Hollie McNish is a poet whose live readings are not to be missed. Due to popular demand and after a run of sell out shows across the water, she returns to the Regional Cultural Centre with her brand-new paperback book tour, reading from her latest collection, some firm favourites and a sprinkling of brand new wet-ink work. Here, she will be joined by Scotland’s beautiful and brilliant, Michael Pedersen.
At times hilarious, at times heartbreaking, come for a soppy night out with a friend, a lover, your entire book club, your nephew, your neighbour or just a solo night to yourself because everyone you know hates poetry.
Expect strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in her much-loved poetry as she reads about love, loss, friendship, wolves, croissants, and as much sticky toffee pudding as you can manage.
A Sunday Times bestselling author, expect strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in gorgeously crafted poetry as she reads about love, loss, friendship, wolves, croissants, and as much mashed potato as you can manage.
Adult content warning 14+ / Book signing after the gig.
Hollie McNish is a poet and author based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She was the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London and won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic parenting memoir – Nobody Told Me – of which The Scotsman stated ‘The World Needs this Book’. She has published five further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum, and Slug and Lobster, both Sunday Times bestsellers, with translations in French (Je Souhaite Seulement Que Tu Fasses Quelquechose De Toi) and Spanish (Cosas Que Mis Abuelas). She loves writing.
“Hollie McNish is a national treasure” – Shirley Manson
“Bold, hilarious and tender” – Salena Godden
“Makes me cry and howl with laughter” – Paapa Essiedu
“I love Hollie McNish” – Matt Haig
Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet and author, the Writer in Residence at The University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate). His prose debut, Boy Friends, was published by Faber & Faber to rave reviews and was a Sunday Times Critics Choice. He’s unfurled three collections of poetry, the most recent being The Cat Prince & Other Poems — which won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry 2023. Pedersen has twice been shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Poetry and The Scottish National Book Awards, and won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. His work has attracted praise from the likes of: Stephen Fry, Shirley Manson, Jackie Kay, Irvine Welsh, Sara Pascoe, Nicola Sturgeon & many more. His debut novel (Muckle Flugga) will be published by Faber in May 2025.
‘Enchanting…astonishingly compelling…sparklingly written…rare and to be treasured’.’ — Stephen Fry
‘A master of words. He plays them like music.’ —Kae Tempest
‘Lucid, lyrical, loaded, BOY FRIENDS is a love letter to friendship.’ —Jackie Kay
