Holly Bourne - So Thrilled For You
WithHolly Bourne
In conversation withSam Baker
On:21st January 2025, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Send a text to your WhatsApp group! It’s time to gather your friends for a fun and lively conversational event with author Holly Bourne, to talk all-things motherhood and female friendship, and celebrate the publication of her new adult fiction book So Thrilled For You. The book has secured praise from the likes of Lauren Bravo, Marian Keyes, and Jacqueline Wilson, all saying the same thing: this book will resonate with all women. Join us for an evening in the bookshop or online to listen to Holly Bourne discussing So Thrilled For You with writer and broadcaster Sam Baker.
This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience, as well as a livestream for attendees watching from home. There will be a signing after the event.
In-person vouchers can be redeemed on the night of the event against a single copy of So Thrilled For You – we will have a list of attendees with vouchers to be redeemed. Please note that only one voucher can be redeemed per book. Livestream vouchers are valid until the day after the event and can be redeemed on our website against a single copy of So Thrilled For You.
About So Thrilled For You:
An intense heatwave. A high-stakes baby shower. Will it all end in tears?
The Little Women: Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi. Friends since university, they are now in their thirties and life is pulling them in different directions. Until a baby shower invite arrives...
Reunited on a sweltering hot summer’s day, tensions rise quickly as the friendship group reveal what is pulling them all apart...
STEFFI: powerhouse literary agent who is happily child-free but feeling judged by her friends
CHARLOTTE: desperate to conceive yet intent on organising the ‘perfect’ baby shower for her friend
LAUREN: who is finding motherhood far, far worse than she imagined
NICKI: who never wanted a baby shower and is holding onto secrets from the past
Can their friendship survive the high-pressure event and the subsequent police investigation, as a fire starts?
Please note: Tickets for our events are non-refundable. Professional photography and videography may take place during this event. Thank you for your understanding.
Participants:
Holly Bourne Author
Holly Bourne is a bestselling and critically acclaimed author of YA and adult novels including the Spinster Club series and How Do You Like Me Now? Inspired by her work with young people, and her own experiences of everyday sexism, Holly is a passionate mental health advocate and proud feminist.
Starting her writing career as a news journalist, Holly has also been an editor, relationship advisor and ‘agony aunt’ for a youth charity. Holly’s experiences of early motherhood and female friendship have inspired So Thrilled For You.
Sam Baker Chair
Sam Baker is a journalist, broadcaster and creator and host of the hit podcast, The Shift.
The venue
The Portobello Bookshop
46 Portobello High Street
Edinburgh
EH15 1DA
Telephone: 0131 629 6756
Website: www.theportobellobookshop.com
Wheelchair Access
We have a ramp at the front of the shop which has a ratio of 1:10 and loading capacity of 300kg, and so should be able to be used by most wheelchair users or those with mobility vehicles. The front doors are fully automated. Our shop interior is designed to allow access throughout for wheelchair users and prams, though please note there is only 700mm wide clearance to access the staff toilet.
Sound
We use a PA system to enhance the audio at our live events. We also have a hearing loop system installed, if you’d like to use our loop system during an event please let us know and we’ll make sure we have it set up and connected to the live audio feed during the event. If you wish to attend an event and require BSL interpretation, please give us a few weeks notice and we’ll do our best to arrange an interpreter.