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    Kate Leiper & Karine Polwart: The Queen of the Birds

    Families & 4+

    Friday 26 August 15:30 - 16:30

    Kate Leiper & Karine Polwart: The Queen of the Birds Book
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    After a big storm, the Kingdom of Birds is looking for a leader. But what qualities are needed in a king? The loveliest song? The brightest plumage? Singer-songwriter Karine Polwart and illustrator Kate Leiper bring this vivid story of leadership,...
     

    Rachelle Atalla: Where Are We Truly Safe?

    Friday 26 August 15:30 - 16:30

    Rachelle Atalla: Where Are We Truly Safe? Book
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    Outside the bunker, the world is reeling from a cataclysmic event; inside the bunker, a select few wait for it to heal – including Wolfe, who guards the medicine. Rachelle Atalla’s debut The Pharmacist shows us that even in a place of apparent...
     

    Walking Tour: Mo Wilde on A Wild Food Diet

    Friday 26 August 15:30 - 17:00

    Walking Tour: Mo Wilde on A Wild Food Diet Book
    Why not try? Ghillie Başan & Mo Wilde: We Hae Meat Ghillie Başan & Mo Wilde: We Hae Meat Thu 25 Aug 10:15 - 11:15
     

    Lea Ypi with Allan Little: What Does Freedom Mean in Europe?

    Friday 26 August 16:00 - 17:00

    Lea Ypi with Allan Little: What Does Freedom Mean in Europe? Book
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    Albania was one of the world’s most isolated countries under the rule of Enver Hoxha during its communist period. Lea Ypi grew up under Hoxha, then witnessed communism’s collapse and the country’s transformation to a flawed market economy. Today,...
     

    Fatima Daas & Shumona Sinha: Immigrants in Paris

    Friday 26 August 16:15 - 17:15

    Fatima Daas & Shumona Sinha: Immigrants in Paris Book
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    20 percent of Paris’s population are immigrants but they are often relegated to the margins of the city. The outsider experience is central to two prize-winning autobiographical novels by Fatima Daas and Shumona Sinha. In her rhapsodic debut, The Last...
     

    Scotland’s Stories Now: On This Day

    Friday 26 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...
     

    Benjamin Dean & Simon James Green: Who Wants the Spotlight?

    Age 14+

    Friday 26 August 17:00 - 18:00

    Benjamin Dean & Simon James Green: Who Wants the Spotlight? Book
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    Backstabbing, scandal and, most importantly, heart-swooning romance are at the core of the new novels from Benjamin Dean and Simon James Green. In Dean’s The King is Dead, Prince James is suddenly thrust into the spotlight as he takes the throne...
     

    Close Read: Lola Olufemi on Preti Taneja and Hannah Black

    Friday 26 August 17:00 - 18:30

    Close Read: Lola Olufemi on Preti Taneja and Hannah Black Book
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    Join writer Lola Olufemi for an open discussion on two books that offer profound insights into the marginalising effects of white heteropatriarchal societies. Preti Taneja’s Aftermath, a lament for a friend killed in a London attack in 2019, is a...
     

    Noam Chomsky: Dissent Across the Decades

    Friday 26 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Noam Chomsky: Dissent Across the Decades Book
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    Whether it’s discussing linguistics with Foucault in a televised debate, authoring more than 100 books or being a fierce critic of American foreign policy, Noam Chomsky has been a highly influential figure for nearly seven decades. Now in his mid 90s,...
     

    Rebecca Rukeyser: Wild at Heart

    Friday 26 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Rebecca Rukeyser: Wild at Heart Book
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    18 year old Mira takes a job at Lavender Island Wilderness Lodge. Surrounded by tourists seeking adventure, she divides her energies between erotic daydreams about a young fisherman and eagle-eyed observation of her colleagues’ behaviour. When Stu,...