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    This is Memorial Device

    Saturday 13 August 15:30 - 17:00

    This is Memorial Device Book
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    We present a new play based on David Keenan’s novel This is Memorial Device. The fictional history of 1980s Airdrie’s mysterious, post-punk legends, Memorial Device, Keenan’s novel has a huge cult following. This stage adaptation is a glorious...
     

    Fintan O'Toole: The Unknown Knowns of Ireland

    Saturday 13 August 16:00 - 17:00

    Fintan O'Toole: The Unknown Knowns of Ireland Book
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    One of Ireland’s finest journalists shares an intimate account of how the country has changed during his lifetime. There are many contradictions in Ireland’s history and the title of Fintan O’Toole’s personal history, We Don’t Know Ourselves,...
     

    Georgia Pritchett: Thriving With Anxiety

    Saturday 13 August 16:15 - 17:15

    Georgia Pritchett: Thriving With Anxiety Book
    Why not try? Frankie Boyle: Post-Referendum Thrills Frankie Boyle: Post-Referendum Thrills Wed 17 Aug 20:30 - 21:30
     

    Katherine Angel & Amia Srinivasan: The Politics of Sex

    Saturday 13 August 16:30 - 17:30

    Katherine Angel & Amia Srinivasan: The Politics of Sex Book
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    To write on sex, consent and desire after the cultural shifts of the last decade is not easy – but this event brings together two writers who have penned unflinching books on these topics. The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan and Tomorrow Sex Will Be...
     

    Scotland’s Stories Now: On This Day

    Saturday 13 August 17:00 - 17:45

    Scotland’s Stories Now: On This Day Book
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    This year, we asked people across Scotland – of any age, background or ability – to submit their own stories responding to the prompt ‘On This Day’, to build a fascinating portrait of Scotland today. Every day at 17:00 different storytellers...
     

    Close Read: Merve Emre on To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

    Saturday 13 August 17:00 - 18:30

    Close Read: Merve Emre on To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Book
    Why not try? Close Read: Julia Armfield on The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Close Read: Julia Armfield on The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Sat 27 Aug 13:00 - 14:30
     

    Ali Smith with Val McDermid: Hello!

    Saturday 13 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Ali Smith with Val McDermid: Hello! Book
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    In Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, readers were treated to something rarely seen since Dickens: novels engaging with events as they unfolded – including Brexit, migration and climate change. With Companion Piece, Smith takes another bracing dive into...
     

    Jazz Money & Andrés N Ordorica: The Language of Protest and Love

    Saturday 13 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Jazz Money & Andrés N Ordorica: The Language of Protest and Love Book
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    Written in Wiradjuri and English, How to Make a Basket won Jazz Money the David Unaipon Award for its exploration of existence under a colonial state and its celebration of queer love. Andrés N Ordorica’s debut collection, At Least This I Know,...
     

    Jay Gao & Alycia Pirmohamed: History, Memory, Poetry

    Saturday 13 August 18:30 - 19:30

    Jay Gao & Alycia Pirmohamed: History, Memory, Poetry Book
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    How does identity shift through generations? Can we ever write free from historical trauma? How do we live in the moment? These are just a few of the questions posed by Alycia Pirmohamed and Jay Gao in their anticipated debut collections, Another Way to...
     

    Abi Morgan: For Love Nor Pity

    Saturday 13 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Abi Morgan: For Love Nor Pity Book
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    One of the UK’s most fearsomely talented screenwriters, Abi Morgan has worked on projects including The Iron Lady and Shame, which garnered both headlines and awards. Today, she reveals her own powerful story of survival. In This is Not a Pity Memoir,...