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Chantal Lyons, Sophie Pavelle & Peter Cairns: Landscape, and Beavers, and Boars (Oh, My!)

Wednesday 20 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Sharing their deep understanding of what we're lucky to have in nature and how to repair the damage done, Wainwright Prize-­shortlisted author of Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons, To Have or to Hold author Sophie Pavelle, and photographer and rewilding…
 

Spark Exhibition

Wednesday 20 August 10:00 - 21:00

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Young people from the Alternative School at Spartans Community Foundation are back at the festival for the third year, with their brand-new exhibition, Spark. Our writer in residence Owen Sutcliffe has been working with the young people to spark their…
 

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Wednesday 20 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Join us for a relaxed morning story especially for your littlest readers…
 

Shared Reading with Open Book

Wednesday 20 August 11:00 - 12:30

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Join Lead Readers from Open Book, a charity organising shared reading and creative writing groups, for an informal, relaxed reading session. Explore a chapter from a debut book from this year's Festival programme…
 

Celebrate 10 Years of Read Write Count with Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Wednesday 20 August 11:00 - 11:45

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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are back for a PAW-some new adventure…
 

Thought Exercise: Danny Dorling

Wednesday 20 August 12:00 - 13:30

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Dig deeper with our Thought Exercise series. Hear from experts on urgent issues of our time, then join in on the discussion during a wide-ranging, interactive exchange. Today's guest is Danny Dorling, professor of Human Geography and author of Seven…
 

Delicious Magic: A Table Talk with Ixta Belfrage

Wednesday 20 August 12:00 - 13:30

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Today, join Belfrage - Ottolenghi Test Kitchen alum, and author of the celebrated Mezcla - as she chats about the bold flavours of her mother's homeland, bringing them to life in a cookery demonstration that will both inspire and embolden you in the…
 

Kate Anderson, Rosemary Goring & Jade Scott: The Captive Queen and Her Son

Wednesday 20 August 12:45 - 13:45

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Rosemary Goring's Exile: The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots and Jade Scott's Captive Queen shed remarkable new light on the duplicitous years of Mary's English imprisonment. Meanwhile, Kate Anderson's Art & Court of James VI & I reconsiders Mary's…
 

Geoff Dyer: Stories from a Vanished Time

Wednesday 20 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Post-war Britain can seem increasingly distant, yet Geoff Dyer's delightful new memoir, Homework, brings it back to life with verve and wit. Recalling his working-class Cheltenham childhood of the SOs and 60s, Dyer (a Fellow of the Royal Society of…
 

Introduction to Graphic Novels: A Workshop with Lizzy Stewart

Wednesday 20 August 13:30 - 15:30

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Illustrator Lizzy Stewart (author of the breathtaking graphic novel Alison and genre-evading Walking Distance) introduces you today to the world of graphic storytelling. During this workshop, you'll look at character, finding inspiration, and the way…