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2026 live dates & book tour
✧˖°. The Immortal Sisterhood LIVE
Friday 18th September
LONDON
The British Library
Tickets available here
Saturday 19th September
LONDON
The British Library
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Thursday 8th October
MANCHESTER
Factory International
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✧˖°. Gemma in Conversation
Sunday 4th October
LONDON
Black British Book Festival
Barbican Centre • London
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Saturday 17 October
MARGATE
Margate Bookie: Litfest by the Sea
Turner Contemporary
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Tuesday 17th November
BERLIN
Chapters Books
Thursday 19th November
LISBON
Salted Books
Gemma Cairney is an award-winning broadcaster, writer, and DJ. Her career at the BBC having spanned 17 years. She now works as an author and cultural producer of different forms.
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In my words
The Immortal Sisterhood is. . . artists, activists, writers, and visionaries spanning centuries and continents who have shaped my inner world.
From Grace Jones and Mary Wollstonecraft to Pharaoh Hatshepsut and Wang Zhenyi, their experiences of racism, sexism, motherhood, illness and war have helped me navigate life. I hope they can help you, too.
Through a blend of memoir and cultural reflection, I explore how these figures can help us better understand ourselves and the lives we want to lead.
This is a book written about sisterhoods, mine and yours:
our hair roots,
our patterns,
our heartlands,
our bloodlines, motherlands, interconnections, our purpose and our past lives.
For centuries, travellers would look to the stars for guidance, a path forward. A way through. That blanket of light inspired courage, strength and hope. The Immortal Sisterhood is your guiding constellation.
Part memoir, part biography, part invitation, The Immortal Sisterhood explores the twelve women who have guided Gemma Cairney through life. From artists and activists to mystics and mathematicians, their stories form a constellation of wisdom, resilience, and inspiration—and encourage us to discover our own guiding stars.
Who is your guiding sister?
Explore below.
The Immortal Sisterhood
Who is your
guiding sister?
Twelve women across history. Take strength from their stories, create your own and continue their legacy. One is woven into your own numerology. Enter your birth date to meet her.
Read her full chapter — and meet all twelve women — in The Immortal Sisterhood.
Get the book at WaterstonesThank you for being here. The sisterhood welcomes you.