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Ali Smith: Brave New Words

Sunday 17 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Nimble, playful, canny, subversive – four-time Booker-shortlisted Ali Smith returns to the Festival with Gliff. Written with her singular blend of whimsy and gravitas, the novel is a near-future dystopia, meditating on themes of resistance, the making of…
 

Nina Mingya Powles & Stephanie Sy-Quia: Making Matters

Sunday 17 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Meet three creatives whose artistic practice incorporates writing and artmaking - from glass poetry and candle pouring to zine making, sewing, and linocut printing. Lucy Mercer, Nina Mingya Powles, and Stephanie Sy-Quia join us for this special event in…
 

Madeleine Thien & Priya Basil: Objects Talk Back

Sunday 17 August 16:00 - 17:00

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The Humboldt Forum's 'Objects Talk Back' project invited authors to select an object from the museum's collection and write about it however they wished. Novelist Madeleine Thien chose the painting, 'Three Uyghur Princes'. She talks with project curator…
 

Kintsugi as Repair: A Workshop with Halle O’Neal

Sunday 17 August 16:30 - 18:00

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Why not try? Thought Exercise: Laurie Bristow Thought Exercise: Laurie Bristow Fri 15 Aug 14:30 - 16:00
 

Rowan Jaines, Louise Kenward & Alice Tarbuck: Redefining Nature Writing

Sunday 17 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Moving Mountains is a new and compelling anthology of nature writing, from the perspective of disabled and chronically ill authors. Through 25 pieces, deftly edited by Louise Kenward, this is not a chronicle of overcoming and conquering, but rather of…
 

James Kelman: Your Stories are Your Own

Sunday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Join lifelong literary radical James Kelman, whose commitment to the power and truth of 'ordinary' life - sometimes tragic, but always inspiringly tender and human - remains undimmed. Talking today about his new collections of short fiction (The Story of…
 

Rachel Charlton-Dailey: The Ongoing Fight for Disability Rights

Sunday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

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This year marks 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act. To mark this significant anniversary, activist Rachel Charlton-Dailey joins Caro Clarke to discuss Ramping Up Rights which brings together inspiring stories of over 100 years of disability…
 

Disrupting the Narrative – A Performance

Sunday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Do you think you know Edinburgh? What about the parts of its story it prefers to conceal? This theatrical poetry performance from Edinburgh's former Makar Hannah Lavery alongside fellow poets Jeda Pearl, Shasta Hanif Ali, Niall Moorjani, and Alycia…
 

Maggie Nelson: How Does a Body Connect with Itself?

Sunday 17 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Maggie Nelson's intellectually nimble works of non-fiction (including The Argonauts) have earned her both Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships along with a reputation as one her generation's most versatile thinkers. Her latest work, Pathemata: Or, The…
 

Reading to repair: Inspiring the Next Generation with SCWBI and Will Sliney

Sunday 17 August 18:15 - 19:15

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How can children’s books help repair a troubled world and support young minds in the process? Join Will Sliney, Marvel artist and creator of Sky Arts’ Draw with Will, for a powerful conversation on how storytelling and illustration can inspire empathy……