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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…
 

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…
 

YA Book Prize 2025: Meet the Shortlisted Writers

Thursday 21 August 11:00 - 11:45

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Meet the incredible authors shortlisted for 2025’s YA Book Prize…
 

YA Book Prize 2025: Meet the Shortlisted Writers

Thursday 21 August 12:45 - 13:30

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Meet the incredible authors shortlisted for 2025’s YA Book Prize…
 

Women are Legends too: Reimaging Fantasy with Laura Bates

Suitable for age 12 - 14

Thursday 21 August 13:30 - 14:15

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Laura Bates gives the inside scoop on Sisters of Fire and Fury, the sequel to her bestselling Sisters of Fury, conjuring a world of old magic, battles, and a mythic showdown - and explores how we can move through fear to find our courage…
 

Diane Abbott: A Lifetime of Making a Difference

Thursday 21 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Diane Abbott's journey to Westminster as the UK's first Black female MP is borne of sheer determination. She speaks about her inspirational memoir, A Woman Like Me…
 

Laura Bates: Misogyny Reinvented

Thursday 21 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Deepfakes, cyber brothels, AI girlfriends, sex robots – thanks to the new wave of AI-powered technologies, misogyny is getting a chilling modern makeover. Laura Bates exposes the frightening dimensions of this trend in The New Age of Sexism…
 

Dive into Dragons with Cressida Cowell

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Friday 22 August 10:00 - 10:45

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Join superstar author Cressida Cowell for the launch of How to Train Your Dragon School, the first novel in her Dragon World series for over 10 years!…
 

Gabriel Weston: An Alternative Anatomy

Friday 22 August 11:45 - 12:45

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Aged 20, surgeon Gabriel Weston enrolled in a pioneering degree programme encouraging arts students to become doctors. She joins us to discuss our fragile, frightening, miraculous bodies…
 

Dragon Training with Cressida Cowell

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Friday 22 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Join Cressida Cowell for the launch of How to Train Your Dragon School, the latest novel in her Dragon World series! Hear all about Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and his dragons and learn some epic writing and drawing tips from Cressida…