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    Close Read: Open Book on Citizen by Claudia Rankine

    Saturday 12 August 10:15 - 11:45

    Close Read: Open Book on Citizen by Claudia Rankine Book
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    Marjorie Lotfi and Claire Urquhart are the founders of Open Book, a charity which organises shared reading and creative writing groups across Scotland. Here, they take a deep dive into Claudia Rankine’s 2014 collection of poetry and essays, Citizen....
     

    Kerri ní Dochartaigh & Katherine May: Wildest Dreams

    Wednesday 16 August 11:45 - 12:45

    Changed Kerri ní Dochartaigh & Katherine May: Wildest Dreams Book
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    From the depths of winter sprout the seeds of new growth and the promise of wonders. In Enchantment, Katherine May unravels the threads of a tightly-wound life and finds a more meaningful and grounded way to be. In Cacophony of Bone, Kerri ní...
     

    Hannah Lavery & Marjorie Lotfi: Being and Otherness

    Wednesday 16 August 17:45 - 18:45

    Hannah Lavery & Marjorie Lotfi: Being and Otherness Book
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    Friends and creative collaborators, the poet and playwright Hannah Lavery and poet Marjorie Lotfi were awarded a Second Life grant from the Edwin Morgan Trust to respond to the poetry of Edwin Morgan while exploring their experience as 'mixed-race'...
     

    Close Read: Open Book on Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Nina Mingya Powles

    Thursday 17 August 12:30 - 14:00

    Close Read: Open Book on Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Nina Mingya Powles Book
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    Marjorie Lotfi and Claire Urquhart from Open Book, a charity which organises shared reading and creative writing groups, explore brand new poetry collections: Quiet by Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles. Join them for a close...
     

    Our City, Our Stories

    Saturday 19 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Our City, Our Stories Book
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    We believe everyone has a story to tell and that stories help us make sense of our world. Join us as we bring together local writers and poets from across Edinburgh to create a collective love letter to the city they call home. Every day at 18:15,...
     

    Close Read: Open Book on Girl, Woman, Other

    Tuesday 22 August 12:15 - 13:45

    Close Read: Open Book on Girl, Woman, Other Book
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    Marjorie Lotfi and Claire Urquhart from Open Book, a charity which organises shared reading and creative writing groups, explore Girl Woman Other, Bernardine Evaristo’s delightfully inventive, and Booker Prize winning, 2019 work. Overlapping stories...
     

    Our City, Our Stories

    Friday 25 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Our City, Our Stories Book
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    We believe everyone has a story to tell and that stories help us make sense of our world. Join us as we bring together local writers and poets from across Edinburgh to create a collective love letter to the city they call home. Every day at 18:15,...
     

    Marjorie Lotfi & Dina Nayeri: The Idea of Home

    Monday 28 August 17:15 - 18:15

    Marjorie Lotfi & Dina Nayeri: The Idea of Home Book
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    Follow two journeys of searching, belonging, and finally coming to rest in this thoughtful conversation. Marjorie Lotfi's debut collection, The Wrong Person to Ask, traces an Iranian childhood through to coming of age in America and a new life in...