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Read On! A Career-Long Professional Learning Event with Claire Mabey and Leyla Josephine

Wednesday 20 August 18:15 - 19:15

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Join Claire Mabey in conversation with Leyla Josephine as they discuss the power of children’s books and reimagine practical ways to encourage a love of reading for all children and young people…
 

Anthony Delaney & Alice Loxton: Cobwebs Not Included

Wednesday 20 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Ah, history… musty, stuffy, cobwebby stuff, right? Wrong – with Anthony Delaney’s Queer Georgians and Alice Loxton’s Eighteen, you’re getting history that’s as fizzing with verve and wit as its authors. Join two of the brightest young historians today…
 

Vince Cable: Twilight of the West?

Wednesday 20 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Former Secretary of State for Business and leader of the Liberal Democrats, the astute economist Vince Cable has settled into life after frontline politics as a prolific author on global affairs and the world economy. Today, he talks to us about…
 

Together We Repair

Wednesday 20 August 19:15 - 20:15

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We believe that everyone has a story to tell and that stories help us make sense of our world. We’ve challenged local writers and poets, this year, to respond to 2025’s Festival theme: Repair. Join us as we bring them together to perform their work: a…
 

The Essentials of Fiction: A Workshop with Sarah Shin

Wednesday 20 August 19:30 - 21:00

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‘An awareness of what your own writing sounds like is an essential skill for a writer,’ commented the legendary Ursula K Le Guin’s in Steering the Craft: A 21st Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story. Today’s workshop uses this title as a guide for…
 

The Unserious Wine Club: A Table Talk with Hannah Crosbie

Wednesday 20 August 19:30 - 21:00

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Saunter over to Elliott’s for a highly unserious wine-tasting with Guardian wine critic, broadcaster, and Edinburgh’s own Hannah Crosbie. One of the most exciting young voices in wine today, Corker is Crosbie’s guide to the often baffling world of wine…
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Natsuo Kirino: Bodies for Hire

Wednesday 20 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Why not try? Ben Okri: Festival for the Broken-Hearted Ben Okri: Festival for the Broken-Hearted Fri 15 Aug 19:30 - 20:30
 

Ece Temelkuran: Coming Together to Fight Dictatorship

Wednesday 20 August 20:15 - 21:15

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How did things get so bad, and how can we begin to try and make them better? Turkish political commentator, novelist, poet, and winner of the El Mundo International Journalism Award, Ece Temelkuran joins us to unpack two books attempting to answer both…
 

Gubsmacked presents Flyte Nyte 2025

Wednesday 20 August 20:30 - 22:00

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Like the modern rap battle, ‘flytings’ flourished in 15th century Scotland as a form of entertainment, and as a means of garnering respect, attention, and speaking truth to power. Today, GUBSMACKED presents the dazzlingly rude and boisterous Flyte Nyte 20…
 

Chris Bryant: A Life Less Ordinary

Wednesday 20 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Winner of the 2020 Parliamentary Book Award for Best Non-Fiction and the first MP to celebrate his civil partnership in the Palace of Westminster, Chris Bryant brings his candid new memoir, A Life and a Half, to this year’s Festival…