Our books share a love of the Scottish Landscape and this was a thoroughly enjoyable conversation to be a part of. Thank you to Sara Davies who was an excellent chair.
Goes Live: 10.30am – 11.30am 15pm BST*
Experience the wild beauty of Scotland in both of these novels. Elizabeth Reeder’s An Archive of Happiness is set in the Scottish Highlands over the course of one day during the Avens familys annual get-together. Its the summer solstice and theirs is a fractured family, broken by arguments, by things said and not said, by a mother who has left and a father who was left behind. What happens on this day will force them to cleave together to survive and redraw the traditional bonds of family. Reeder is author of two other novels and a collection of hybird pieces, microbursts (a collaboration with Amanda Thomson).
You, Me and the Sea by Elizabeth Haynes is a contemporary story of love and redemption set on a remote, windswept Scottish island from the bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner and The Murder of Harriet Monckton. Rachel is at crisis point. A series of disastrous decisions has left her with no job, no home, and no faith in herself. But an unexpected job feels like a chance to recover and mend her battered self-esteem.
*This performance is pre-recorded and will be available to watch for three weeks after the broadcast date to accommodate different time zones.
This performance is included in the Aye Write 2021 festival pass, so you will not need to purchase this event if you have already purchased a pass.
Books are available to purchase from our bookseller partner Bookshop.org. Bookshop.org supports independent booksellers and for every book purchased 10% comes back to Aye Write and Wee Write, helping to invest in our city’s book festival and reader development programmes.
I’ve set up a Bookshop.org shop too, if you interested in seeing and perhaps reading some of my favourite books. https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Elizabeth_Reeder
Tickets for the event (or you can get yourself an Aye Write pass to the full fetstival) here: