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    James Runcie: The Story of Bach's Masterpiece

    Tuesday 16 August 16:00 - 17:00

    James Runcie: The Story of Bach's Masterpiece Book
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    Bach’s St Matthew Passion is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. But what was it like to play and sing it for the first time? James Runcie, bestselling author of The Grantchester Mysteries, talks about the research involved in writing...
     

    BHP Comics: How to Get into Comics

    Age 14+

    Tuesday 16 August 16:00 - 17:00

    BHP Comics: How to Get into Comics Book
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    Through BHP Comics’s Bold Universe Project, creative producer Gary Chudleigh and publisher and visual artist Sha Nazir have been mentoring new and emerging comic creators of colour to produce high end, fantastical, all-ages comics. Come along and meet...
     

    Anna Fleming & Helen Mort: A Personal Mountain to Climb

    Tuesday 16 August 16:15 - 17:15

    Anna Fleming & Helen Mort: A Personal Mountain to Climb Book
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    For many of us, the physical restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic have refreshed our relationships with the outdoors. But for Helen Mort and Anna Fleming, the mountains always represented both freedom and control. In discussing their books – A Line...
     

    One Day Ticket

    Tuesday 16 August 16:30 - 17:30

    One Day Ticket Book
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    Follow a fantasy transport map through Edinburgh, where stories are told and thoughts unfold. This collaborative work for the stage is written by participants in our long-term creative programme, Citizen, with our Communities Writer in Residence,...
     

    Scotland’s Stories Now: On This Day

    Tuesday 16 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...
     

    Most Haunted Ghost Tour with Yvette Fielding

    Age 12+

    Tuesday 16 August 17:00 - 18:00

    Most Haunted Ghost Tour with Yvette Fielding Book
    Why not try? Mya-Rose Craig: Birdgirl’s Journey Mya-Rose Craig: Birdgirl’s Journey Age 14+ Sun 21 Aug 14:15 - 15:15
     

    Stuart Cosgrove: Black Music and the White House

    Tuesday 16 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Stuart Cosgrove: Black Music and the White House Book
    Why not try? Serhii Plokhy with Allan Little: Ukraine at the Crossroads of Europe and Russia Serhii Plokhy with Allan Little: Ukraine at the Crossroads of Europe and Russia Tue 16 Aug 20:30 - 21:30
     

    Deesha Philyaw: Between Herself and God

    Tuesday 16 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Deesha Philyaw: Between Herself and God Book
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    Black girls and women take some time off from being on their Sunday best behaviour in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw. In these refreshing short stories, female lives are seasoned with desire, despite the restrictions imposed by...
     

    Damon Galgut: South Africa’s Broken Promise

    Tuesday 16 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Damon Galgut: South Africa’s Broken Promise Book
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    In 2021, nearly 40 years after his first novel was published, Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize for The Promise. With typical humility, Galgut said that while he’s grateful for the win, it ‘creates an artificial popularity that will take a while to...
     

    Marlon James: A Fantastical Star

    Tuesday 16 August 19:30 - 20:30

    Marlon James: A Fantastical Star Book
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    What does a writer do once they’ve won the Booker Prize? If you’re the indefatigable Marlon James, you embark on a wildly ambitious series that defies easy characterisation. The second in the Dark Star trilogy Moon Witch, Spider King draws...