Forum Books Book Club - Muckle Flugga

FORUM Books will now be hosting its very own book club on the last Monday of the month. Join our team of booksellers as we explore a fiction title each month; from staff favourites and backlist classics to the latest releases.Muckle Flugga is the debut novel from Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen - a firm friend of the shop and Heather's book of the year when it came out in hardback in 2025. This book has some very famous fans including Stephen Fry, Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Matt Haig to name but a few!A fever dream of a book - Ian Rankin
Masterly and compelling - Irvine WelshLife on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance. It's no ordinary existence on the rugged isle of Muckle Flugga. The elements run riot and the very rocks that shape the place begin to shift under their influence.The only human inhabitants are the lighthouse keeper, known as The Father, and his otherworldly son, Ouse. Them, and the occasional lodger to keep the wolf from the door. When one of those lodgers - Firth, a chaotic writer - arrives from Edinburgh, the limits of the world the keeper and his son cling to begin to crumble.A tug of war ensues between Firth and the lighthouse keeper for Ouse's affections - and his future. As old and new ways collide, and life-changing decisions loom, what will the tides leave standing in their wake?Join us for an hour of informal conversation about the book. There is a 20% discount available on each months book club pick.
Please note that there is a limited number of tickets for each event and these will be allocated on a first come basis. We ask that all attendees have read the book in advance as there will be spoilers!