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There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Over 900 authors appear in around 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.

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    Will Eaves & Jessie Greengrass

    How to Read a Novel

    Friday 16 August 11:00 - 12:00

    Will Eaves & Jessie Greengrass
    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 two of this year's selected authors, Will...
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    Roddy Doyle with Blindboy

    Irish Life

    Friday 16 August 11:45 - 12:45

    Roddy Doyle with Blindboy
    In Charlie Savage, Roddy Doyle collects a year of rich snapshots of everyday Dublin life in all its strangeness. The first publication of the Booker Prize-winner’s tender, comic series for the Irish Independent is about a middle-aged man in a modern...

    Duncan Beedie: A Moth’s Moon Mission

    Age 3-6

    Friday 16 August 11:45 - 12:45

    Duncan Beedie: A Moth’s Moon Mission
    Molly the moth yearns for adventure; she longs to visit the moon. She knows it’s no easy feat for one little moth, but she’s not one to give up on her dreams. Celebrate the hilarious endeavours of a tiny moth’s big journey with author-illustrator...

    Bill Hare & Gerda Stevenson

    Scotland in the Eyes of Artists

    Friday 16 August 12:00 - 13:00

    Bill Hare & Gerda Stevenson
    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...

    Picturing Pathways to the Future

    Finding Control in Picture Books

    Friday 16 August 12:15 - 13:15

    Picturing Pathways to the Future
    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...

    Robert Skidelsky

    Taking Money Seriously

    Friday 16 August 12:15 - 13:15

    Robert Skidelsky
    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,...

    Peter Stanford

    Sprinkling Angel Dust

    Friday 16 August 12:30 - 13:30

    Peter Stanford
    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...

    Jake Hope & Amy McKay on Prize-Winning Picture Books

    Reading Workshop

    Friday 16 August 13:00 - 14:30

    Jake Hope & Amy McKay on Prize-Winning Picture Books
    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...

    Celebrating Diversity with Mylo Freeman

    Age 3-6

    Friday 16 August 13:30 - 14:15

    Celebrating Diversity with Mylo Freeman
    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...

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