Scottish Books Events: October 2024
As autumn sets in, there's a plethora of book launches, workshops and readings to get stuck into – here's our October book events guide
Kicking off a month of bookish events, head to Lighthouse Bookshop on 2 October for Writers For a Free Palestine, a fundraising event for families in Gaza featuring the likes of Megan Booth, Alyson Kissner, Alycia Pirmohamed, Tisya Sanchez, Mohamed Tonsy and Lorraine Wilson. On 14 October, meanwhile, Lighthouse welcome Palestinian writer Ibtisam Azem to discuss her latest novel The Book of Disappearance. And on this revolutionary theme, acclaimed journalist Sarah Jaffe drops by the bookshop to launch her deeply urgent book From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World of Fire (17 Oct).
There’s more book launches over at The Portobello Bookshop with Ekow Eshun launching The Strangers (14 Oct), Jenni Fagan launching A Swan's Neck on the Butcher's Block (3 Oct), and Malachy Tallack launching That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz (28 Oct). Over at Typewronger, meanwhile, Glasgow-based poet Tim Tim Cheng launches the beautiful The Tattoo Collector on 21 October. And for something a bit less on the page, don't forget about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival running 18-31 October with an incredible programme of events at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
It's a little quieter on the Glasgow front for launches, but there are some great workshops and events to get stuck into. Glasgow Zine Library is hosting Collage and Conversation: Resistance in the face of fascism (11 Oct), a workshop aimed for Black people, people of colour, and those from the global majority. Over at Glasgow Women’s Library, meanwhile, The Skinny’s own Beth Cochrane is hosting a workshop exploring personal connections with books as part of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations in 2025 (17 Oct), and artist Shona Macnaughton will be hosting a drop-in session exploring materials from women’s and LGBTQ health literature in the collection.