About this Event
Women in Journalism Scotland (WiJ Scotland) is launching its brand new Salon with a special event on Thursday 19 March at which award-winning journalist turned author, Ajay Close, will discuss her recently-published sixth novel.
To mark the launch of What We Did in The Dark (Sandstone Press), WiJ Scotland is hosting the in-conversation with Ajay at the Outwith Agency in Govanhill, Glasgow.
The WiJ Scotland Salon – a blend of book group meets book festival event - will be hosted by journalist, Anna Burnside.
Anna, who used to run her own "Salon" in her own living room, says: "Our first guest author, Ajay Close, appeared in my front room twice and was a roaring success. She's a former journalist - I worked with her at Scotland on Sunday back in the day. Her new book, What We Did in the Dark, is about Glaswegian journalist Catherine Carswell.
"The lovely venue for the first event, the Outwith Agency in Glasgow's Govanhill, is homely and cosy but we won't be disturbing my children with too much laughing. (Yes, that happened.)"
Come along and hear Ajay discuss her new novel with Anna at this new creative agency and co-writing space in Glasgow run by Natalie Whittle, a senior editor at the Financial Times.
There will be a collection on the night for Beauty Banks, a charity run by journalist, Sali Hughes. We will provide a box for donations.
Tickets: £5
Refreshments will be provided.
Why Beauty Banks?
There was always a collection for Maryhill Foodbank at the original salon. This time the collection will be for Beauty Banks, an incredibly cool charity founded by journalist Sali Hughes and beauty PR Jo Jones. They collect toiletries, beauty products, sanitary towels and tampons and distribute them to food banks, women's refuges, homeless shelters and other organisations that help people who can't afford the very basic essentials needed to keep fresh and clean. All donations are kept locally and dropped off to one of their partner organisations. Our collection will go to Glasgow South West food bank.
So if you are coming, please bring a donation if you can. Sanitary products, soap, shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, wipes are all welcome. Miniatures from hotel rooms are good too - some clients like small bottles. Any left over press samples, PR gifts, left over Xmas sets - bring them along.
Direct donations are also great - Beauty Banks has a sweet deal with Easho, a bulk toiletries supplier, which gets them the maximum cleaning power for their donations, and cuts down on postage and packaging waste. It's all on their website www.easho.org.uk.