Dancing on Knives Event with Julia Rush - Wednesday 16th April 2025

Join us in the bookshop to hear Julia Rush in conversation with Julia Rampen about Dancing on Knives.

6.30pm on Wednesday 16th April at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.

Buy a copy of Dancing on Knives and receive free entry to our event, or choose our Ticket-Only option for £5 (which can be used towards a purchase of the book at the event).

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About Dancing on Knives Laura, a Bosnian war survivor and Cambridge University librarian, has long tried to forget the horrors of her past. But when she falls in love with Balkan languages student Adam, disturbing memories start to emerge. As Adam's work leaves Laura increasingly isolated, she is visited by the ghosts of those murdered in the conflict. They don't haunt her; instead they share stories, cook familiar meals and tell Bosnian folktales, reminding her of the home she once lost. However, when their longing for vengeance becomes clear, Laura must decide: are her guests a sign that she is unravelling, or can they help her confront the past she has fled for so long?

About Joanne Rush Joanne Rush is an author and an academic. She has a PhD in Literature from Cambridge University, which is where she fell in love with folklore. Her first novel, Dancing on Knives, is a Bosnian tale full of myths and monsters. A development of her short story ‘Guests’, which won The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Award, it has been longlisted for the Mslexia First Novel Award. 

About Julia Rampen Julia Rampen is an author, writer and journalist based in Edinburgh. Her first novel, The Bay, loosely based on the Morecambe Bay tragedy, won the NorthBound Novel Award and the Lakeland Novel Award.