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Saturday 24 August 13:30 - 14:30
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Superstars of the spoken word, Joseph Coelho, Nikita Gill, Jackie Kay, and Simon Lamb join host and acclaimed poet, Nadine Aisha Jassat, for this unmissable event celebrating the power of poetry to unite, and the importance of peace. Hear readings from…
Saturday 24 August 17:00 - 18:00
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Oliver Burkeman is the international bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks, which explored how we might step back from Being Busy as a core personality trait and make the most of our ridiculously short time on Earth. Discussing his latest work…
Saturday 24 August 18:45 - 19:45
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A huge success as co-host with Anita Anand of the Empire podcast, looking at how empires rose and fell in history, best-selling Scottish-born, India-based historian William Dalrymple is about to publish The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the…
Saturday 24 August 20:30 - 21:30
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How can someone just vanish without a trace? Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? is the breathless new thriller from Nicci French: ‘compelling, moving, and beautifully written’ according to the Guardian, the story spans 30 years, from a woman’s…
Sunday 25 August 13:30 - 14:30
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Through his memoir and fiction, Matt Haig has changed the way we talk about mental health. Matt presents his new novel, The Life Impossible, in this very special event as part of our key festival strand, How to Live a Meaningful Life. In conversation…
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Sunday 25 August 13:30 - 14:30
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Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia are monitor lizards. And they’ve just been made hall monitors by Principal Wombat. Take a walk on the wild side (of the school corridor) with master storyteller Patrick Ness (bestselling author of A Monster Calls) in his new book…
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Sunday 25 August 15:30 - 16:30
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Join multi-million-selling author-illustrator Cressida Cowell as she talks about a How to Train Your Dragon short story collection coming in September, gives a Festival exclusive sneak peek of the next book in the Which Way to Anywhere series, and live…
Sunday 25 August 17:00 - 18:00
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The Rest is Politics podcast has established Labour’s former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy, Alastair Campbell, as one of the most important political commentators of the moment. Also a mental health campaigner and prolific author…
Sunday 25 August 18:45 - 19:45
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A prime minister writes obsessively to the young women he’s infatuated with, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. Precipice by multi award-winning author of multiple bestsellers, Robert Harris, is set in 1914 and tells the thrilling story of an…
Sunday 25 August 20:30 - 21:30
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Beloved poet, novelist, playwright, and former Makar Jackie Kay joins us with her latest poetry collection, May Day. These profound and urgent poems draw on Kay’s decades of political activism, bringing influential figures from history to life, whilst…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival 
