Scotland in the Eyes of Artists
Friday 16 August 12:00 - 13:00
How do artists help us understand Scotland’s development since the Second World War? Art historian Bill Hare explores the startling achievements of modern artists in Scottish Art. Meanwhile in Inside & Out, poet and actor Gerda Stevenson writes...
Finding Control in Picture Books
Friday 16 August 12:15 - 13:15
Nowadays, with the internet and 24-hour news channels, childhood can be a time of anxiety, worry and stress. Picture book authors Morag Hood and Jill Calder talk to writers Elizabeth Frattaroli and Justin Davies, members of the Society of Children's...
Taking Money Seriously
Friday 16 August 12:15 - 13:15
What is the future for money? While the free market insists that governments and money should be players in economic life, Robert Skidelsky, emeritus professor of Political Economy at Warwick University, argues that money should take centre stage,...
Sprinkling Angel Dust
Friday 16 August 12:30 - 13:30
In a recent poll, one in ten British people claimed to have felt the presence of celestial beings. What does this belief mean about human existence and the state of the cosmos? Broadcaster, journalist and author Peter Stanford has written about many...
Reading Workshop
Friday 16 August 13:00 - 14:30
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is the oldest and most prestigious UK children's book award for illustration. Running since 1955, it's been won by luminaries such as Shirley Hughes, Helen Oxenbury, Raymond Briggs and Lauren Child. This workshop, led by...
Age 3-6
Friday 16 August 13:30 - 14:15
Mylo Freeman has published over 50 books with her trademark colourful illustrations – and now you can be part of them too! Mylo shows you how she creates her amazing artwork, as well as reading from the latest in her bestselling Princess Arabella...
And the Lawlessness Won
Friday 16 August 13:45 - 14:45
The tenth crime novel from Edinburgh’s Doug Johnstone, Breakers follows a teenager trying to escape his dysfunctional family whilst implicated in the assault of a crime-lord’s wife. In Crushed, Kate Hamer’s follow-up to the bestselling The Girl in...
Rebellion in the East
Friday 16 August 14:00 - 15:00
According to Christopher Harding, a senior lecturer in Asian History at the University of Edinburgh, Japan is not the country some outsiders believe it to be. While in many people's minds curious pop culture blends with stark social conformity,...
How to Read a Novel
Friday 16 August 14:00 - 15:00
Created with the University of Edinburgh and now in its third successful year, our Massive Open Online Course on How to Read a Novel uses the 2019 James Tait Black Fiction Prize shortlist to illustrate lessons. Join course author Dr Alexandra Lawrie and...
Bloody Fascinating
Friday 16 August 14:15 - 15:15
Nine Pints is a profoundly intelligent book about blood by one of Britain’s most talented writers. Who knew that the liquid coursing through our veins could be such a rewarding subject? Today, Rose George recounts her visits to a Welsh leech farm and...
Book Festival's Associate Director to Step Down 
