Eve Muirhead: Ice Queen

Join Scottish Olympic gold medalist, , on the afternoon of Saturday 15th November at 3pm, as she talks about her new memoir, .

The Perthshire farmer’s daughter, multi-talented in sport, inherited her father’s love of, and talent for, the ‘roaring game’ of curling. The road from child prodigy to best in the world wasn’t a straight line, however. This is the story of hidden adversity, sporting escapism, inner doubt and external pressure.

Teammates and coaches changed but the resolve of Britain’s Ice Queen to fight for her golden ending at a fourth and final Winter Olympics refused to melt. Eve Muirhead changed her sport and will now change perceptions of what it took to become a leader, a role model and a national icon as one of Scotland’s most successful ever athletes. This is her story.

Eric Nicolson is a journalist from Perth, Scotland who has been a sports editor and writer with The Courier newspaper since the mid-1990s. He has covered golf’s Ryder Cup and Open Championship, the Commonwealth Games, the Davis Cup in tennis, the finals of a football World Cup and European Championship and more Scottish club matches than he cares to remember, including St Johnstone FC’s golden era of three national trophy wins. Follow him on Twitter: @C_ENicolson

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Event starts: 3pm in our History Department on the 1st floor, please arrive early to secure a good seat.

Tickets are £3 and there is a Ticket & Book option which includes a signed copy of Ice Queen by Eve Muirhead.

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.

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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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