HOLLIE McNISH
Sunday 4th April 3pm
“Bold, hilarious and tender” Salena Godden
“like Pam Ayres on acid”
Lemn Sissay
After her run of sell out shows up and down the UK, we’re DELIGHTED to be welcoming Sunday Times bestselling author, Hollie McNish, to Wainsgate with her brand new paperback tour.
Whether you think you like poetry or not, come join Hollie for an afternoon of chat, poems and stories, as she reads from her newest collection, Virgin, plus a selection of firm favourites and brand new work.
A perfect Sunday afternoon with a friend, a lover, your entire book club, your nephew, your neighbour or just a solo treat for yourself.
Expect some strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in Hollie’s much-loved poetry as she reads about love, loss, friendship, wolves, croissants, and as much sticky toffee pudding as you can manage.
Adult content warning 14+
Book signing after the gig.
“Warm, relatable, smart and funny”
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Hollie McNish is a poet and author based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She was the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London and won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic parenting memoir – Nobody Told Me – of which The Scotsman stated ‘The World Needs this Book’.
She has published five further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum, and Slug and Lobster, both Sunday Times bestsellers.
She loves writing.