Sally Magnusson

Name: Sally Magnusson
Start: 2026-06-11T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-11T18:00:00+01:00
Location: JRW Hogg & Thorburn Marquee

Sally's The Shapeshifter's Daughter reimagines Norse myth as terminally ill Helen returns to Orkney after 40 years, seeking peace and death with help from Thorfinn.

Saturday, 13 June 2026

5:30pm ‐ 6:30pm

JRW Hogg & Thorburn Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

https://tikt.link/salmag

Information

Sally’s new novel The Shapeshifter’s Daughter is a powerful reimagining of the myth of the Goddess Hel of the Underworld and how the supernatural Norse past collides with the present. Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Helen Firth makes the impulsive decision to return to Orkney after forty years to make peace with her own past. Under the wintering solstice sun, she reconnects with the ungainly but affable Thorfinn Coffin, who helps her with the real reason she has returned to the islands: to die. Watching events unfold, the Goddess Hel is intrigued and becomes involved. A beautifully written new novel from the outrageously gifted writer and broadcaster.