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    Jonathan Franzen: Human Mythologies and Family Histories

    Friday 26 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Jonathan Franzen: Human Mythologies and Family Histories Book
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    Lauded as one of the great American novelists of our time, multi award-winning Jonathan Franzen joins us to discuss his latest novel Crossroads, which was released to huge excitement and great expectation. Today, he speaks about his exploration of 1970s...
     

    Gemma Cairney & Michael Pedersen: Good Grief!

    Friday 26 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Gemma Cairney & Michael Pedersen: Good Grief! Book
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    Victoria Wood once joked that the British response to death was a woman dragging herself into the kitchen saying, ‘72 baps Connie. You slice, I’ll spread’. Hosts Michael Pedersen and Gemma Cairney want to do away with the idea that grief should be...
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    Fernanda Melchor: Think Twice

    Friday 26 August 20:00 - 21:00

    Fernanda Melchor: Think Twice (Cancelled) Book
    Why not try? Gerda Stevenson: Through Language, Landscape and Time Gerda Stevenson: Through Language, Landscape and Time Thu 25 Aug 15:30 - 16:30
     

    Giles Foden with Allan Little: Band of Brothers

    Friday 26 August 20:15 - 21:15

    Giles Foden with Allan Little: Band of Brothers Book
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    From the author of The Last King of Scotland comes an ambitious new novel, Freight Dogs. Fleeing the war that killed his family, teenage Manu finds himself recruited by mercenaries. The freight dogs are pilots who carry weapons between warring African...
     

    Anne Enright: Writing is a Life

    Friday 26 August 20:30 - 21:30

    Anne Enright: Writing is a Life Book
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    In 2015, Anne Enright was appointed as the inaugural Laureate of Irish Fiction. ‘It’s great to have Ireland to write about,’ she said, ‘It’s a great resource.’ The appointment recognised Enright’s status as a chronicler of the times, of...
     

    This is Memorial Device

    Friday 26 August 20:30 - 22:00

    This is Memorial Device Book
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    On Festival nights, we present a new play based on David Keenan’s novel This is Memorial Device. The fictional history of 1980s Airdrie’s mysterious, post-punk legends, Memorial Device, Keenan’s novel has a huge cult following. This stage...