Shortlisted and Highly Commended for the Cinnamon Press Pencil Prize 2019

Longlisted for the Laxfield Literary Launch Prize 2020

In a stunning debut from Cara Viola, Madeleine Yare is navigating the beginning of her woodworking career in turn of the 20th century Glasgow, Scotland. Uprooted and alone in a brand new city. Madeleine begins to discover a hidden motive behind her employment and must unravel the mysteries of Kelvingrove Museum, while navigating a new romance.

About Cara Viola

Cara Viola was born in 1988 in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany. She studied English Literature and Celtic in Glasgow and Oxford. She now lives in an old house in Luxembourg, where she works as an editor and ghostwriter. The Exhibition is her debut novel.