Chasing the Edinburgh Sirens with Elle McNicoll
Multi award-winning author Elle McNicoll talks about Like a Charm, her third unputdownable novel championing marginalised voices. Ramya Knox has the power to see the real-life mythical creatures that exist in Edinburgh. She meets a vampire in the Library of Scotland, trolls with tails under Grassmarket, kelpies in the Forth, evil faes and of course, witches. Hear from Elle about how she captures magic in her stories.
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