UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Book your free places at these events by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
Saturday 18th May 10am - 12 noon: Popular children’s author Lindsay Littleson will be in The Book Nook signing copies of her brand new children’s book ‘Ice Cream Boy’
You can drop in anytime between 10-12, get a copy of the book signed by Lindsay and a free ice cream for your child with each copy of The Ice Cream Boy purchased! But we need to know numbers so please do fill out the booking form at bottom of this page.
Basia Gordon will be with us on Sunday 19th May 2.30pm to talk about her second book charting her experiences of renovating a house in the South of France
Basia’s first memoir, From the River to the Sea: Aquitaine, A Place for Me, followed the ups and downs of life after she swapped teaching in Glasgow for renovating a crumbling farmhouse in the depths of south west France.
This second memoir ‘Smithereens’ includes many of the same characters, but flits back and forth between Aquitaine and Ruchill, where Basia lives by the canal. Smithereens is Basia's latest, moving memoir which It is searingly honest, and very moving as it share the story of the loss of Basia’s best friend to cancer.
But it is also extremely funny as, switching between past and present, Basia shares stories of her friendship with Sharon in Scotland and in France.
The book also touches on topical events – Brexit, Covid restrictions, political activism – and the joys of literature, food and wine.
We are excited and privileged to welcome the critically acclaimed author and climate change expert Paul Hardisty on Tuesday 21st May at 7pm, to talk about his
‘cli-fi’ (climate emergency) thrillers ‘The Forcing’ and ‘The Descent’
Canadian Paul Hardisty has spent twenty-five years working all over the world as an environmental scientist and freelance journalist. He has roughnecked on oil rigs in Texas, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in Eastern Turkey (where he was befriended by PKK rebels), and rehabilitated water wells in the wilds of Africa. He was in Ethiopia in 1991 as the Mengistu regime fell, survived a bomb blast in a café in Sana’a in 1993, and was one of the last Westerners out of Yemen at the outbreak of the 1994 civil war. In 2022 he criss-crossed Ukraine reporting on the Russian invasion. Paul is a university professor and CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).
The Forcing - A cataclysmic, clarion-call literary climate-change thriller by one of the world’s leading environmental scientists
In a terrifying portrait of a future world, where civilisation is collapsing, a diverse group of exiled older people escapes their hostile desert prison to search for an elusive tropical sanctuary ...
The Descent - this is a searingly authentic origin story, focusing on the events that will lead to the destruction of our world
Where the collapse of our planet begins...The devastating, nerve-shattering prequel to the critically acclaimed climate-emergency thriller The Forcing – a story of survival, hope, and the power of the human spirit in a world torn apart by climate change.
Recipes for Wonder - Adventures in Science around the Kitchen Table with Alom Shaha on Wed 22nd May at 5.00pm
We are really excited to have the popular and well respected writer, journalist, presenter and teacher Alom Shaha coming to The Book Nook to hold an interactive event for parents and primary school children.
Alom Shaha will read from his latest book "How to Find a Rainbow" and talk about his other books, all of which show how you how science can be part of your everyday life and not just a subject you do at school. Come along to see some amazing demonstrations of scientific phenomena using household items, as well as the opportunity to make your own "balancing bird" and take home a free pair of "Rainbow Glasses" that will let you see rainbows wherever you go!
Note - when completing the booking form below, please just enter the number of child places required, thanks.
Alom Shaha is a dad of two, author, and science teacher who has spent most of his working life sharing his passion for science and education with the public.
As well as writing books, such as How to Find a Rainbow and Why Don’t Things Fall Up? he has created, written, produced, directed, and appeared in a wide range of science communication and education projects.
His portfolio of works ranges from TV series to live science shows to CPD videos for teachers which have been used by teacher training institutions around the world. He teaches part-time at a comprehensive school in London. It’s Independent Bookshop Week from 15th - 22nd June and that means it is The Book Nook’s 3rd annual Mini Book Festival! Events for all throughout the week!
There will be dark and gothic thrills on Wednesday 18th June at 7pm with authors Suzy Apsley and Carolyn J Cooke talking about their spellbinding and nerve shattering books.
A Passing on of Shells - Simon Lamb's dazzling debut collection of poetry, featuring fifty luminous poems, each written in exactly fifty words, fully-illustrated throughout by much-loved former Children's Laureate Chris Riddell.
With subjects ranging from family, identity, and growing up, to the need for hope, the wonder of nature, and the very concept of poetry itself, Simon offers his poems as small nuggets of wisdom, warmth and wit to help readers of all ages navigate their lives.A nerve-shattering, enthralling and atmospheric thriller and a moving tale of grief and psychological damage – Crow Moon is a staggeringly accomplished debut and the start of an addictive, unforgettable series.
Winner of Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect Competition, shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award andCapital Crime New Voices Award, and selected for the Hachette Future Bookshelf initiativeCarolyn J Cooke is an award-winning poet and novelist published in 23 languages. Her novel The Lighthouse Witches is being made into a TV series, and her last novel, The Ghost Woods, was a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month. Her most recent novel is A Haunting in the Arctic.We will welcome Simon Lamb on Sunday 23rd June at 2.30pm - - poet, author and performer who will be coming to entertain, ignite and inspire an audience of all ages with his beautiful book of poetry ‘A Passing On Of Shells’
Sunday 21st July 2.30pm - Come along to our inclusive event for all the family – and EVERY family - with children’s author Fiona Carswell, as she shares her joyful story of friendship, acceptance and windswept, beachy fun in her debut, THE BOY WHO LOVES TO LICK THE WIND.
Fiona is a children’s author, journalist and mother of two boys – one autistic, the other neurotypical. Come and chat with Fiona over a cup of tea while the children have fun with activites.What does the wind taste like? Are you a pebble-lover or a shell-lover? What does the beach mean to you? Expect plenty of crafts, lots of chatter, and to be licking the wind all the way home!
We are thrilled that Mairi Kidd will be with us on Thursday 10th October 7pm to talk about her exciting new book ‘The Specimens’, a classic twist on an infamous internationally known true story.
Mairi’s series of books about powerful, moving and inspiring stories about women and sisterhood are well-known bestsellers. Mairi is already receiving critical acclaim for her new book to be published in September, ‘The Specimens’ - meet the women of Burke and Hare in 19th century Edinburgh. It is the first book to be published on the women in the lives of Scotland's most prolific serial killers which sheds a light on the characters of Burke and Hare.MAIRI KIDD, is Head of Literature, Languages and Publishing at Creative Scotland. She was formerly Managing Director of Barrington Stoke, a prize-winning publisher. A fluent Gaelic speaker, she has an MA in Celtic Studies from Edinburgh University. Mairi is a contributor to BBC Radio nan Gàidheal’s books coverage and writes for broadcast, including Gaelic comedy series FUNC.
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We will be proud to welcome Andrew O’Hagan to The Book Nook for an event in August!
Date TBC so watch for updates
