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How to Write a Comic with Neill Cameron

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Saturday 9 August 11:45 - 12:45

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Get your creativity flowing as you learn how to make your stories come alive in this event by author of the Mega Robo Bros series, Neill Cameron…
 

Reverend Richard Coles: Murder in the Parish

Saturday 9 August 11:45 - 12:45

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Join us to find out what makes a former man of the cloth want to write about murder, and whether Canon Clement can solve this latest crime…
 

Sara Sheridan: Feminism on the High Seas

Saturday 9 August 12:00 - 13:00

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Beloved Scottish historical fiction writer Sara Sheridan's latest novel is a swashbuckling rollick of feminist fervour and seductive suspense…
 

Friends, Fortune-tellers and Ferocious beasts with Radhika Sanghani and RAMZEE

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 9 August 12:00 - 13:00

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Authors Radhika Sanghani and RAMZEE know a thing or two about solving life’s daily worries. Hear them chat all things popularity and friendships, with some fortune-telling and hunting for beasts thrown in!…
 

Open House

Saturday 9 August 12:15 - 13:15

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You're invited to our Open House! Bring your friends and join Festival director Jenny Niven as she takes you through highlights of the Festival…
 

Have Lunch with Jess Elliott Dennison

Saturday 9 August 13:00 - 16:00

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We're kicking off 2025's lunch series with the founder of Elliott's Studio herself: the effortlessly chic Jess Elliott Dennison…
 

Ride the Storm with Polly Ho-Yen

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 9 August 13:00 - 14:00

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Join award-winning author Polly Ho-Yen as she shares her hopeful new story, When the Storm Comes, which follows four unlikely friends battling a wild storm outside as well as their own personal weather within…
 

Go Wild with National Museums Scotland

All ages

Saturday 9 August 13:00 - 14:30

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Get ready to rewild and discover the amazing animals and minibeasts which make our planet so unique, with National Museums Scotland and Maths Week Scotland…
 

Daniel Kehlmann: From Dangerous Illusions

Saturday 9 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Hollywood to Nazi Germany, Garbo to Goebbels - The Director is Daniel Kehlmann's imaginative take on the eminent filmmaker G W Pabst and the heady entanglement of art, politics, and power at the peak of the Nazi regime…
 

Preposterous Plots with Pamela Butchart

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Saturday 9 August 13:30 - 14:30

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In Pamela Butchart’s new book, Diary of a Future Billionaire, Ben tries to become the world’s richest ten-year-old. Expect lots of fun audience interaction in this hilarious event as Pamela shares stories that will have you laughing out loud…