Saturday 7th October, 2-3.15pm, Library Upstairs

Discover the world of female Scottish writers and bloggers. Debut novelists Stella Hervey Birrell, How Many Wrongs Make a Mr Right, and Natalie Fergie, The Sewing Machine, have a blether with Joanne Baird, of Portobello Book Blog, about debut novels, writing that tricky second novel, the highs and lows of blogging and everything in-between.

Tickets for all Portobello Book Festival events are free and can be picked up from Portobello Library in Rosefield Avenue.