Tobi Coventry: He's the Devil
Date & Time
📅 Fri, Mar 20, 2026
🕐 7:00 PM
Ends: Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Location
📍 Blackwell's Bookshop
53-62 South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1YS, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 1YS
🏙️ Edinburgh
About This Event
Join Tobi Coventry as he chats to Seth Insua about his debut novel, He's the Devil
'Massimo lived here now. And things had begun to happen. Sounds, smells, dreams. A private horror show. A usurper in my ordered world…'
Join exciting new literary voice, Tobi Coventry, on Friday 20th March at 7pm as he chats to Seth Insua about his wickedly funny, chillingly suspenseful modern day horror story, He's the Devil.
Simon has always been a good boy. He’s invariably employee of the month at the seasonal small plates restaurant where he works, he neurotically tidies his home, he keeps on top of repairs on behalf of his twenty-something, permanently-abroad landlord and tries to do right by everyone. But when his best and only friend, Josh, moves out of their shared flat, Simon is lonelier than ever – until in moves a new flatmate, the strange (and strangely sexy) Massimo.
But Massimo’s brought something with him. Odd sounds emerge from Massimo’s room, smells of earth and meat drift through the corridor and Simon’s nights fill with disturbing and tantalising dreams. Massimo is awakening something in Simon, something wild and exciting and horrifying that could be the end of him – or maybe a new beginning. But whatever’s in Massimo, whatever’s in the flat, isn’t finished. It wants more …
Book your tickets today!
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Doors: 6.30pm, event starts: 7pm, please arrive early to secure a good seat.
Tickets are £3 and there is a Ticket & Book option which includes a signed copy of He's the Devil by Tobi Coventry.
The bookshop has level access, events are seated and speakers use microphones. If you have any concerns about accessibility, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Refunds are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, we are unable to offer a refund after the event.
For more information or if you would like a signed copy because you can't make it to the event, please contact the Blackwell's events team on 0131 622 8222 or matthew.land@waterstones.com
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Blackwell's Bookshop
53-62 South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1YS, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 1YS
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Duration
1 hour
Refund Policy
Refunds up to 7 days before event
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