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Baby and Toddler Rhymetime with Craigmillar Books for Babies

Suitable for age 0 - 2

Thursday 14 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Join Craigmillar Books for Babies for a special Baby and Toddler Rhymetime. Enjoy bouncy songs, tickly rhymes, and lots of cuddles and fun to help build attachment and bonding with your little ones…
 

First Edition: On Trusted Reporting

Thursday 14 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Start your day with the facts. High quality, thorough, and trustworthy journalism has never been more important in helping us understand the world as it really is, so in our First Edition events you can join leading journalists from across the media (and…
 

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Thursday 14 August 10:00 - 10:45

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Join us for a relaxed morning story especially for your littlest readers. Check website for today’s author…
 

Words from the Wards: The Exhibition

Thursday 14 August 10:00 - 21:00

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Following the success of the Words from the Wards project, we worked with Edinburgh College of Art students to illustrate the collected stories. Join us to view the stories and illustrations side by side in our new festival gallery…
 

Karen Downs-Barton: What it Means to Belong

Thursday 14 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Has anywhere sounded more ominous than the 'Home for Crying Children'? Join Karen Downs-Barton, whose playful new poetry collection Minx effortlessly blends forms in a lyrically vivid evocation of a childhood distinctly less ordinary…
 

Renga Poetry: A Nature Writing Workshop with Karen McCarthy Woolf

Thursday 14 August 10:30 - 12:30

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How do we write in collaboration with other humans and the more-than human? Join poet Karen McCarthy Woolf (Top Doll, Seasonal Disturbances) for this exploratory workshop on renga poetry…
 

Philip Marsden & Vanessa Taylor: How We Use the Natural World

Thursday 14 August 10:30 - 11:30

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The natural world, and humanity's fraught relationship with it, slips into focus in this event…
 

Pop in and Play with Cròileagan Dhùn Èideann

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Thursday 14 August 10:30 - 12:00

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Would you like to introduce your wee one to Gaelic? Join the playleaders from Cròileagan Dhùn Èideann, Edinburgh’s Gaelic playgroup for 0-5s, to learn some simple Gaelic words and phrases together with your child, through songs, stories, and play. A…
 

John MacKay: A Life in the News

Thursday 14 August 11:00 - 12:00

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One of Scotland's most recognisable broadcasters, John MacKay celebrated his 30th anniversary with STV in 2024. He joins us today, with his memoir Scotland Today and Yesterday - republished in an updated version to celebrate the occasion…
 

Scots Rhymetime with Craigmillar Books for Babies

Suitable for age 0 - 2

Thursday 14 August 11:00 - 11:30

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Join Craigmillar Books for Babies with a special Scots Rhymetime! Enjoy Scots rhymes, songs, lots of cuddles, and fun to support attachment and bonding with your wee ones…