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Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph: Fighting for the Truth

Wednesday 13 August 17:00 - 18:00

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The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 has resurged in public consciousness following Sky's recent drama Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. Dr Jim Swire's daughter Flora was killed on the ground, and The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father's Search for Justice…
 

Ilan Pappé & Avi Shlaim: The Long and the Short of Israel and Palestine

Wednesday 13 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Ilan Pappé (A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Lobbying for Zionism) and Avi Shlaim (Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine) have decades of experience in analysing Israel and Palestine, and their impact on…
 

Adam Buxton: I Love You, Byeee

Wednesday 13 August 20:30 - 21:30

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The ramblechats on Adam Buxton's smash-hit podcast are never predictable, but always charming and enlightening, and the same applies to the tales in his idiosyncratic new memoir, I Love You, Byeee…
 

Julian Clary: Behind the Curtain

Thursday 14 August 12:45 - 13:45

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The inimitable Julian Clary is a bona fide British national treasure - an actor, comedian, presenter, and writer for adults and kids, he can truly do it all. Today he joins us with his latest mystery romp, Curtain Call to Murder, set during a show at the…
 

The Front List: Nicola Sturgeon

Thursday 14 August 13:30 - 14:30

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In this special event celebrating the launch of her warm and revealing new memoir, Frankly, Sturgeon pulls back the curtain on her personal evolution from a shy working-class child to one of Scotland’s most significant political leaders…
 

Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh: What We Choose To Remember

Thursday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

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What do the physical memorials of the past and how they are remembered tell us about the ongoing conflicts of today?…
 

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…
 

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…
 

Chris Brookmyre: Thirty, and Counting

Thursday 14 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Chris Brookmyre’s offbeat brand of Scottish crime has been selling by the millions since his debut in 1996. He joins us now with his 30th novel, The Cracked Mirror, a deeply unusual detective caper that splices the tweedy with the hardboiled…
 

Mairi Kidd & Lesley McDowell: Reimagining History’s (Anti)Heroines

Friday 15 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Join Mairi Kidd and Lesley McDowell for a romp through 19th century Scotland as they discuss the craft of compelling character studies and inventing voices for women lost to time…