The Common Press is thrilled to host Kirsty Logan as she presents her latest collection, No & Other Love Stories, on 5th February from 7 pm to 9 pm. Join us just in time for the anti-Valentine season! This deliciously dark and innovative anthology explores the tangled and provocative intersections of love, desire, and the macabre. Spanning settings from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour, these intensely atmospheric tales promise a feast for the imagination. The evening will be hosted by the award-winning author Julia Armfield.
No one writes about the horrific and the erotic, and the tangled-up intersections of both, like Kirsty Logan. This book will make you sweat' - Anna Bogutskaya, author of Feeding the Monster
Come and hear Kirsty Logan, one of Britain’s most celebrated LGBTQ+ voices, discuss the inspiration behind her stories. Don’t miss this chance to get your copy signed, ask questions, and be in a space of dangerous, all-consuming love.
Perfect for fans of the darkly romantic and the wickedly unexpected.
- Doors open at 7 pm
- Discussions from 7:15 pm
- Signings and mingle until 9 pm
Darkly graceful, innovative, sexy and funny…a jewel' - Camilla Grudova, author of The Coiled Serpent
About Kirsty Logan
Kirsty Logan is the author of nine books, and a recipient of Lambda, Polari, Saboteur, Scott and Gavin Wallace awards. Her work has been optioned for TV, adapted for stage, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a Vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine. She lives in Glasgow with her wife, baby and rescue dog.
About Julia Armfield
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Julia Armfield is a fiction writer, living in London with her wife and cat. Her work has been published in Granta, The White Review and Best British Short Stories 2019 and 2021. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. She was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Award 2018, and won the White Review Short Story Prize 2018 and a Pushcart Prize in 2020. She is the author of salt slow, a collection of short stories, which was longlisted for the Polari Prize 2020 and the Edge Hill Prize 2020. Her debut novel, Our Wives Under The Sea, was shortlisted for the Foyles Fiction Book of the Year Award 2022 and won the Polari Prize 2023. Her second novel, Private Rites, was longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize in 2024.
*Please note The Common Press is wheelchair accessible. Our toilets are currently unavailable but you will be directed to the nearest toilets next door.