An unforgettable evening with Kate Foster exploring Scotland’s forgotten women, history, crime and storytelling through dinner, conversation

Still Burning: An Evening with Kate Foster

In 1724, a fishwife named Maggie Dickson was hanged in Edinburgh, and walked home afterwards. Her story is the heart of The Mourning Necklace, the latest novel from Scottish crime writer Kate Foster. And it is the starting point for one of the most distinctive evenings Rocpool Reserve has ever hosted.

This is not a book event. It's an evening in the company of a writer who understands that the past is never finished with us.

What to expect:

Join us for a dinner inspired by the women history tried to silence, and the writer who refused to let them stay quiet.

The evening begins with a gin cocktail in the bar, a nod to the tavern world Maggie Dickson navigated. Dinner follows: a menu drawn from 18th-century Scottish life, reimagined through Rocpool's kitchen — smoked fish, game broth, dark bread, bitter winter greens. Kate moves between tables throughout the evening, in conversation with guests rather than performing to a room. The night ends with a short, intimate Q&A: Kate on the book, on Maggie, on why the women history forgot still matter so much.

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