Name: Bookface Sip & Swap with Catherine Newman at Festa, Glasgow
Start: 2026-02-04T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-04T20:30:00+00:00
Location: FESTA

Join us for a bookish evening with author Catherine Newman at the Bookface Sip & Swap!
About this Event

Bookface Sip & Swap with Catherine Newman

Join us from 5.30pm on Wednesdy 4th February at Festa for an intimte and cosy evening of bookish chat with New York Times bestselling author Catherine Newman.

🎤 Live Q&A with Catherine

📚 Sustainable book swap – bring up to 4 books (300+ to choose from)

🥂 Sip & socialise – welcome drink and nibbles included and Festa's bar will be open

👋 Come solo or bring a pal – Bookface events are friendly and welcoming

About Catherine Newman

Catherine Newman is the New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and We All Want Impossible Things, which was also chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cup of Jo, and many other publications. She writes the Substack newsletter Crone Sandwich and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family.

Catherine's new novel, Wreck, follows Rocky and her family through one rollercoaster year as they share the unpredictable, beautiful messiness of life. Rocky processes disasters in her own way: 1. This could happen to us. 2. This couldn’t happen to us. And then there’s a secret third column: ‘This could happen to us unless I am very careful/ superstitious/ grateful…’

So when a former classmate of Jamie’s dies in a seemingly random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed. She's also developed a niggling medical condition that won't go away. Still, on the surface she remains the irreverent, funny, unpredictable beating heart of her family. Her father is his unique, adorable self; Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; Nick is steady, logical, sometimes infuriating.

But if accidents can happen – and they do – is it safe to love anyone?

About Bookface

Created in 2020 by avid reader Heather Suttie, Bookface is a 15,000+ strong online reading community and live event series that’s hosted 70+ sold-out events across Scotland. Bookface Sip & Swaps are a mix of relaxed author chats, and bookish good vibes. Previous guests include Adele Parks, Val McDermid, Lisa Jewell, Tom Newlands, Claire Douglas, Shari Lapena, Juano Diaz, Sophie Gravia, John Niven, Heather Morris, Davinia Taylor, Susannah Constantine, Chris Brookmyre, Helen Fields and many more.

Bring two or more books to participate in our book swap of 300 titles or just come to meet the authors and enjoy a brilliantly bookish experience – no pressure, Kindle and audiobook fans always welcome.