We're so excited to welcome CJ Cooke to store to celebrate the publication of her new novel, The Book of Witching. 

CJ's novel The Lighthouse Witches is a Rare Birds Book Club pick and an all-time customer favourite; we can't wait to sit down with her and discuss her latest book. Don't miss it! 

Tickets are £5 and can be redeemed against any purchase on the evening of the event. 

Timings

• Doors open: 6:30pm
• Talk begins: 7:00pm 

About the book

Four hundred years separate them. One book binds them.

Glasgow 2024. Clem waits by her daughter’s hospital bed. Erin was found on an idyllic beach in Fynhallow Bay, Orkney with catastrophic burns and only one memory: her name is Nyx. But how did she get these burns? And how did her boyfriend end up burned alive?

Orkney 1594. Accused of witchcraft, Alison Balfour awaits trial. The punishment? To be burned alive.

Separated by four hundred years but bound by the Book of Witching, two women stand imperiled. Can they unlock a centuries-old mystery? And will Fynhallow Bay give up its secrets before someone else dies?

About the author 

C.J. Cooke is an acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist and academic with numerous other publications written under the name of Carolyn Jess-Cooke. Her work has been published in twenty-three languages to date. Born in Belfast, C.J. has a PhD in Literature from Queen’s University, Belfast, and is currently Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health. C.J. Cooke lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children. @CJessCooke

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