Hollie leads the evening with topics that range through guilt, sex, politics, parenthood, friendship and school discos with a keen eye for absurdity and a relish for rhyme. Humane, refreshingly candid, sometimes quite rude and often very funny Her new book Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in-between.

Michael Pederson has added to his acclaimed collection Play with Me and Oyster with an intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship - Boyfriends.  Michael is undoubtedly one of Scotland’s brightest young talents.

Tickets: https://www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk/Event/hollie-mcnish-michael-pederson