Widdershins Event with L.A. Robbins - Wednesday 16th October 2024

Hear L.A. Robbins in conversation about her new, Edinburgh-set, novel, Widdershins.

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

Buy a copy of Widdershins and receive a free ticket to our event. Alternatively, our ticket-only option is available for £5 (which can be used towards a purchase of the book at the event).

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About Widdershins

When he leaves his two-year-old in the Tesco shopping trolley, Robin MacFarlane knows he needs help. A middle-aged Scotsman, he juggles teaching and the upbringing of his children after the unexpected death of his wife. Morag McCoul, the family’s new nanny, unpacks alternative paraphernalia from her carpet bag, spellbinding the children and terrifying Robin’s conventional relatives. McCoul works her magic on an emotional level while sister Fiona’s chiropractor offers solutions to Robin’s chronic back pain. Edinburgh in the first decade of the millennium provides the rich, textured backdrop of this bittersweet tale of grief and rekindling of meaning: It puts a New Age spin on historic tradition in the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature.

About L.A. Robbins

Lisa Robbins’ novel Widdershins will be published by Stairwell Books in autumn, 2024.  Unspooling the Light, her engaging and highly original collection of international short stories, came out in 2022. One story made the long list for the Fish Publishing prize, another won the London Writer of the Year Award.  A British-American writer living in London and in Florence, Italy, Lisa judges for the Bridport Short Story and Novel competitions and is working on two new novels.