Jenny Colgan Byres Road Book Festival 2024
Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8AP
Jenny Colgan is one of the most successful and prolific authors of feel-good fiction in the UK. Her numerous Sunday Times, New York Times and internationally bestselling books include almost fifty novels, novellas, short stories and children’s books. She has sold more than four million copies in the UK and ten million copies worldwide.
In Close Knit

‘Gertie has always had her head in the clouds, wondering what her life might be like if she could only pluck up the courage to leave the remote Scottish island where she was born.’
In Close Knit, Jenny Colgan returns to the remote Scottish Island of Carso where the pilot for the local airline is Morag, who stopped flying long haul to return home in Summer Skies. Unlike Morag, Gertie has never had the courage to leave the island where she was born. It’s the only place she knows, but she can’t do anything without everyone knowing. Especially as she lives in a tiny cottage with her mother and grandmother who are the women at the heart of the local Knitting Circle; a group of strong, capable women who work hard, gossip, knit – and support each other through thick and thin.
Jenny will be in discussion with Hannah Moore.
Free admission – reserve a place
All event attendees will receive a voucher for 20% off at Waterstones, Byres Road.
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