Sara Pascoe
Sara Pascoe
Weirdo and the Art of Weirdness:
Sara Pascoe in conversation with Michael Pedersen
Join comedian and author Sara Pascoe for a lively conversation about Weirdo, her first novel.
Explore the world of the book, the ideas behind it and what might come next, along with chat about her two non-fiction books, Animal and Sex Power Money.
Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish author and Edinburgh’s Makar (Poet Laureate). He writes across fiction (Muckle Flugga), non-fiction (Boy Friends), and poetry (The Cat Prince). Pedersen has won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship and a Books Are My Bag Readers Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry, The Indie Book Awards, the Saltire Scottish National Book Awards, and more. A Sunday Times Critics Choice, his work has been translated into many languages with praise garnered from the likes of Stephen Fry, Bernardine Evaristo, Alan Cumming, Ocean Vuong, and beyond. He is also the curator of Winter Words Festival 2027.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date: Friday 19 Feb 2027
Time: 4pm
Duration: 1 hour
Venue: The Main House
Part of Winter Words Festival
Curated by for the first time by award-winning poet, novelist, and current Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen, the beloved literary festival is back with an exciting line up of authors, poets, actors, broadcasters, comedians, chefs and politicians from around Scotland and further afield for a celebration of all things artistic and literary.
See more at Winter Words Festival
The Weirdos Book Club Podcast – Live
with Sara Pascoe & Cariad Lloyd, with special guest Greg McHugh
Sara Pascoe
in conversation with Michael Pedersen
Cariad Lloyd
In conversation with Hollie McNish
Val McDermid & Jo Sharp
In conversation with Nicola Meighan
Kae Tempest
In conversation with Grace Quigley
Poetry Reading Showcase for Winners of The Corbenic Poetry Path Prize
with Taylor Strickland & Marjorie Lotfi
Matt Haig
In conversation with Donna Ashworth
Cal Flyn & Amy Liptrot
In conversation with Jenny Niven
Alison Steadman
In conversation with Fiona Lindsay
Literary Lunch with The Hebridean Baker
Ayont The Thistle
A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the century of Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
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