May’s ‘Feline’ Literary Salon
Schedule
Tue May 26 2026 at 06:30 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Outhouse | Edinburgh, SC
About this Event
This month our guest author is a new friend of our Literary Salon who brings all the curiosity of a cat to the never-ending question of how to get published. Alex Howard is an author, editor and theatre professional, and wrote his first book, Library Cat (Black & White Publishing) while completing a PhD. It won the People's Book Prize in 2017, and has been translated into French, Korean and Italian.
Besides the characters, settings, and feline folklore in his writing, Alex has some epic publication stories to tell. At his recent launch of The Ship's Cat (an epic adventure, The Odyssey with cats!) he admitted “You need a Teflon skin to survive the route to publication.” We’ll have a chat (pun intended) about pitching to an agent, getting work translated and published abroad, and producing audio books.
To keep our ‘Presentation’ section a reasonable length, rather than open up to the audience, Alex will stick around after our Notes of Interest and hold conversations with anyone who would like to hear more or ask questions about his writing journey. We invite everyone to mingle and talk further about this fascinating, valuable topic.
As usual The Outhouse are hosting us, and we’ll be in the Function Room. Grab a drink from the downstairs bar, come up and fill in a name-label so we know who you are, and join the conversation.
How it works...
6.30: Reception at the Outhouse Function Room
6.45: Open the zoom – check audibility
7.pm: Alex Howard, in conversation with Zuzi
7.30: Announcements and Notes of Interest
7.35: Further Mingling and 1-to-1 discussion
All Salon Events are free. We encourage people to buy us a coffee to help fund our work. Our two anthologies are on sale here, books will be available to purchase on the night, you can contribute to our crowdfunder GoFundMe, or donate by cash or card. If you can’t afford to donate, you are still welcome.
Accessibility Notice
Edinburgh Literary Salon is open to all those with an interest in all aspects of Literature, whether professional or personal, and to all parts of the industry: writers, publishers, booksellers etc. All are welcome, and events have free registration. While we aim to hold some events at accessible venues, our regular salon is in an upstairs room at The Outhouse. For this reason, we aim to livestream most events. If there is a problem accessing zoom, we will do what we can to assist. We strive to ensure adequate audibility, and straightforward registration. We invite positive feedback on how we can improve, even within our limitations as a non-funded organisation. We welcome open conversation.
Where is it happening?
The Outhouse, 12A Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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