The Book Nook Stewarton runs an extensive programme of events with wonderful authors. All events free!
DETAILS AND BOOKING BELOW.
Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story with Jackie Kay
The Book Nook Stewarton is delighted to be bookseller at this unique event presented by Celtic Connections, with the wonderful poet and writerJackie Kay. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 1st February 2025 at 1.00pm
Come and coorie doon for an hour of story and song for children and adults. Jackie Kay will be reading from her first ever illustrated children's book Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story (for 3-year-olds to 100-year-olds!) Legendary folk singers Suzanne Bonnar and Claire Brown will be joining to sing songs that feature in the story. A marvellous medley of song, Scots and storytelling... Enter the cosy world of Shona, a wee lassie who falls asleep each night to her parents' soothing lullabies — 'Tiree Love Song', 'Goodnight, Irene', and 'Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?'. Together, we'll follow Shona's journey through her dreams and revisit her as an adult, sharing the ritual of song with her elderly father. This gloriously lyrical picture book celebrates childhood lullabies, rooted in old Scots folk songs. Perfect for families with children aged 3 and over.
Full details and booking here - Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story with Jackie Kay
Book Launch - The Lollipop Man by Daniel Sellers
The Book Nook Stewarton is thrilled to be bookseller at the official launch of The Lollipop Man by Daniel Sellers.
Date: 27th February 2025 Time: 18.30 Location: 226 Gallowgate
Join author Daniel Sellers in conversation with Heather Reid to celebrate the launch of The Lollipop Man, the first in a new series of dark 1990s thrillers set in West Yorkshire. Drinks, snacks will be available and Daniel wil be signing copies of his book.
The Lollipop Man -
When a young girl is snatched from the Yorkshire town of Halifax there are eerie similarities with a cold case from many years earlier. It can’t be the same killer, can it?
Yorkshire, 1994. Eighteen-year-old Adrian spends his days working at the local newspaper, and his evenings in his local pub. But under this ordinary surface lies a haunting story. Aged ten, Adrian was kidnapped by a shadowy figure known as The Lollipop Man, who had abducted three children before. Adrian was the only one to escape.The Lollipop Man might well have returned when another missing child whips up a media frenzy.
Journalist Sheila Hargreaves, troubled with memories of her own involvement in the reporting of the previous abductions, is determined to dig deeper, atone for what she did nearly a decade ago and bring the Lollipop Man to justice.
Full details and booking here - The Lollipop Man book launch
The Book Nook is proud to be hosting the launch of
‘The Weekenders’ by David F. Ross
with live music from Grange Street
Friday 28th Feb 7pm
The deaths of a series of young Eastern European women in Glasgow leads to a stately home in the Scottish countryside, and back to the Second World War, where a group of young soldiers made their own, shocking rules… Saltire Prize shortlisted author David F. Ross returns with an extraordinary, dark mystery – first in a new series.
’David Ross carved out an enduring place for himself among contemporary Scottish novelists’ Herald Scotland __________
Painting a picture of a 1960s Glasgow in the throes of a permissive society, pulled apart by religion, corruption, and a murderous Bible John stalking the streets, The Weekenders is a snapshot of an era of turmoil – and a terrifying insight into the mind of a ruthless criminal…
More events coming
in 2025
We will be delighted to welcome Tom Newlands on Wednesday 30th April at 7pm
Tom is a Scottish writer living in London. He is the winner of a London Writer’s Award, a Creative Future Writer’s Award and New Writing North’s A Writing Chance.
His debut novel Only Here, Only Now was selected as a Guardian Fiction Book of the Year, and Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025.
