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Andrew O'Hagan: How the Mighty Have Fallen A celebrated London professor falls from grace in Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel, Caledonian Road. Immersive and Dickensian in ambition, it’s a brilliant state-of-the-nation novel about privilege and what’s really going on behind high society’s façade. As… 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… 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… YA Book Prize 2024: Meet the Shortlisted Writers Meet some of the incredible authors shortlisted for this year’s YA Book Prize. The award – now in its 10th year – is organised by The Bookseller, and previous winners include Danielle Jawando’s When Our Worlds Collided, Alice Oseman’s Loveless, and Sarah… 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… The Front List: Matt Haig in conversation with Chitra Ramaswamy Through his memoir and fiction, Matt Haig has changed the way we talk about mental health. Matt presents his new novel, The Life Impossible, in this very special event as part of our key festival strand, How to Live a Meaningful Life. In conversation with… Howard Jacobson: Like a Bolt Out the Blue What happens when love surprises you later in life? How long can it last? Howard Jacobson, Booker-prize-winning author of The Finkler Question and author of more than twenty books besides, explores this, and more, in What Will Survive of Us: a tender new… Jeremy Lee: Simply Delicious Cooking, by renowned chef Jeremy Lee, is more than just a recipe book. It’s a love song to simple ingredients, peppered with stories from the dinners of his Dundonian childhood to the busy kitchen of his iconic Soho restaurant, Quo Vadis. Hear him in a… Future Hopes with Lauren James, L R Lam & Tọlá Okogwu It’s so easy to feel powerless in the face of climate change – but what if stories could save our planet? Future Hopes: Hopeful Stories in a Time of Climate Change offers an anthology of short stories that have the potential to do just that. In this event… Jackie Kay: The People's Poet Beloved poet, novelist, playwright, and former Makar Jackie Kay joins us with her latest poetry collection, May Day. These profound and urgent poems draw on Kay’s decades of political activism, bringing influential figures from history to life, whilst… Lorraine Kelly: Escape To Orkney Beloved broadcaster Lorraine Kelly first visited Orkney in 1985 and has returned every year since then. Orkney is also the setting for her debut novel, The Island Swimmer. An instant Sunday Times bestseller, it’s a tale of facing the past, self-discovery… Irvine Welsh: Seeking Resolution When former Edinburgh Police Detective Ray Lennox seeks a new, fresh start in Brighton, it isn’t long before he’s dragged back to the murky world he’s desperate to forget. Resolution is the latest in Irvine Welsh’s Crime series and is as gripping – 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… James Crawford: Traces of the Past The search for hidden landscapes drives the work of Shetland-born author James Crawford, whose books have explored borders, lost buildings, and – in conjunction with his BBC series Scotland from the Sky – the views revealed by photography from the air… Jess Phillips: A Breath of Fresh Air ‘Your leader was beaten by a woman who was beaten by a lettuce’ – so begins a recent online-retort from Labour’s Jess Phillips in typically direct style. One of the nation’s most outspoken MPs, Phillips stands out for her integrity. She talks to Liz Lloyd…