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Nathan Thrall: Anatomy of a Tragedy In 2012, a horrific bus crash on the outskirts of Jerusalem killed many Palestinian schoolchildren. One of them was five-year-old Milad Salama and, in tracing his father Abed’s efforts to find his son, journalist Nathan Thrall tells the story of lives… Robin Niblett & Yuan Yang: Shaping Our Century Former director of Chatham House, Robin Niblett, who in The New Cold War describes the ongoing geopolitical contest between the US and China. The Financial Times’ Beijing bureau chief Yuan Yang, whose Private Revolutions traces the lives of four Chinese… Ed Conway & Dharshini David: Living in a Material World The past, present, and future of humanity’s treatment of the natural environment collide in this discussion between Ed Conway, who, in Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future, explores the role sand, salt, oil, copper, water, and… Edward Wong: China Under the Lens Diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, Edward Wong covers foreign policy from Washington. Wong’s new account of the last century of change, The Edge of Empire, gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world. Join him… Rosemary Goring: Mary Stuart's Homecoming Despite spending just 12 years in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots irrevocably shaped the nation; she inhabits our imagination like no other monarch. In Homecoming, literary editor Rosemary Goring ‘breathes life into this legendary queen’ (Southern Reporter)… William Dalrymple: When India Led the World A huge success as co-host with Anita Anand of the Empire podcast, looking at how empires rose and fell in history, best-selling Scottish-born, India-based historian William Dalrymple is about to publish The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the… Paul Lynch: Let Awake People Be Awake Paul Lynch describes his 2023 Booker Prize-winning Prophet Song as an ‘attempt at radical empathy’. Nicola Sturgeon discusses the power of fiction to illuminate the possible with this writer at the top of his game… Poets for Peace with Joseph Coelho, Nikita Gill, Jackie Kay & Simon Lamb Superstars of the spoken word, Joseph Coelho, Nikita Gill, Jackie Kay, and Simon Lamb join host and acclaimed poet, Nadine Aisha Jassat, for this unmissable event celebrating the power of poetry to unite, and the importance of peace. Hear readings from… Draw Out Your Creativity with Rob Biddulph The notorious villain Mr White will stop at nothing to wipe out colour and creativity everywhere… but this time he’s gone too far. Join superstar author and illustrator Rob Biddulph for an action-packed event. He’ll share Peanut Jones and the End of the… Nicci French: Partners in Crime How can someone just vanish without a trace? Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? is the breathless new thriller from Nicci French: ‘compelling, moving, and beautifully written’ according to the Guardian, the story spans 30 years, from a woman’s… Mishal Husain: Family, Unravelled Journalist, newsreader, and presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mishal Husain delves into her family’s past in her memoir, Broken Threads. Connecting fragments from her family history through letters and diaries, Husain discovers how her… Karl Ove Knausgård: Written in the Stars Long-lost siblings reunite in Karl Ove Knausgård’s latest novel. Moving from 1980s Norway to present-day Russia, The Wolves of Eternity builds like a Victorian novel, moving between characters whose lives intersect beneath a bright new star in the sky… Alistair Moffat: Walking Scotland's History One of Scotland’s most beloved historians, Alistair Moffat arrives at the Festival with two new books: Between Britain: Walking the History of England and Scotland, and The Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Today, he joins James Jauncey to talk about… Jeremy Bowen: Making the Middle East Jeremy Bowen, International Editor BBC News, has been covering the Middle East since 1989. His deep understanding of the political, cultural, and religious differences between countries as diverse as Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Palestine shine from The… The Front List: Alan Cumming & Forbes Masson in conversation with Jackie Kay One of Scotland’s most beloved comedy double acts of all time, Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson, are delving back into their comedy past, to present ‘Victor and Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium’, a riotous romp through their formative years treading the boards…