All Events

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.

Showing events on Wed 21 Aug.

Use one or more of the search filters below to find events.

    Browse this year's themes

    Yasha Levine

    Internet History Revealed

    Wednesday 21 August 12:30 - 13:30

    Yasha Levine
    San Francisco-based investigative journalist Yasha Levine traces the history of the internet back to its secretive origins as a tool of the US military when it sought to outwit the Vietnamese. In Surveillance Valley, Levine shows that spying wasn’t...

    Joseph Coelho: Warm-Hearted Words

    Age 3-6

    Wednesday 21 August 13:15 - 14:00

    Joseph Coelho: Warm-Hearted Words
    Hear award-winning performance poet Joseph Coelho share an uplifting story about the importance of being yourself. With sensitivity and warmth, Joseph encourages little ones to get to grips with big topics, including loss. Expect lots of rhymes and...

    James MacMillan

    Scotland’s Classical Music Titan

    Wednesday 21 August 13:30 - 14:30

    James MacMillan
    As he reaches the landmark age of 60, internationally renowned composer and conductor James MacMillan reflects on a classical life well lived in A Scots Song. Ayrshire-born MacMillan's recent achievements have included the formation of The Cumnock Tryst...

    Sara Stridsberg & Naomi Wood

    Artistic Differences

    Wednesday 21 August 14:00 - 15:00

    Sara Stridsberg & Naomi Wood
    The most striking art movements of the 20th century tended to be framed by the male gaze. It’s time for a fresh perspective. Swedish novelist Sara Stridsberg’s The Faculty of Dreams reimagines the last days of Valerie Solanas, author of the feminist...

    Toby Faber

    Paperback Writers

    Wednesday 21 August 14:15 - 15:15

    Toby Faber
    Faber & Faber marks the 90th anniversary of the publishing house but it’s no puff piece, instead it offers a bewitching insight into 20th century literary culture. Drawing on unpublished diaries, letters and minutes, the founder's grandson Toby Faber...

    Dive into Reading with Sally Gardner

    Age 7-10

    Wednesday 21 August 14:30 - 15:30

    Dive into Reading with Sally Gardner
    Award-winning author Sally Gardner champions positive debate about dyslexia; her latest book Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Sea Dragon has been printed in a font designed to make reading easier. Join her for an event encouraging struggling readers to dive into...

    Follow

    EBulletins