Book news

Musselburgh Library, Bridge Street, 12 January, 7.30pm

Author Quintin Jardine will be speaking about his writing as he launches his new book, Blood Red. Tickets are free. Call 0131-665 2183.

Storytelling Cafe: Bards and Poets

Scottish Storytelling Centre, High Street, 13 January, 7pm-9pm,

Join host storyteller Janis Mackay for an evening of live stories. Tickets 4. For details visit www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk

A L Kennedy

Central Library, George IV Bridge, 14 January, 6.30pm-8pm.

City Reads, Central Library's events series, kicks off its 2010 programme with Scottish writer A L Kennedy, who will be discussing her work. Tickets available from the venue.

Margaret Macaulay and The Prisoner of St. Kilda

Blackwell Bookshop, South Bridge, 14 January, 6.30pm

Author Margaret Macauley sheds light on the story of Lady Grange, kidnapped from her Edinburgh home and exiled away from her children on remote Scottish islands for 13 years. Tickets are free. Contact Ann Landmann on 0131-622 8206