About this Event

WIJ Scotland’s Book Salon is thrilled to bring you magazine legend Sam Baker. 

Sam will discuss her memoir/manifesto, The Shift, with acclaimed Scottish journalist Anna Burnside. The Shift is Sam’s personal story of her own early perimenopause, which coincided with the implosion of a stellar career that included editing Cosmopolitan and Red. It widens out into a wider study of how different women have dealt with the menopause and its aftermath. There's a lot to talk about. 

As well as the issues raised in the book, Sam will cover starting up - then closing - online women's magazine, The Pool, creating her own podcast and moving to Edinburgh.

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. 

*Tuesday May 25, 8pm

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