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Take on Tinseltown with Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Steven Lenton

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Wednesday 20 August 13:30 - 14:15

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Why not try? Pocket Shakespeare with Chris Riddell & Michael Rosen Pocket Shakespeare with Chris Riddell & Michael Rosen Suitable for age 9 - 11 Sat 23 Aug 13:30 - 14:30
 

Hunting for the Golden Scarab with M G Leonard

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Wednesday 20 August 13:30 - 14:15

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Travel through time back to Ancient Egypt with bestselling and award-winning author, M. G. Leonard…
 

Andy Wightman: Who Owns Scotland?

Wednesday 20 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Ten years ago Andy Wightman – a former Member of the Scottish Parliament with the Scottish Greens and a tireless campaigner over issues around land ownership and reform in Scotland – published The Poor Had No Lawyers, a definitive investigation into just…
 

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…