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Alice Oseman: A Heart-Stopping Beginning

Sunday 17 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Did you know that years before Alice Oseman started writing, drawing, or even planning the smash-hit graphic novel series, Heartstopper, she released a novella about its two main characters: Nick and Charlie? Come along today to hear Alice chat about…
 

Michelle de Kretser and Linn Ullmann: Creativity in the Messy Gaps

Sunday 17 August 13:30 - 14:30

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Join inventive writers, Michelle de Kretser and Linn Ullmann, discussing their category-defying works that so searingly explore power, womanhood, and memory…
 

Scribbles and Smells with Jim Smith

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Sunday 17 August 14:15 - 15:15

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Draw along with global bestselling author and comics creator Jim Smith celebrating his full-colour graphic novel series, My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary. Join Jim as he introduces the hilarious and lovable characters, best friends Pedro, Olga, and Ozzy (AKA…
 

A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Sunday 17 August 14:45 - 15:45

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A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G…
 

Who Will Be Remembered Here

Sunday 17 August 14:45 - 15:45

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2025 marks 30 years since the first major Pride event in Scotland, yet queer histories have existed for as long as Scotland has. who will be remembered here enlivens these histories through performances, films, and an anthology…
 

Robert Crawford: New Words for an Old World

Sunday 17 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Poet, critic and literary historian Robert Crawford nimbly traverses the globe in his new poetry collection, Old World, in this special launch event. Crawford is one of Scotland's most esteemed poets and thinkers, deftly weaving between different poetic…
 

Ali Smith: Brave New Words

Sunday 17 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Nimble, playful, canny, subversive – four-time Booker-shortlisted Ali Smith returns to the Festival with Gliff. Written with her singular blend of whimsy and gravitas, the novel is a near-future dystopia, meditating on themes of resistance, the making of…
 

Nina Mingya Powles & Stephanie Sy-Quia: Making Matters

Sunday 17 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Meet three creatives whose artistic practice incorporates writing and artmaking - from glass poetry and candle pouring to zine making, sewing, and linocut printing. Lucy Mercer, Nina Mingya Powles, and Stephanie Sy-Quia join us for this special event in…
 

Madeleine Thien & Priya Basil: Objects Talk Back

Sunday 17 August 16:00 - 17:00

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The Humboldt Forum's 'Objects Talk Back' project invited authors to select an object from the museum's collection and write about it however they wished. Novelist Madeleine Thien chose the painting, 'Three Uyghur Princes'. She talks with project curator…
 

Kintsugi as Repair: A Workshop with Halle O’Neal

Sunday 17 August 16:30 - 18:00

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In Japanese culture, there's a philosophy that imperfections should be embraced, and this is embodied in the centuries-old art of kintsugi, in which gold lacquer is used to repair ceramics. Rather than hiding the cracks, this visible act of mending…