We’re delighted to be joined by award winning, Sheffield-based novelist Molly Aitken.

Aitken will be talking about her novel Bright I Burn, the story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland - a woman who dared to carve her own space in a man’s world.

Bright I Burn has been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Prize and was a BBC Best Book of 2024. Aitken’s debut novel, The Island Child, was critically acclaimed and her short stories have been widely published.

Aitken will be signing copies of Bright I Burn, and the Library will also have a copy available to borrow.

Admittance is free but donations to the Library are welcome.

"Gripping" - The New Yorker

"An imaginative, very stylishly written, and entertaining book." - Irish Times