Helen MacKinven. Book launch ‘Talk of the Toun’ Waterstones Argyle St, 29 October, 2015
Helen MacKinven in Conversation with Karen Campbell
Thursday 29th Oct at 7pm in the Argyle St branch of Waterstones
Come along for the launch of local author Helen MacKinven’s new book. An uplifting black comedy of love, family life and friendship, Talk of the Toun is a bittersweet coming-of-age tale set in the summer of 1985, in working class, central belt Scotland.
To book your place please call the store on 0141 2484814 or call in and talk to one of our booksellers.
Waterstones, 174-176 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BT
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