Changes to printed programme

New events

Alistair MacLeod
FINE FICTION
6.30pm | Friday 28 August | RBS Main Theatre | £9.00 £7.00
It is our immense honour to welcome one of the world’s foremost novelists and short story writers. Canadian Alistair MacLeod is a master craftsman, an exquisite stylist whose work is epitomised by his award-winning novel No Great Mischief. Exploring exile, ancestry and the ties that bind across generations and geographies, his writing captures the strength and influence of Scottish identity upon the new communities of Canada. Join him as he discusses his life, work and the importance of his Scottish heritage. Chaired by Richard Holloway.

Scotland’s Future
THE SUNDAY TIMES SCOTLAND DEBATE
3.00pm | Saturday 29 August | RBS Main Theatre | £9.00 £7.00
Join Scotland’s debate! What is our future? Has the recession killed off our economy? Does the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurialism that once defined us still exist? Why do we top the league tables for violent crime and premature death? Is there anything wrong with Scotland? These questions and more will be debated by a distinguished line-up of politicians: Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats; George Foulkes, Labour peer and MSP; Michael Forsyth, former Conservative Scottish Secretary and Fiona Hyslop, the Scottish National Party’s Education Secretary. Chaired by BBC journalist Alan Little.

Changed events

Chris Mullin
1.30pm | Friday 28 August | RBS Main Theatre | £9.00 £7.00
This event will be British Sign Language interpreted.

Nathalie Abi-Ezzi & Nada Awar Jarrar (Nathalie Abi-Ezzi has cancelled)
4.30pm | Friday 28 August | Writers’ Retreat | £6.00 £4.00
This event will feature Nada Awar Jarrar only.

Aeronwy Thomas has passed away and her event has changed to:
My Father's Place: the life of Aeronwy Thomas
5.00pm | Saturday 29 August | ScottishPower Studio Theatre | £9.00 £7.00
Andrew Lycett, the author of the definitive biography on Dylan Thomas, was also a good friend of his daughter Aeronwy Thomas, who passed away recently. Here he joins Aeronwy’s son and Dylan’s grandson, Huw Ellis, to talk about her life, the impact her father had upon their lives together and her commitment to maintaining his literary legacy. Published this August, My Father’s Place captures Aeronwy Thomas’s chaotic childhood spent living with a poet at the height of his creative powers.

Georges-Marc Benamou & Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Georges-Marc Benamou has cancelled)
6.00pm | Saturday 29 August | Writers’ Retreat | £6.00 £4.00
This event will feature Juan Gabriel Vásquez only.