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The Front List: Mark Kermode MK3D

Wednesday 13 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Join the UK’s favourite film critic, Mark Kermode, alongside very special guests – including Golden Globe-winning Succession patriarch Brian Cox – for a unique and energy-filled celebration of the silver screen…
 

Writing as Grief Practice: A Workshop with Halle O'Neal

Wednesday 13 August 13:30 - 15:00

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What can we learn from how people of the past confronted grief? Writing as a grief practice has comforted people across time and cultures, including in Japan where Buddhist writing rituals were thought to positively influence the Karma of your ancestors…
 

Scottish Writing is Thriving: A Sparkling Showcase

Wednesday 13 August 13:45 - 15:00

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Here at the Book Festival, it's our joy and privilege to shout from the rafters about the talented poets, novelists, thinkers, and performers contributing their diverse voices and fresh ideas to Scottish writing today. Featuring writers including Eilidh…
 

Olga Wojtas: Never Underestimate a Librarian

Wednesday 13 August 14:00 - 15:00

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Described in The Scotsman as having 'Jane Austen stylings and Stella Gibbons satirical wit', we're thrilled that Olga Wojtas is returning to the Festival…
 

Singing and Stories with Mr Men Little Miss

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Wednesday 13 August 14:00 - 14:30

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Join storyteller George in a gentle Mr. Men Little Miss story journey. Perfect for young children, you’ll find lots of live music, nursery rhymes, sensory participation, action, and movement – and classic characters from the much-loved Mr. Men Little…
 

Sophie Elmhirst: For Better or Worse

Wednesday 13 August 14:15 - 15:15

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What is a marriage, if not being stuck on a raft with another, trying to survive? That's the question, both literally and figuratively, at the heart of Sophie Elmhirst's remarkable Maurice and Maralyn…
 

Barbara Demick: Separation and Reunion in China

Wednesday 13 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Barbara Demick’s international reporting has won the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, plus nominations for a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize…
 

Anita Anand & William Dalrymple: Looting, Repatriation, and All Things Empire

Wednesday 13 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Terrific storytellers and co-hosts of the Empire podcast series, Anita Anand and William Dalrymple are experts at getting to the heart of some of history's biggest power struggles. Today they ask what reparations mean in the context of empire?…
 

Wendy Erskine & John Niven: Darkly Humorous Fiction

Wednesday 13 August 15:30 - 16:30

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Expect dark humour and keen insights into parenthood in this conversation with John Niven and Wendy Erskine…
 

Mona Arshi, Rosa Beltrán & Sunny Singh: Giving Voice

Wednesday 13 August 15:45 - 16:45

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Join us today for a powerful conversation delving into three urgent and gripping new books: Mona Arshi's Mouth, Rosa Beltrán's Free Radicals, and Sunny Singh's Refuge: Stories of War (and Love)…