Join Keith Adamson to launch My Margaret, Your Toshie, a novel based on the intertwined lives of… Inspired by the great Ayrshire biographer James Boswell, this is the world’s only festival of…ĭunfermline-based festival that celebrates comedy, music, literature, theatre and visual art in…īook Launch: My Margaret, Your Toshie by Keith Adamson

Zoe has just written a novel about madness and psychic phenomena and is now working on a collection of stories set in a village in the North East of Scotland.Ī 10-day multi-arts festival set in the beautiful seaside town of North Berwick. Zoe’s first novel Anywhere’s Better Than Here won the popular award in the Guardian’s Not the Booker prize and her short fiction has been published in various journals. The campaign’s podcast is frequently at the top of the listening charts and has been downloaded over 100,000 times. Zoe Venditozzi lives in Scotland where she writes, teaches and is the co-campaigner for Witches of Scotland. She was recently a contestant on Taskmaster on Channel 4. She’s had viral success with her BBC Life Lessons and supported Frankie Boyle and Katherine Ryan on tour. As seen on Live from the BBC, Live from the Comedy Store, The Russell Howard Hour, and Live at the Apollo.

Fern’s caustic wit, exceptional writing and electric stagecraft has made her one of the UK’s hottest comedy stars. She has no presets for being a ‘good woman’ – she never hated her body or indulged in messy millennial shame. She was born in Scotland (no, not Glasgow). REDACTED as too embarrassing.įern Brady is a woman. After everyone tells me I don’t look autistic, I try to cure my autism and get addicted to Xanax. I hate everyone at uni and live with a psycho etc. More stripping but with more nervous breakdowns. My friendship with an elderly man who runs the corner shop and is definitely not trying to groom me. My terrible Catholic childhood: I hate my parents etc. I’m diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. If you’ve ever been on a night out where you got blackout drunk and have laughed the next day as your friends tell you all the stupid stuff you said, that’s what being autistic feels like for me: one long blackout night of drinking, except there’s no socially sanctioned excuse for your gaffes and no one is laughing.Ī summary of my book: 1. The Portobello Bookshop team are huge fans of Fern as we’re sure plenty of our customers are too, so don’t miss out on this opportunity! Fern will be in conversation with Zoe Venditozzi, discussing the different facets of Strong Female Character including growing up as a working-class Scottish woman, her comedy career, and her autism diagnosis.

We are so excited be hosting an event with stand-up comedian Fern Brady to celebrate her brand new memoir, Strong Female Character.

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