The pleasures and power of reading with Graeme Macrae Burnet

Tickets go on sale on 9 October, 12pm.

What happens when we read? What is it that we get from losing ourselves in a novel? Does reading actually improve our wellbeing?

Join Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet for this special event for Book Week Scotland, as he explores the impact that being a reader has had on his life.

Graeme will be in conversation with Philippa Cochrane, who is Head of Reading Communities at Scottish Book Trust.

We will also be joined by Dr Sarah McGeown from the University of Edinburgh who will share some of the insights from the ongoing Reading and Wellbeing research project.

After the event Graeme will be signing copies of his new novella ‘Benbecula’.

Attendees can join the event in person at the National Library of Scotland or online via livestream.

About the author

Graeme Macrae Burnet is the author of five novels. His new novella 'Benbecula' will be published in October in Polygon's Darklands series. His 'Bloody Project' was shortlisted for the 2016 Booker prize, and won the Saltire Prize for Fiction. 'Case Study' was longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and included in The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022. Graeme’s work has been translated into over twenty languages.

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