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Hundreds of events for adults, teenagers and children feature authors, illustrators, musicians, poets, policians, thinkers, prize-winners and rising stars every August.
Each day, a Festival author shares an unexpected inspiration or passion. Join them to crack open the curiosity cabinet, revealing the stories behind their books or side projects.
BBC Radio 3 listeners know Kate Molleson as one of Britain’s best-respected voices on contemporary classical music. Her new book demonstrates that she is equally at ease with the written word. Sound Within Sound is a brave, brilliant and rollicking...
Family history can confront us with the strangest sensations. Who are these people who share our noses in photographs yet lived such unimaginable lives? In Ancestry, the New York Times bestselling author Simon Mawer portrays characters from his family...
Generations of children have been enchanted by Charles Causley’s bittersweet verses; there was even a campaign to make him Poet Laureate. Mother’s Boy, by bestselling novelist Patrick Gale, illuminates the life behind the poems. Brought up by an...
Is having a morality clause in an author’s contract a step forward or back? As publishers currently debate the pros and cons, author and philosopher Andy West looks at the relationship between art and morality throughout history. In this fascinating,...
Kate McLelland is the queen of Scottish board books. Today she gives you a hands-on exploration of her new book, There’s a Hole in My Bagpipes, Wee Hamish, Wee Hamish. Listen to a reading of this joyous retelling of the traditional song where wee...
As both chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh and a highly effective social media communicator, Professor Devi Sridhar became an invaluable resource for many in the early days of the pandemic, and a household name across the...