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    Audrey Magee: Still Waters Run Deep

    Thursday 18 August 16:30 - 17:30

    Audrey Magee: Still Waters Run Deep Book
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    Two men arrive on an island, one to paint it, the other to record its speech. Amid their rivalry, the islanders discover their own relationship with the place they call home. Audrey Magee’s second novel, The Colony, tackles questions of identity, art...
     

    Scotland’s Stories Now: On This Day

    Thursday 18 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...
     

    Liner Notes: Kate Molleson on Bartók, Maceda and Miller

    Thursday 18 August 17:00 - 18:30

    Liner Notes: Kate Molleson on Bartók, Maceda and Miller Book
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    Liner Notes is a new series for 2022 and the musical pairing to our Close Read sessions. Join journalist and broadcaster Kate Molleson, the host of BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show and Music Matters, for a close listen of works by Béla Bartók (Hungary),...
     

    Mega Awesome Comics with Neill Cameron

    Age 8-12

    Thursday 18 August 17:00 - 18:00

    Mega Awesome Comics with Neill Cameron Book
    Why not try? Workshop: Listen and Draw Sona Sharma with Chitra Soundar Workshop: Listen and Draw Sona Sharma with Chitra Soundar Age 6-10 Sun 28 Aug 10:00 - 11:00
     

    Jarred McGinnis: Wake-up Call

    Thursday 18 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Jarred McGinnis: Wake-up Call Book
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    A truly uplifting emotional journey; a tender, wise, brutally funny novel.’ So says the Guardian about The Coward, Jarred McGinnis’s autobiographical debut. After an accident leaves Jarred, the book’s narrator, in a wheelchair he is forced to...
     

    Ricky Ross: Deacon Blue and Me

    Thursday 18 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Ricky Ross: Deacon Blue and Me Book
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    It’s 30-odd years since Real Gone Kid became Deacon Blue’s first irresistibly catchy pop hit, and lead singer Ricky Ross has been in the thick of a music career ever since. Today he discusses his rollercoaster journey including behind-the-scenes...
     

    Mariana Enríquez: Supernatural Terrors and Real-Life Monsters

    Thursday 18 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Mariana Enríquez: Supernatural Terrors and Real-Life Monsters Book
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    On the years of dictatorship in Argentina, Mariana Enríquez said ‘I did not distinguish between reality and fiction because reality was worse than any fiction I could imagine’. Her gothic stories add gravity to that statement. Now, she discusses...
     

    Julian Barnes: Think for Yourself

    Thursday 18 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Julian Barnes: Think for Yourself Book
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    Does the ghost of Anita Brookner haunt the pages of Julian Barnes’s new novel Elizabeth Finch? Or is it Muriel Spark? Either way, his book is a loving tribute to a singular imaginary woman who teaches Culture and Civilization and who ‘radically...
     

    Chris Brookmyre: One Island, Seven Secrets

    Thursday 18 August 19:30 - 20:30

    Chris Brookmyre: One Island, Seven Secrets Book
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    How much can really go wrong at a hen party? Bride-to-be Jen is about to find out. A private island provides a getaway for the celebrations, but it quickly becomes the backdrop to chaos, a disappearance and an anonymous blackmailer demanding that one of...
     

    Jennifer Croft: Finding the Words

    Thursday 18 August 20:15 - 21:15

    Jennifer Croft: Finding the Words Book
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    Guggenheim Fellow and Booker International Prize-winning translator Jennifer Croft explores the relationship between translation and empathy in her new memoir, Homesick. It’s a tale of two sisters: Zoe, who falls seriously ill, and Amy, who strives to...