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Some autumn events

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It’s September, it’s officially autumn and the Edinburgh Book Festival is over. August is the month when I appreciate living in Edinburgh most (along with during the Six Nations!)

I’m excited though to share a range of events that I’ll be taking part in over the next few months. First up on 26 September there’s another chance to come along to a Ringwood panel event on Writing, Editing and Publishing. When we held this in Stockbridge Library in June it was a great evening so we’re running it again in Leith Library this time. If you’re having a go at writing or interested in a career in publishing, come along and join in the chat.

On 7 October I’m delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival. This exciting venture showcasing women’s writing takes place from 6-7 October and you can explore the full programme here. The organisers have generously chosen to highlight some debut fiction alongside established writers, and I’ll be reading from What You Call Free immediately before the Historical Romance panel with Catherine Hokin and Helen Swan on Saturday morning.

Next up is Book Week Scotland and I’m really excited on Monday 13 November to be sharing in a panel event with some other fabulous Ringwood writers: Rob McInroy, Carol Margaret Davison and L.A. Kristiansen. We’ll be discussing Historical Fiction: forgotten voices. Come along!

And finally (for now) on Monday 20 November I’ll be combining my writing with my day job and speaking to the Davidson’s Mains Monday Club at Davidson’s Mains Parish Church (where I work part time) about What You Call Free. All welcome – I can guarantee these ladies will give you a warm welcome and a good cup of tea!

Full details of locations, dates and times are available on my events page.

‘What You Call Free’ in the Grassmarket

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During Book Week Scotland I’ll be joining fellow Ringwood Publishing author Lynda Kristiansen to talk about our novels within the context of Scottish historical fiction.

It’s such a thrill to speak about What You Call Free in the Grassmarket itself, where some of the most important action in the book took place.

And of course, having launched the book in March in lockdown, it’s wonderful at last to be able to meet and chat with readers in person.

Please do come along if you can.

Events past and future

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One of the real joys of this whole publication adventure is getting to talk about What You Call Free, historical fiction and women’s stories. This photo was taken at the brilliant Portobello Book Festival in October, when Janis Mackay and I had a really interesting conversation about women in historical fiction with some great questions from a real in person, sold out audience.

There are a couple of other events coming up which I’m really looking forward to. On 20 October Ringwood Publishing are launching their latest historical novel: Raise Dragon by L.A. Kristiansen, the first book in a new series set during the Wars of Independence. The event will take place at 7pm on Zoom and I’m looking forward to joining a panel discussion about Scottish historical fiction with the author Lynda and with Rob McInroy, author of Cuddie’s Strip. You can find out more about the event here.

And then during Book Week Scotland on 15 November there will be another chance to catch Lynda and myself chatting about Scottish historical fiction – in person in Edinburgh this time! It should be a good evening of books, drinks and chat – what more could you want? I’ll post more details soon.

Launching What You Call Free into the world!

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Thank you to James Robertson, Ringwood Publishing and everyone who came along for a wonderful evening on Wednesday 17 March. I really enjoyed chatting about bringing women’s stories into the light, exploring 17th-century Scotland, and walking the path between fact and fiction.

You can catch up on the launch event here and order What You Call Free direct from Ringwood Publishing here or as an ebook here. It will soon also be available from other outlets.