
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Join us for a night of razor-sharp storytelling and darkly comic insight as bestselling author John Niven discusses his 11th and latest novel, The Fathers. Set in the heart of Glasgow, this gripping tale follows two new dads — one a successful TV writer, the other a small-time hustler — whose lives collide in a maternity ward and spiral into an unexpected friendship shaped by ambition, class, and tragedy.

Expect bold conversation, biting humour, and a deep dive into masculinity, grief, and the chaos of modern fatherhood. John will be in conversation with a special guest, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Perfect for fans of literary fiction with a satirical edge — and anyone who’s ever wondered what happens when two very different men are thrown together by fate.

With best-selling author Lin Anderson as event chair

08.10.2025 @ 7.30pm

THIS EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD IN THE STEWARTON AREA CENTRE WITH START TIME OF 7.30PM
NOW FULLY BOOKED. WAITNG LIST IN OPERATION.

The Book Nook is delighted to welcome internationally bestselling, award-winning author Ann Cleeves with her latest crime novel featuring the popular Jimmy Perez.

When a violent storm descends upon Orkney, the body of Archie Stout is left in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby.
Archie’s death is a shocking blow to the community where Perez, his partner Willow and their young son now live.

Here, in these ancient lands where history runs deep, Perez must discern the truth from legend before a desperate killer strikes again . . .

24.10.2025 @ 7pm
The Book Nook, 6B High Street, Stewarton, KA3 5AA

Your Past Is Right Behind You

Jo has always kept her head down and surrounded herself with strangers who know nothing about her Mum's murder. But when she receives a box of unopened letters written by the killer, her past creeps into her present, and Jo is forced to question the events that led to the killing. Their message is clear: I'll find you, no matter how long it takes.

But Jo's tired of living in fear. Determined to protect her new life and loved ones from the tragic violence of her past, Jo embarks on a mission to find the killer - before they find her. A pacy, twisty thriller about secrets and betrayal, set amongst the historic streets of Edinburgh.

31.10.25 7pm
Grief has a voice—and in The Howling, it howls. Join Michael J. Malone on All Hallows’ Eve for a reading and discussion of his newest novel, a psychological thriller steeped in sorrow and shadow. This is a night for those who love their fiction dark, their characters haunted, and their endings anything but tidy.

The compelling, chilling third instalment in the Annie Jackson Mysteries series…
Two men, centuries apart, dream of being a wolf. One is burned at the stake. Another is locked in a psychiatric hospital for most of his life. And Annie Jackson is about to find out why…

18.11.25 7pm Stewarton Area Centre

Nothing, on earth or below it, freezes faster than the worthless heart.
A powerful reimagining of the Norse myth of Hel by best-selling author journalist and broadcaster, Sally Magnusson.

Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of death is sealed.
Half beauty, half crone, she has reigned for aeons in the starless darkness of Niflheim, grimly welcoming the most pitiful of death's travellers to her ice-locked prison. Until one day a memory shifts, and she is forced to seek out the sun in Midgard, where humans have made their home.

Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Helen Firth makes the impulsive decision to return to Orkney after forty years to make peace with her past. Under the wintering solstice sun, she reconnects with the ungainly but affable Thorfinn Coffin, who helps her address the real reason she has returned to the islands: to die.

As Helen draws closer to death and ever closer to Thorfinn, Hel in turn is intrigued by Helen. She, too, has a past to confront and a lesson to learn: that perhaps who she thinks she is isn't who she is really meant to be.
The Shapeshifter's Daughter celebrates the joy of reclaiming our stories.