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Miriam Toews: Remaking the World

Saturday 23 August 18:45 - 19:45

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The author of international phenomenon, Women Talking, joins us to discuss making a pact with traumatic memory and filling silences we wish weren’t there…
 

Michael Pedersen: Charged by Starlight

Saturday 23 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Edinburgh’s Makar, Michael Pedersen, is an effervescent poet, poignant memoirist, anarchic event host… and now a debut novelist. He joins Russell Tovey to discuss the offbeat Muckle Flugg…
 

Chloe Dalton: Raising Hare

Sunday 24 August 11:45 - 12:45

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Suffering from burnout, political adviser Chloe Dalton retreated from the big city to the English countryside. There she found a seemingly abandoned leveret, or baby hare, and took it home…
 

The Front List: Ian McEwan

Sunday 24 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Ahead of the highly anticipated publication of his new novel, What We Can Know, Ian McEwan reflects on a truly remarkable career which has produced so many works which are at once timeless and yet always remain in close conversation with current affairs…
 

MC Grammar Live!

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Sunday 24 August 13:30 - 14:30

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The official and only World Book Day ambassador is bringing his debut book The Adventures of Rap to Edinburgh for the first time…
 

Richard Susskind: Navigating the AI Revolution

Sunday 24 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Drawing on 40 years’ experience in the field, for Richard Susskind, balancing the benefits and threats of artificial intelligence is the defining challenge of our age…
 

Richard Holloway: The Grace in Uncertainty

Sunday 24 August 18:45 - 20:00

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In this unmissable event, Holloway shares the texts and music that have shaped him, reflects on a long life defined by great faith and grave doubt, and relates how he’s found a gentle path between the two…
 

The Front List: R F Kuang

Sunday 24 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Yellowface author and international sensation R F Kuang isn’t one to rest on her laurels, constantly evolving her style and skill across genres and ages. Join Kuang chatting about her highly anticipated page-turning thriller, Katabasis…