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Join the Merry Bear Band with David Litchfield

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Sunday 10 August 14:15 - 15:15

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Get ready to go on a musical adventure. Acclaimed author-illustrator David Litchfield and his Bear Band are on a 10th anniversary concert tour! We can bear-ly contain our excitement…
 

Thought Exercise: Deborah Baker

Sunday 10 August 14:30 - 16:00

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Together, participants will discuss the precariousness of democracy, how history repeats itself, and why resistance isn't just urgent - it can actually work…
 

You're Joking! with the Listies

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Sunday 10 August 14:45 - 15:45

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Join comedians The Listies for a high-speed comedy-writing workshop based on This Book Is a Joke, all about making absurd adverts for completely made-up things…
 

Marina Warner: A Place of Sanctuary

Sunday 10 August 14:45 - 15:45

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Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Marina Warner joins us today to ask profound and urgent questions about the right to safety, home, freedom of movement, and peace…
 

Something Sweet with Benjamina Ebuehi

Sunday 10 August 15:00 - 18:00

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A Great British Bake Off quarter-finalist at just 23, Benjamina Ebuehi has since stirred, whisked, and glazed her way to writing her third scrumptious cookbook, I'll Bring Dessert. A regular columnist for Guardian Feast and ambassador for social……
 

Abdulrazak Gurnah: Coming of Age During Global Change

Sunday 10 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for 'his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee', it's an honour to welcome Abdulrazak Gurnah to the Festival to discuss his latest novel, Theft…
 

Nell Zink & Nicola Barker: Our Big, Strange World

Sunday 10 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Great comic novels remind us that the world is bigger and weirder than we think. Camilla Grudovajoins two modern virtuosos of this enduring form: Nell Zink and Nicola Barker…
 

Najwan Darwish: Poems for Palestine

Sunday 10 August 16:00 - 17:00

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Hear Darwish - described as one of the foremost contemporary Arab poets - discuss what it means to survive, how to avoid bring desensitised by conflict, and the incredible tenacity of the human spirit…
 

Uilleam Blacker & Olesya Khromeychuk: The Ukraine Shelf

Sunday 10 August 16:30 - 17:30

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As the war in Ukraine continues, The Ukraine Shelf podcast brings together leading authors, scholars, and journalists for lively and informed discussions about what we should be reading to better understand Ukraine and its place in the world during this…
 

Poppy Okotcha & Kathy Slack: Repair – Gardens and Beings

Sunday 10 August 16:45 - 17:45

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The theme for this year's Festival is Repair, and in a world seeking restoration, Poppy Okotcha and Kathy Slack offer a path towardshealing through the garden…