in author talks, events and kids’ activities.
Meet the Author –
Joanne Harris
Mon 3 Oct · 7pm · £5 · Dick Institute
We are delighted to welcome Joanne Harris,
author of the much-loved international
bestseller Chocolat, which was made into
an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette
Binoche and Johnny Depp. Joanne studied
Modern and Mediaeval Languages at
Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen
years, during which time she published
three novels, including Chocolat (1999)
Since then, she has written 15 more novels,
two collections of short stories and three
cook-books. Her books are now published in
over 50 countries and have won a number
of British and international awards. Join us
to hear Joanne discuss her latest book in
the Malbry series, Different Class, and her
impressive writing career.
Harris magnificently manages every
minute thread of the story, and even makes
us laugh along the way . . . exquisitely sinister.
. . Part black comedy, part thriller, and
totally enjoyable." -DAILY MAIL
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array of Scotland’s literary talent showcased
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Suffragette Stories - Ajay
Close & Lucy Ribchester
Tue 4 Oct · 7pm · £5 · Dick Institute
Ajay Close, writer and award-winning
journalist, will discuss her acclaimed historical
novel, A Petrol Scented Spring which tells
the story of the Scottish suffragettes and
the prison doctor who force-fed them.
A Petrol Scented Spring is a riveting novel
of repression, jealousy and love, and the
struggle for women’s emancipation.
Ajay will be joined by Lucy Ribchester whose
entertaining debut novel, The Hourglass
Factory is set in 1912. London is in turmoil
and the suffragette movement is reaching
fever pitch, but for broke Fleet Street
tomboy Frankie George, just getting by in
the cut-throat world of newspapers is hard
enough. Frankie is drawn into a world of
tricks, society columnists, corset fetishists,
suffragettes and circus freaks.
A fascinating insight into one of the
most compelling stories in the history of
the women’s suffrage movement.’ THE TIMES (A Petrol Scented Spring)
Gaelic Evening
with Jo MacDonald and
Gillebride MacIlleMhaoil
Wed 5 Oct · 7pm · £5
Auchinleck Library
Join Jo MacDonald and Gillebride
MacIlleMhaoil for an evening of song and
reflections on the poems and songs of the
Campbells of South Lochboisdale. The
iconic Gaelic love song, A Pheigi a Ghraidh,
is the best known of the Campbell family’s
compositions but, thanks to Jo MacDonald’s
research, many previously unpublished
poems and songs have been brought
together in a new book. An evening not to
be missed!
Rollicking whodunit adventure…terrific’
– IAN RANKIN (The Hourglass Factory)
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