Join us for the extremely exciting Glasgow Launch of Extra Teeth Issue 10. Based between Glasgow and Edinburgh, Extra Teeth showcases the best of new writing from Scotland and beyond. We'll have readings from Elle Nash, Sumayya Usmani and Donal McLaughlin
Elle Nash is a British-American author and editor known for her fearless exploration of desire, identity, and the human condition. Her most recent novel, Deliver Me, is a "darkly vivid examination of faith, obsession, and alienation" and was nominated for Fiction Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.
Sumayya Usmani is an award-winning Pakistani-born author based in Glasgow. A Scottish Book Trust Next Chapter Awardee (2021), she has written two cookbooks and one memoir. Having completed her MLitt in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow in 2024, she began her DFA Creative Writing in October 2024. Sumayya provides freelance editing services, mentors writers, and runs Qissa, an online writer's membership community. Her literary work explores themes of culinary displacement, nostalgia, and how colonisation and the Partition of India contributed to the erasure of belonging and cultural identity.
Donal McLaughlinis known for two short story collections:an allergic reaction to national anthems(Argyll) and beheading the virgin mary(Dalkey Archive). A founding member of the Scottish Writers' Centre, he is also an award-winning translator. His fiction has appeared, among other places, inFictionable,Southword,The Honest Ulsterman,New Writing Scotland,Gutter,The Hudson ReviewandBest European Fiction.
There will be a limited amount of seating on the night so if you require a reserved seat or have any other access requirements please do email us at info@mountfloridabooks.com and we'll do everything we can to meet them.
You can choose from three types of ticket.
Event Ticket with a copy ofExtra Teeth
Book Voucher and Event Ticket- this ticket means you have £5 to spend on books on the night of the event if you fancy a little retail therapy. This option also helps us keep our events programme running
Event Ticket Only -A classic option, timeless even, absolutely does what it says on the tin
