Bookface Sip & Swap with Dr Jenni Fagan at Glaschu

Bookface Sip & Swap with Jenni Fagan

Join us at 9.30am on Sunday 12 April at Glaschu for a morning of bookish chat with award-winning Scottish novelist and poet Jenni Fagan, celebrating her fifth novel, The Delusions.

Jenni Fagan is an incredible talent and one of the most distinctive literary voices writing today. She won the Gordon Burn Prize for her memoir Ootlin, which was also longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. Her debut novel, The Panopticon, led to her being named a Granta Best Young British Novelist. Her second novel, The Sunlight Pilgrims, earned her Scottish Author of the Year.

Across her career she has been listed for the Encore Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Sunday Times Short Story Award and the Pushcart Prize. She is a Doctor of Philosophy, a member of Liberty and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

The Panopticon saw a sell-out run with the National Theatre of Scotland. She’s adapting it for film — which she’ll write and direct herself. She completed her PhD at University of Edinburgh in 2020 and Jenni has worked in prisons, hospitals, neo-natal units, with blind and visually impaired writers

Her new novel, The Delusions, is set in Arrivals — a bureaucratic afterlife where the newly dead must extract their delusions and answer HR’s questions truthfully. Edi, who has spent forty-seven years processing souls, faces a disciplinary after an “incident” at work. As rumours spread that humans may become a banned race and Earth repossessed, Edi breaks protocol for one reason: she hopes to see her son again at the doors of eternity.

Here's what to expect:

🎤 Live Q&A with Jenni

📍 Stylish, accessible venue near all transport modes in Glasgow

📚 Sustainable book swap – bring up to 4 books (300+ to choose from)

🥂 Sip & socialise – coffee/tea, 🥐☕️ croissant 🥂 fizz or soft drink included

👋 Come solo or bring a pal – Bookface events are friendly and welcoming

About Bookface

Created in 2020 by avid reader Heather Suttie, Bookface is a 15,000+ strong online reading community and live event series that’s hosted 80+ sold-out events across Scotland. Bookface Sip & Swaps are a mix of relaxed author chats, and bookish good vibes.

Previous guests include Liam McIlvanney, Alice Feeney, Catherine Neman, Val McDermid, Lisa Jewell, Tom Newlands, Claire Douglas, Shari Lapena, Juano Diaz, Sophie Gravia, John Niven, Heather Morris, Adele Parks, Nikki May, Davinia Taylor, Susannah Constantine, Chris Brookmyre, Helen Fields and many more.

Bring two or more books to participate in our book swap of 300 titles or just come to meet the authors and enjoy a brilliantly bookish experience – no pressure, Kindle and audiobook fans always welcome.