Helen Graham: Bringing the Theatrical to Family History
Saturday 7 November 2026, 11am. Colinton Library, 14 Thorburn Road, Colinton, EH13 0BB

Poster blurb:

Helen is a historical fiction writer. She has a love of researching and writing fiction, based on true events, and has been immersed in the worl...

An Evening with Anna Deacon
Wednesday 11th November 2026
19:00 - 20:00 at Waterstones, Edinburgh - West End

Really looking forward to chairing this event with my wonderful daughter, Anna Deacon, whose latest book The Wild Fix Scotland is flying off the shelves and receiving rave reviews.

Book tickets...

Join us at Night Owl Books, East Linton, on Monday, 30th November at 8pm, when award-winning author A.J. West will be discussing his new book with me. His book, The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald, was inspired by the real historical figure of Scottish poet Everest Macdonald.

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What a great bunch of enthusiastic folk turned up to hear about the famous 19th actress born in Longniddry. It was lots of fun sharing my research with such an engaged audience, and answering some really interesting questions to the best of my ability. Huge thanks to the lovely folk at Longniddry li...

10:30 – 11:30, Library Upstairs

This was such a fun event, with author Kate Foster and me talking to festival organiser Joanne Baird about writing historical fiction. Lovely, lively audience and great questions, too!