After 5pm, Books, Book launch

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Joe Hill: NOS4R2

Hill launches his latest horror novel, taking questions from the audience and signing copies of his books. Booking is essential.

Blackwell's, Edinburgh

Fri 31 May

£5 / 0131 622 8222

  • 18:30

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Thu 6 Jun

£5 (Waterstone's loyalty card holders £4) / 0131 226 2666

Tickets available from Waterstones West End.

  • 19:00

Alice Thompson: Burnt Island

Help celebrate the release of Thompson's sixth book, a novel about a novelist, which provides a new spot of horror to grace book shelves.

Blackwell's, Edinburgh

Wed 22 May

Free / 0131 622 8222

  • 18:30

Ann Widdecombe: Strictly Ann

The former politician, who joined the old Conservative party in 1964, is out in and about in support of her new autobiography.

Creative Innovation Centre, Taunton

Tue 2 Jul

Prices to be confirmed / 01823 337477

  • 19:00

Daunt Books, Marylebone, London W1U

Tue 18 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 020 7224 2295

In conversation.

  • 19:00

Hayling Island Bookshop

Mon 10 Jun

Prices to be confirmed / 023 9246 6620

  • 19:30

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Catriona McPherson: Dandy Gilver and a Deadly Measure of Brimstone

Scottish-born, California-based author Catriona McPherson launches her new Dandy Gilver mystery.

Waterstones George Street, Edinburgh

Wed 17 Jul

Free / 0843 290 8309

  • 18:30
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Dickson Telfer: The Red Man Turns to Green

Celebrate the publication of the author's new book of quirky short stories, with a reading, Q&A and signing session.

Waterstones George Street, Edinburgh

Thu 6 Jun

Free / 0843 290 8309

  • 18:30

Flab to FAB – The Workshop

Book launch and workshop for overweight people wanting to turn their lives around.

More Restaurant, Leicester

Fri 21 Jun

Free (Gold ticket £35; VIP ticket £80) / 07535 438866

Books are available for sale on the night. Dinner for Gold and VIP Ticket holders begins from 8pm onwards.

  • 18:00 – 22:00

Gerda Stevenson: If This Were Real

Gerda Stevenson takes a break from acting and directing to launch her first book of poetry.

Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh

Fri 21 Jun

Free / 0131 662 9112

  • 18:00

Nicola Morgan: Blame My Brain

Nicola Morgan launches a new edition of her non-fiction book, in which she explains the teenage brain – no, really.

Blackwell's, Edinburgh

Thu 30 May

Free / 0131 622 8222

  • 18:30

Patrick Joyce: The State of Freedom

Celebrate the launch of the new book from Patrick Joyce, Professorial Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, which looks at the social history of Britain since 1800. Three professors – Donald Bloxham, Simon Gunn, Liz Stanley – chair the event and look at how an understanding of history contributes to the modern…

Blackwell's, Edinburgh

Tue 28 May

Free / 0131 622 8222

  • 18:30

Poems for the Millennium: Vol 4

Celebrate the launch of The University of California Book of North African Poetry, the fourth installment of Poems for the Millennium, with a survey of Maghrebian literature, a Q&A session and readings in the poems' original languages.

CCA, Glasgow

Wed 22 May

Free / 0141 352 4900

  • 19:30 – 22:00

Rosemary Goring: After Flodden

The historical fiction writer commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden with her latest romance.

Harmony Garden, Melrose

Sun 16 Jun

£10 (£8) / 0844 357 1060

Borders Book Festival sees the launch of After Flodden.