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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…
 

Anshel Pfeffer: Behind the Curtain of Israeli Politics

Friday 22 August 15:15 - 16:15

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As Israel correspondent for the Economist and formerly of Ha’aretz, few writers are better placed than Pfeffer to offer a critical understanding of the political psyche of Israel and the on-the-ground situation for Israelis and Palestinians at this…
 

Irvine Welsh: The Second Summer of Love

Friday 22 August 18:45 - 19:45

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With its long-anticipated Trainspotting sequel, Men in Love, the gang ‘come up’ again during the anarchic, decadent peak of late 80s/early 90s rave culture. Edinburgh icon Welsh joins us to pose the timely question: is love really the drug all men crave?…
 

The Front List: Asako Yuzuki

Saturday 23 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Since Butter appeared in print, bookshops have been scrambling to keep Asako Suzuki’s word-of-mouth sensation in stock. Yuzuki talks today about consumption, sexism, skewed beauty standards, and her mission to elevate the status of Japan’s women through…
 

Pocket Shakespeare with Chris Riddell & Michael Rosen

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 23 August 13:30 - 14:30

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A Beginner’s Guide to the Best Bits of the Bard, and explore love, heartbreak, magic, superstition, and more (with the help of some special guests). Expect jokes, classic insults, and drawings of epic proportions!…
 

Damian Barr: Forgotten Love

Saturday 23 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Bestselling author of Maggie and Me and host of the Big Scottish Book Club, the ebullient Damien Barr takes us back in time to 1930s Scotland with his intoxicating new novel…
 

Naga Munchetty: It’s (Not) All In Your Head

Saturday 23 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Women’s healthcare is in need of a revolution, and BBC broadcaster Naga Munchetty is ready to fight. She talks with Devi Sridhar about the fundamental flaws in our healthcare system…
 

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…