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Best Root Forward: A Table Talk with Alissa Timoshkina

Thursday 14 August 15:30 - 17:00

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A love letter to the vegetables that define the most vibrant dishes in Eastern European cooking, Alissa Timoshkina’s Kapusta shines light on little-known culinary cultures and histories – and will become your new favourite cookbook…
 

Lara Pawson: Object Lessons

Thursday 14 August 15:45 - 16:45

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A timer, a toaster, a squirrel, a toenail – the reviews all agree: after reading Lara Pawson’s electrifying Goldsmith’s Prize-shortlisted Spent Light, you’ll never look at ordinary objects the same way again…
 

Judy Murray: See You in Court

Thursday 14 August 16:00 - 17:00

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Judy Murray needs no introduction: former tennis professional and coach, and of course mother of Those Tennis Brothers, she’s an icon of the game. Latterly, she’s become a figurehead for women in sport and has also subjected herself to the rigours of…
 

Jenny Kleeman: Life and Worth

Thursday 14 August 16:45 - 17:45

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What’s the true value of a human life? Journalist and documentary maker Jenny Kleeman’s The Price of Life delves into the ethical and economic complexities of this profound question…
 

Denise Mina: Bloody Murder

Thursday 14 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Deemed ‘crime-writing royalty’ by Ian Rankin, bestselling author Denise Mina returns to the Festival with her 20th novel, The Good Liar…
 

Harriet Armstrong & Rosalind Brown: Lessons in Inner Life

Thursday 14 August 17:30 - 18:30

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Two razor-sharp debut novelists talk with Sasha de Buyl about the fitful, lurching paths we take on the coming-of-age journey…
 

Kevin Guyan & Keio Yoshida: Queer Rights and Realities

Thursday 14 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Writer-researcher Kevin Guyan and human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida both grapple with the complex realities – the challenges and triumphs – of queer existence in contemporary society…
 

Esa Aldegheri, Linda Cracknell, Alice Tarbuck & Amanda Thomson: The Road She Travelled

Thursday 14 August 18:00 - 19:00

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There She Goes is a special new anthology of travel writing, bringing together 17 women writers of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction to give life to the landscapes they travel through…
 

Heather Parry & Nell Stevens: Between the Lines

Thursday 14 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Heather Parry and Nell Stevens bring darkly humorous, gothic narratives to the fore in their new books, Carrion Crow and The Original…
 

Samantha Harvey: Writing a Space Pastoral

Thursday 14 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Harvey returns to the Festival to reflect on her year since winning one of literature’s highest honours and what it means to write life in space with the sensibility of a nature writer…