Jenni Fagan
Tuesday 5th April 2022
Greenside Church, 1b Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB
7.30pm
8pm
We are delighted that Jenni Fagan will be launching her new book, Hex, with us this April. Jenni is the author of Luckenbooth and The Panopticon, and is a firm favourite amongst our booksellers. This is going to be a really special evening – we do hope you can join us!
4TH OF DECEMBER 1591.
On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh’s High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor – Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe.
As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace – and the tantalising prospect of escape.
Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king’s violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day.