Mairi Kidd: Poor Creatures

Wed Oct 22 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC+01:00

Blackwell's Bookshop | Edinburgh

Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge
Publisher/HostBlackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge
Mairi Kidd: Poor Creatures
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Join Mairi Kidd on Wednesday 22nd October as we celebrate the publication of her new book Poor Creatures
About this Event

The worst monsters are the human kind . . .

Join us for an unforgettable evening with Mairi Kidd, the bestselling author of The Specimens, on Wednesday 22nd October, at 7pm, as we celebrate the release of her compelling new novel, which delves into the complex and haunting world of a young Mary Godwin, the brilliant mind who would go on to birth Frankenstein's monster.

Dundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure a mysterious ailment. Nestled in woodland on the banks of the Tay, the Baxter family home seems a perfect place for a troubled girl to recuperate. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, memories . . . and monsters.

We know Mary Shelley as the girl who wrote Frankenstein, but there are great holes in the fabric of her story.

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Doors: 6.30pm, event starts: 7pm, please arrive early to secure a good seat.

Tickets are £3 and there is a Ticket & Book option which includes a signed copy of Poor Creatures by Mairi Kidd.

The bookshop has level access, events are seated and speakers use microphones. If you have any concerns about accessibility, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Refunds are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, we are unable to offer a refund after the event.

For more information or if you would like a signed copy because you can't make it to the event, please contact the Blackwell's events team on 0131 622 8222 or [email protected]


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Blackwell's Bookshop, 53-62 South Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 3.00 to GBP 17.00

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