Tracy Chevalier
Talking about her new novel Remarkable Creatures, the queen of the historical novel this time tackles Mary Anning, the fossil-obsessed girl who discovered whole plesiosaurs in the Dorset cliffs. Her finds invited people to question the literal truth of the Bible and paved the way for evolutionary theory. Topical, gripping and hugely intelligent stuff.
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Book Festival reveals first author events for 2024Sunday 14 April
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Tracy Chevalier (2013 event)
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Alexander Masters
Michèle Roberts & Helen Simpson (2010 event)
Mark Walters with Pat Nevin at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Anne Applebaum: Democracy Under Siege (2020 Event)
Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Erin Saltman & Åsne Seierstad with Lennie Goodings (2015 Event)
Robin Robertson (2018 Event)
Michel Faber reading A Flash of Blue Light
Gavin Esler