David Nicholls: The Guardian Live Event in Edinburgh — culturefly.co.uk

Five years on from the publication of his international hit novel One Day, best-selling author David Nicholls has written Us, a bittersweet comedy longlisted for this years Man Booker Prize. On 1 and 2 October, Nicholls teamed up with The Guardian newspaper for two exclusive live events, taking place in Manchester and Edinburgh respectively. I was fortunate enough to attend the Edinburgh event, which took place in the four-story, book lovers’ paradise Waterstones store on Princes Street. On the top floor, comfortable chairs were arranged in front of stacks of copies of Nicholls well-loved novels, which also include university coming-of-age novel Starter for 10 and The Understudy, his comedic look at the acting world. Many of the excited attendees were eagerly thumbing through their brand new copies of Us, whilst others discussed how affected they were by the generation-defining One Day. The event served as proof that Nicholls’ novels have a universal appeal: the attendees included teenagers with their parents, university students such as myself, twenty and thirty-somethings who had come after work, middle-aged couples and many more elderly fans.

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