TUESDAY 22 JANUARY, 6.30pm

Gary Dickson, Honorary Fellow of History at Edinburgh University, launches his eagerly anticipated work The Children’s Crusade. One of the most extraordinary episodes in the history of the crusades, the Children’s Crusade has been imagined and re-imagined across the centuries – Professor Dickson explores the history and myth behind the event in this fresh and lively new investigation, already being called a classic.

Don’t miss what’s sure to be an evening of stimulating discussion and debate.

WEDNESDAY 23 JANUARY, 6.30pm

Join us for the launch of Capital Caricatures, a brand new collection of the etchings of John Kay. A brilliant caricaturist of the late 1700s, Kay’s pen left no aspect of eighteenth-century Edinburgh life untouched – in this new anthology you will find famous faces such as Adam Smith and Deacon Brodie rubbing shoulders with lesser known figures such as Sibilla Hunt, the most corpulent shopkeeper in the city!

Kay expert and enthusiast Sheila Szatkowski has edited this ‘wholly delightful and endlessly fascinating’ volume (Alan Taylor, Sunday Herald) and will be appearing in-store to discuss the life and works of this great social commentator.

FRIDAY 25 JANUARY, 6.30pm

Celebrate Burns Night at Blackwell with the launch of a new Burns anthology from Canongate, A Night Out With Robert Burns. We are delighted to welcome the collection’s editor and acclaimed Scottish novelist Andrew O’Hagan (author of Our Fathers and Be Near Me) to the store. He will be reading from the poems and sharing with us their influence on his own works. Come and experience this perfect way to honour Scotland’s most enduring literary figure of the past in the company of one of the brightest stars of contemporary Scottish fiction.    

All events take place at Blackwell Bookshop, 53-62 South Bridge, Edinburgh.

To reserve your FREE tickets for any of the above events, or for further information, please contact Vanessa Garden or collect from the front desk of the shop.

T: 0131 622 8222

E: vanessa.garden@blackwell.co.uk