KATHRYN STOCKETT: The Calamity Club
Schedule
Tue Jun 09 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Christ Church Morningside | Edinburgh, SC
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TICKETS FROM £10We are overjoyed to welcome global bestselling author of The Help, Kathryn Stockett, to Edinburgh with her new novel The Calamity Club - a triumphant, big-hearted novel from one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Kathryn will be in conversation with broadcaster and journalist Nicola Meighan.
About the book:
Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.
Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one.
Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she’s been one of the “unadoptable” big girls at the town’s orphanage where she fights each day to keep her wits sharp and her spirit unbowed.
When she meets Birdie, a young woman set on confronting the socialite sister who believes she’s left her impoverished family behind, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg’s future.
But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister’s charmed life is balanced precariously upon a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman haunted by loss who has been pushed to the brink with nothing left to lose.
Drawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women. But in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences…
About our author:
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. Her first novel, The Help, has sold over 1 million copies in the UK and 15 million copies worldwide.
Nicola Meighan is an arts writer and broadcaster, who has interviewed guests like Dolly Parton, Patti Smith, Joan Collins and Maggie O'Farrell on her BBC Radio Scotland show (Friday Afternoons, 2-4pm), along with contributions to Radio 4, 6 Music, STV, The Herald and more. She also hosts Scottish culture and entertainment podcast, A Kick Up The Arts, in conversation with some of our best-loved names, including Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Del Amitri's Justin Currie, Barbara Dickson, Denise Mina, Chitra Ramaswamy and Deacon Blue.
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Where is it happening?
Christ Church Morningside, Moray & Co, 222 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, EH10 4DE, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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