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    Hannah Lavery: Scotland, You’re No’ Mine

    Friday 26 August 12:15 - 13:15

    Hannah Lavery: Scotland, You’re No’ Mine Book
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    Hannah Lavery has had such a seismic effect on Scotland’s literary culture that it’s hard to believe her new book, Blood Salt Spring, is her debut collection. A thrilling writer on the stage as well as on the page, her plays The Drift and Lament for...
     

    Close Read: Chris Power on Denis Johnson's Emergency

    Friday 26 August 13:00 - 14:30

    Close Read: Chris Power on Denis Johnson's Emergency Book
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    Explore Denis Johnson’s short story Emergency with writer and broadcaster Chris Power. Set on a chaotic night in 1973, Emergency was first published in the New Yorker and then in 1992 in Jesus’ Son. Power examines the characters – including...
     

    Emily Ann Davison: Be a Yoga Bunny

    Age 3-6

    Friday 26 August 13:00 - 13:45

    Emily Ann Davison: Be a Yoga Bunny Book
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    Join Emily Ann Davison, author of Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny, for an interactive storytelling session incorporating some gentle yoga moves from the story. Enjoy a reassuring, fun event about yoga, mindfulness and finding calm, and even decorate your...
     

    Richard Coles: The Canon of Crime

    Friday 26 August 13:00 - 14:00

    Richard Coles: The Canon of Crime Book
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    Canon Daniel Clement enjoys a quiet life with his mother Audrey and his two dachshunds in the peaceful village of Champton. But when he decides to add a lavatory to the church, the parish is thrown into discord – leading to murder. Reverend Richard...
     

    Kate Leiper & Karine Polwart: A Wee Bird Was Watching

    Families & 4+

    Friday 26 August 13:30 - 14:30

    Kate Leiper & Karine Polwart: A Wee Bird Was Watching Book
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    In this folk tale about displacement, migration and protection, a young girl and her mother settle in the woods for a night’s sleep after a long journey. But who will keep them safe from harm? A wee bird watching from the trees knows just what to do....
     

    The Evolution of Young Adult Literature

    Friday 26 August 14:00 - 15:15

    The Evolution of Young Adult Literature Book
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    What are the limits and boundaries of writing difficult themes in books for young adults? Join award-winning young adult authors Juno Dawson and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé alongside literary agent Davinia Andrew-Lynch and social media consultant Jean...
     

    A M Homes: Division and Dying Dreams

    Friday 26 August 14:15 - 15:15

    A M Homes: Division and Dying Dreams Book
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    A throwback to the political landscape of the 80s, The Big Guy loves family, money and democracy. After the 2008 US election he finds himself adrift, until he meets a group of men just like him who want to reclaim their ‘American Dream’. An...
     

    Emily Ann Davison: Be a Yoga Bunny

    Age 3-6

    Friday 26 August 14:30 - 15:15

    Emily Ann Davison: Be a Yoga Bunny Book
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    Join Emily Ann Davison, author of Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny, for an interactive storytelling session incorporating some gentle yoga moves from the story. Enjoy a reassuring, fun event about yoga, mindfulness and finding calm, and even decorate your...
     

    Nell Stevens & Sarah Winman: Hearing the Voices of Ghosts

    Friday 26 August 14:30 - 15:30

    Nell Stevens & Sarah Winman: Hearing the Voices of Ghosts Book
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    Two novelists lead us across history and into the European sunshine. Sarah Winman’s Still Life brings us to a crumbling Tuscan villa where two strangers’ lives are entwined. Nell Stevens’s Briefly, A Delicious Life is set in a Mallorcan monastery...
     

    Reading the World

    Friday 26 August 15:00 - 15:30

    Reading the World Book
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    Can writers give us a fresh perspective on global and local issues? Each afternoon a leading writer discusses books, research and ideas confronting this time of uncertainty and change.