An Evening with Nicola Sturgeon
Frankly
WithNicola Sturgeon
In conversation withChitra Ramaswamy
On:22nd October 2025, 7:30pm - 8:45pm
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We're delighted to be welcoming Nicola Sturgeon to Portobello Town Hall for an evening event to discuss her new memoir, Frankly. Sturgeon has always been a huge supporter of independent bookshops and we're really looking forward to welcoming her back to Portobello.
Join us in person for a special evening at our local Town Hall, when Sturgeon will be in conversation with journalist and author Chitra Ramaswamy.
Doors due to open at 6.45pm, please arrive promptly.
Please note that Frankly will be published earlier in the year on 14th August, therefore books for the Book & Ticket options will be posted out to you or made available to collect from the bookshop between then and the event on 22nd October. You can choose whether you would prefer collection or postage in the checkout options.
This event will take place at Portobello Town Hall, 147-149 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh.
About Frankly:
The long-awaited, intimate memoir from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first female first minister and former leader of the SNP, reflecting on her life and times at the forefront of Scottish and British politics.
The much anticipated memoir from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first female and longest serving First Minister.
Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir will chart how she went from being a shy child from a working-class family in Ayrshire to the steps of Bute House as Scotland’s first female and longest serving First Minister.
It will detail her interactions with a range of notable figures, giving her unique in-the-room perspective on the most eventful and tumultuous era in modern Scottish and British politics. She will cover all the important events and debates of her time, including the establishment of the Scottish Parliament, the SNP’s election to government, the Scottish Independence Referendum, Brexit, Covid and much more. The result will be a deeply personal and revealing memoir from one of Britain’s most significant political leaders of recent times.
Please note: Tickets for our events are non-refundable. Professional photography and videography may take place during this event. Thank you for your understanding.
Participants:
Nicola Sturgeon Author
Nicola Sturgeon served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 to 2023 and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since its establishment in 1999. As leader of the SNP, she worked with five British Prime Ministers, from David Cameron to Rishi Sunak.
Chitra Ramaswamy Chair
Chitra Ramaswamy is a journalist and author from London. Her latest book, Homelands: The History of a Friendship (Canongate) is a work of creative non-fiction exploring her friendship with a 99-year-old German Jewish refugee called Henry Wuga. It won the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year and was included in The Guardian’s top memoirs and biographies of 2022. Her first book, Expecting: The Inner Life of Pregnancy (Saraband) won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Polari Prize. She has contributed essays to Antlers of Water, Nasty Women, The Freedom Papers, The Bi:ble, and Message From The Skies and recently completed a commission from the Alasdair Gray Archive. She is a freelance writer for The Guardian, the restaurant critic for The Times Scotland, and broadcasts for BBC radio. She lives in Edinburgh with her partner, two children, and rescue dog.
The venue
Portobello Town Hall
147-149 Portobello High St
Telephone: 07725 834968
Website: www.portobellocentral.org/
There is an accessible ramp on the East of the building and an accessible WC.
For accessible seating on ground floor level, please choose Stalls options.
Balcony seating is on the first floor of the building and is only accessible via stairs.