The Ginger Cat Presents an Evening with Graeme Armstrong in partnership with Erskine Arts.
Join us for an evening with award-winning author Graeme Armstrong as he discusses his new book Raveheart with poet Len Pennie, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Books available on the night.
Graeme Armstrong is a Scottish writer from Airdrie. His teenage years were spent within North Lanarkshire’s gang culture. Alongside overcoming his own struggles with drug addiction, alcohol abuse and violence, he defied expectation to read English as an undergraduate at the University of Stirling; where, after graduating with honours, he returned to study a Masters’ in Creative Writing. His bestselling debut novel, THE YOUNG TEAM, is inspired by his experiences.
In 2023, Graeme Armstrong was chosen as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, an accolade that is awarded once a decade. Raveheart is his second novel.
Ticket link: https://bookwhen.com/erskinearts/e/ev-sm221-20260622183000
Join us for an evening with bestselling crime writer Chris Brookmyre who will be in conversation with Doubleproof author Martin Stewart.
Quite Ugly One Evening sees the return of fan-favourite journalist Jack Parlabane, 30 years after his first appearance in Quite Ugly One Morning and is a devilishly entertaining locked-room mystery, set aboard a cruise ship where blood is thicker than water . . .
Chris Brookmyre has won or been nominated for every major Crime Fiction prize in the UK. He has won the McIlvanney Prize twice, the CWA Dagger in the Library and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, as well as winning the Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing.
Erskine Arts, Friday 17/07/26, 7.30pm
Copies of Chris Brookmyre’s books will be be available to purchase and have signed on the night.
This event is in partnership with Erskine Arts
Ticket link - https://bookwhen.com/erskinearts/e/ev-syhzp-20260717183000
Frankly at Erskine Arts - Former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon in Conversation with Nicola Meighan. Followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. The paperback of Frankly will be available before and following the event.
Erskine Arts, Sun 2nd August 12.30pm (doors 11.30am)
In her captivating memoir, Frankly, Nicola Sturgeon takes readers from her working-class roots in Ayrshire to the forefront of Scottish politics as the country’s first female and longest-serving first minister. Sturgeon offers an insider’s view of key political moments, including the establishment of the Scottish Parliament, the SNP’s rise to power, the Scottish Independence Referendum, the complexities of Brexit and the unforeseen challenges of the Covid pandemic. With candour and insight, she shares personal achievements and regrets, discusses the challenges of being a woman in a high-stakes political arena and reveals the person behind the public figure. The result will be a deeply personal and revealing memoir from one of Britain’s most significant political leaders of recent times.
This event is in partnership with Erskine Arts.
Ticket Link - https://bookwhen.com/erskinearts/e/ev-sd6lm-20260802113000
Join us for an evening with bestselling author JD Kirk, in conversation with Alex Gray, on Thursday 6th August at 7pm (doors 6.30pm) at Bridge of Weir Parish Church. They’ll be discussing his new novel Better the Devil followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
JD Kirk is the author of the multi-million bestselling DCI Logan series, set in the Highlands of Scotland. He also does not exist. Instead, JD is the pen name of former children’s author and screenwriter, Barry Hutchison, who was born and raised in Fort William.
Ticket link - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990578808802?aff=oddtdtcreator
We’ll be at the Wild Ivy Market at Johnstone Town Hall with a pop-up bookshop on 18/07/26 from 11am-4pm. We’ll have a variety of books for kids and we’ll also be bringing lots of blind dates with a book for the adults! Who doesn’t love a mystery read!
We’ll be heading to the Lanark Makers and Merchants Market on Saturday 1st August from 10am-2pm with our bookshop pop-up. Come along and see the amazing stalls!
Lanark Agricultural Centre, Muirglen, Hyndford Rd, , Lanark, United Kingdom, ML11 9AX
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