A Blether O' Books With Ajay Close | Destination South Ayrshire

A Blether O’ Books with Ajay Close

Join Ajay Close as she explores the real people and events behind her novel What Doesn’t Kill Us.

A killer stalks the streets. Every man is a suspect, every woman is at risk. But in a house on Cleopatra Street, women are fighting back. Join Ajay Close to hear about the real people and events behind her award-winning novel What Doesn’t Kill Us. Based on a fictional reworking of the Yorkshire Ripper murders, this gripping tale of murder, resistance, unexpected friendships and divided loyalties asks how much has really changed since the dark days of the 1970s.

Ajay Close is a novelist and dramatist. Her first novel, Official and Doubtful, was longlisted for the Orange Prize, followed by Forspoken, Trust and A Petrol Scented Spring, which was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and explores the Scottish suffragettes. Her other novels include The Daughter of Lady Macbeth and What We Did in the Dark, about Catherine Carswell, whose biography of Robert Burns caused controversy. Her latest novel, What Doesn’t Kill Us, was named Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland’s National Book Awards.

Her stage work includes The Keekin Gless, a play about Scots poet William Soutar, which premiered at Perth Theatre; The Sma Room Seance, a musical play based on Soutar’s life and work that toured Scotland and was revived at the Edinburgh Fringe; and Cat and Mouse, about the Scottish suffragettes, which premiered at Goodlyburn Theatre, Perth. Ajay’s first career was in journalism, where she won many awards.

Check out the A Blether O’ Books: Scotland Through Literature collection for other events in this series.

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