{"product_id":"copy-of-the-old-haunts-with-allan-radcliffe-ticket-book-option","title":"The Old Haunts with Allan Radcliffe - Ticket \u0026 Book option","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the ticket \u0026amp; book option for this event. For the ticket-only option, \u003ca title=\"The Old Haunts with Allan Radcliffe event ticket\" href=\"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/the-old-haunts-with-allan-radcliffe-ticket-only-option?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=aed12899a\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eplease click here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWednesday, 20th September at 6.30pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- - - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are delighted to be hosting author Allan Radcliffe at the shop and hearing all about his forthcoming debut novel The Old Haunts! He'll be joined in conversation by the one and only Mary Paulson-Ellis. If you thought exciting literary events were reserved for the month of August, think again...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- - - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecently bereaved Jamie is staying at a rural steading in the heart of Scotland with his actor boyfriend Alex. The sudden loss of both of Jamie's parents hangs like a shadow over the trip. In his grief, Jamie finds himself sifting through bittersweet memories, from his working-class upbringing in Edinburgh to his bohemian twenties in London, with a growing awareness of his sexuality threaded through these formative years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the present, when Alex is called away to an audition, Jamie can no longer avoid the pull of the past: haunted by an inescapable failure to share his full self with his parents, he must confront his unresolved feelings towards them. In spare, evocative prose, Allan Radcliffe tells a wistful coming-of-age story and paints a tender portrait of grief in all its complexities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Allan Radcliffe:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllan Radcliffe\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and theatre critic for \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e in Scotland and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ewas previously well known among the contributors to the\u003ci\u003e Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e, among other papers and journals. His poetry and short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eOut There, Elsewhere, Markings, the Best Gay Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Writing Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCeltic View\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGutter Magazin\u003c\/i\u003ee and he has written a monologue about the painter Frances MacDonald McNair that has been performed at art galleries up and down the country.  \u003cem\u003eThe Old Haunts\u003c\/em\u003e is his debut novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eAuthor photo credit: Ditte Solgaard Dunn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eAbout Mary Paulson-Ellis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Paulson-Ellis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an award-winning novelist writing across the boundaries of crime, historical and literary fiction. Her debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Mrs Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. Mary’s work has featured in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and on BBC Radio 4 and in 2019 Val McDermid named her one of ten exciting LGBTQ+ writers working today. In 2023 she was appointed Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow by Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature to work on a new book about the city. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Noble’s Disgrace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her third novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor photo credit: Chris Scott\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Hare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45420699189562,"sku":"9781914148385","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/TheOldHaunts-AllanRadcliffeCover_e7662046-28f8-462d-8500-16c508d516ce.jpg?v=1687185417","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/copy-of-the-old-haunts-with-allan-radcliffe-ticket-book-option","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}