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Dream Big with Rob Biddulph

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Saturday 16 August 10:00 - 11:00

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What do you want to be when you grow up? Explore all the things you can be with amazing author and illustrator Rob Biddulph in his newest book, When I Grow Up I’d Like to Be……
 

Coorie Doon with Jackie Kay and Jill Calder

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Saturday 16 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Coorie in for an empowering event celebrating the melodies we carry with us throughout our lives…
 

Creative Repair: A Junk Journals Workshop with Rachel Hazell

Saturday 16 August 10:00 - 12:00

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Explore the Festival’s overarching theme of Repair through the art of junk journaling: transforming discarded ephemera into beautiful books…
 

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Saturday 16 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Join us for a relaxed morning story especially for your littlest readers. Appearing today: Lindsey Hirst…
 

Sprog Rock

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Saturday 16 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Returning to rock the Book Festival for the fifth year, it’s Sprog Rock! Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready for a rocking and (nursery) rhyming extravaganza, as the group bring their unique, catchy songs back to our Spiegeltent. Fun for…
 

Words from the Wards: The Exhibition

Saturday 16 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…
 

Meet Pikachu

All ages

Saturday 16 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Pikachu, I choose YOU! Come along and meet everyone’s favourite electric-type Pokémon for a special appearance at the Book Festival. Don’t miss the opportunity to give Pikachu a wave or pose like a Pokémon trainer for a photo!…
 

Being Brave with Anu Adebogun

Suitable for age 12 - 14

Saturday 16 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Learn to be brave, bold, and audacious as author Anu Adebogun gives you the tools to live your best life…
 

Tuppence Middleton: Living with Scorpions

Saturday 16 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Tuppence Middleton’s new memoir, Scorpions, is a bleakly funny account of what it’s like to live with OCD. Join her for a candid conversation about vulnerability, courage and hope…
 

Old Town Bookshop Tour: Meander and Mingle with the Bookshop Crawl UK

Saturday 16 August 11:00 - 13:30

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Amid the crowds and chaos of Edinburgh in August, does calmly exploring the city’s Old Town and quaint bookshops with likeminded people sound more like your cup of tea? If so, we’ve got the perfect tour for you…