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Michelle de Kretser: Beautiful, Radical Ideas

Saturday 16 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Michelle de Kretser’s books smash through all preconceived notions about fiction, blending artful social observation with forms fizzing with brainy playfulness…
 

Objective Reality: a Kitchen Object Memoir Writing Workshop with Jenny Lau

Saturday 16 August 17:30 - 19:00

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In An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included), writer and community organiser Jenny Lau observes families and cultural behaviours in Chinese life in a surprising way: from the perspective of dining and kitchen appliances…
 

Torrey Peters: Dancing with Gender

Saturday 16 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Torrey Peters’ bestselling novel Detransition, Baby burst onto shelves in 2021. Her follow-up, the vibrant and ambitious Stag Dance, waltzes across four breathtaking tales that explore the space between male and female, binary and non-binary, and delight…
 

Thriller Night with Benjamin Dean, Ravena Guron & Busayo Mataluko

Saturday 16 August 18:15 - 19:15

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What do a sleepy hometown, a student party house, and a wedding have in common? They’re all the perfect setting for twisted murder mysteries!…
 

Samuel Fisher & Will Rees: Illness – Real and Imagined

Saturday 16 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Some of the most gripping Book Festival conversations are those blending fiction and non-fiction. Here, we bring together two writers whose work addresses illness…
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Colin Greenwood: How to Disappear

Saturday 16 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Why not try? Dylan Jones, Miranda Sawyer & Arusa Qureshi: Music Across the Decades Dylan Jones, Miranda Sawyer & Arusa Qureshi: Music Across the Decades Sat 23 Aug 14:45 - 15:45
 

M John Harrison: The Course of His Art

Saturday 16 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Titan of modern literary science fiction, M John Harrison has never shied away from bending genre and reimaging the form of fantasy novels…
 

Omar El Akkad & Fady Joudah: Not Looking Away

Saturday 16 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad’s first non-fiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, and Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah’s new collection, […], both respond to the genocide in Gaza with starkness…
 

Lamorna Ash & Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin: Millennial Saints

Saturday 16 August 20:00 - 21:00

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Two exciting writers take on faith and religion, wielding fiction and non-fiction respectively…
 

V E Schwab: A Hunger for the Ages

Saturday 16 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Death’s usually thought of as the end of life, but according to V E Schwab, author of international sensation The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, it’s just the beginning of something beyond our imagining…