Role Model with Elle McNicoll
Thu 09 Oct 2025
7:00pm at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 14/15 John Street, Bath, BA12JL
All tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, a beverage, author talk, Q&A and signing
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
Join us as we welcome award-winning author of A Kind of Spark, Elle McNicoll, to Mr B’s to present Role Model, her new coming-of-age novel. Role Model is a timely and heartfelt story featuring Aeriel Sharpe, the daughter of the newly elected Prime Minister and now the most famous 13-year-old in the country. Join Elle as she discusses Aeriel’s experience of being suddenly thrust into the spotlight, female friendships, and finding your voice in a world full of expectation.
Elle will be in conversation with the wonderful Tamsin Winter, author of I Dare You and Being Miss Nobody, among many more! Tamsin spent her childhood reading books and writing stories, mostly about cats. She has a degree in English literature and creative writing, and has been teaching, travelling the world and daydreaming for most of her adult life.
About the book:
From the award-winning author of A Kind of Spark comes a new heartfelt and timely novel for middle-grade and teen readers. Aeriel Sharpe doesn’t want to be anyone’s role model. But, when her mother is elected to be the most important politician in the country (yes, that one), she is thrust into the spotlight.
With the world’s eyes on her, friends don’t seem that friendly and she feels trapped by everyone’s expectations. They want her to be the voice of every autistic teenager, but Aeriel must find a way to speak for herself… It’s not easy being thirteen…
and it’s even harder when you’re the most famous teenager in the country.
“One of the most exciting talents on the children’s publishing scene and… has transformed the representation of neurodivergent children in literature.” – The Bookseller
“Elle’s most poignant, powerful, and personal story yet. Raw and relatable, tender yet infuriating, and hugely eye-opening. An important story from a truly talented author.” – Mel Taylor-Bessent, author of Race to Imagination Island.