Scottish Books Events: January 2024
This January, you'll find books launches from Ali Millar, Max Turner and Hisham Matar, plus a chance to dive into the Glasgow Women's Library archive
Curl up with a good book (event) this January. Max Turner is launching his fairytale-inspired The Child of Hameln in a special supernatural mystery night at Lighthouse Bookshop on 17 January, while journalist Ali Millar launches their debut novel Ava Anna Ada at The Portobello Bookshop on 24 January.
Our January book interview author Hisham Matar appears at Topping and Company (9 Jan) to launch the masterful My Friends (pick up our January issue for a chat with the Pullitzer Prize-winner, or find Louis Cammell's interview elsewhere on this very website). For a more hands-on approach, head to Glasgow Women’s Library to explore their archive of erotic lesbian journals from the 1980s and 90s (20 Jan), or Glasgow Zine Library for Un/Nature, their queer ecologies reading group (21 Jan).
Finally, don’t forget it’s Burns Night in January: The Scottish Storytelling Centre is hosting a birthday celebration on the day itself (25 Jan), while weekend festival Burns and Beyond resurrects poetry night Neu Reekie!, with a filmed performance of one of their best events on their website to watch through the month.