About this Event

WiJ Scotland's Book Salon is delighted to bring you novelist and journalist, Kirstin Innes, who will discuss inspiration, research and parental juggling with acclaimed Scottish journalist Anna Burnside. 

Scabby Queen is Kirstin’s second novel and is now out in paperback. It starts with the suicide of Clio Campbell and then tracks her life as both one-hit wonder and Yes campaigner. All told through the eyes of the people who came into contact with her. 

Everyone from Nicola Sturgeon to AL Kennedy has fallen a little bit in love with the bold Clio. Kirstin will talk about the process of writing fiction, creating Clio playlists and barricading herself into the bedroom to finish writing before her second baby was born.

WiJ Scotland's Book Salon is the modern day version of a long-standing and popular event that started with a boozy night out back in 2014. After many successful book salons in the living room of Anna Burnside's Glasgow home the events now run in a pub (when permitted) or on Zoom. You can read more about them here. 

*July 6, 8pm

*Tickets £3 for members, £5 for non-members - to book click here