Tom Newlands: Something Like Happiness

There’s an unmistakable buzz around Tom Newlands.

Winner of Waterstones’ 2025 Scottish Book of the Year with his debut, Only Here, Only Now, his blistering second novel, Something Like Happiness, follows Frazer and Caitlin from puppy love to impoverished parenthood in a story shot through with humour and poignancy.

Definitely a talent to watch, join Newlands to reflect on whether love is enough when the world has stacked the odds against you.

Chaired by Beth Cochrane.