The Scottish Books Long Weekend is delighted to end their programme with Graeme Macrae Burnet, in a pre-publication exclusive for his upcoming novel Case Study. Best known perhaps for his Booker-shortlisted novel His Bloody Project, 2021 sees him return with the enthralling new tale, shifting back to 1960s London.

A young woman believes that the charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite has driven her sister to suicide. Intent on confirming her suspicions, she assumes a false identity and presents herself to him as a client, recording her experiences in a series of notebooks. But she soon finds herself drawn into a world in which she can no longer be certain of anything. Even her own character.

Another play on form, characteristic of his past work and his boundless inventiveness, Case Study presents these notebooks to the reader in a fantastic exploration of truth, sanity, and who is in charge of our stories. Graeme will be in conversation with Peggy Hughes in this exciting Long Weekend closer.

Tickets are FREE. 

All events in The Scottish Books Long Weekend will be recorded and will be uploaded to the Publishing Scotland YouTube channel with closed captions on Tuesday 15 June.

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Graeme Macrae Burnet is among Scotland's leading contemporary novelists. Graeme is best known for his dazzling Booker-shortlisted second novel, His Bloody Project (2015). He is also the author of two novels featuring Detective Georges Gorski, set in France and written in a style influenced by the prolific Belgian novelist Georges Simenon: The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau (2014) and The Accident on the A35 (2017). Graeme has appeared at literary festivals in Australia, the USA, Germany, India, Russia, Spain, France, Korea, Denmark and Estonia. His novels have been translated into more than 20 languages and achieved bestseller status in several countries.

Peggy Hughes is Programme Director at the National Centre for Writing based in Norwich. She is also Chair of Literature Alliance Scotland, and on the board of publishers 404 Ink and charity Open Book Reading. She is from Northern Ireland, and before moving to Norwich worked in literature in Scotland, at the University of Dundee, Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, Scottish Poetry Library and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Peggy hosts events and interviews authors for festivals and bookshops around the UK and when not doing that can be found walking, running or looking closely at things outdoors.

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This event is part of the Scottish Books Long Weekend 10 to 13 June. For the full programme, see BooksfromScotland.com/scottish-books-long-weekend/.

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