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Nell Zink: Grow Up, Get Old, Get Down

Saturday 9 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Nell Zink joins us in Edinburgh, talking about Sister Europe: a worldly hangout novel of 21st century manners set against the backdrop of a hedonistic night out in Berlin…
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Vincenzo Latronico & Ayşegül Savaş: Modern Life Under the Microscope

Saturday 9 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Leading lights of international fiction Vincenzo Latronico and Ayşegül Savas join us with two very different novels, both subjecting millennial couples and their lives to the microscope. Latronico's International Booker-shortlisted Perfection delivers a……
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Opening Gala: Repair

Saturday 9 August 18:00 - 19:30

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Celebrate the opening of this year's Festival in this special Gala event. We'll bring you a kaleidoscope of perspectives and provocations from a diverse line-up of stellar writers including Najwan Darwish, Jenni Fagan, Amitav Ghosh, Rachel Kushner, and…
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Brian Chikwava & Alana S Portero: Becoming Who We Are

Saturday 9 August 18:30 - 19:30

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The paths we take to become who we are can separate us widely from our roots. In Alana S Portero's Bad Habit, a nameless trans woman from working-class Madrid finds community in the city's colourful underbelly. In Brian Chikwava's Shamiso, the titular……
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Rowe Irvin, Florence Knapp & Roisín O'Donnell: Places of Refuge

Saturday 9 August 18:45 - 19:45

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We bring together three debut novelists whose new works have grasped the attention of readers and critics alike…
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Tash Aw & Alan Hollinghurst: Intimate Histories

Saturday 9 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Two master novelists meet today for a spellbinding conversation…
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Men with Pens

Saturday 9 August 20:00 - 21:00

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Over the spring, award-winning poet, author and playwright Ross MacKay led a series of creative writing workshops for men living with mental health conditions. Working with groups at the AK Bell Library (Perth) and Granton Library (Edinburgh) the men……