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There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Over 900 authors appear in around 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.

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    The Novels that Shaped Our World

    A BBC Special Event

    Friday 9 August 11:30 - 12:30

    The Novels that Shaped Our World
    To mark the 300th anniversary of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, widely considered to be the first English language novel, a new BBC television series to be broadcast this autumn will explore the novels that have shaped our world. Ahead of the series,...

    Fatima Bhutto

    When Inequality Breeds Anger

    Saturday 10 August 10:15 - 11:15

    Fatima Bhutto
    We are thrilled to welcome back Fatima Bhutto to discuss her second novel The Runaways. Published against the backdrop of the Shamima Begum controversy, Bhutto’s novel could hardly feel more topical: set between Portsmouth and Karachi, it charts the...

    Vikings and Dragons with David MacPhail

    Age 6-9

    Saturday 10 August 10:30 - 11:30

    Vikings and Dragons with David MacPhail
    Venture with Vikings and author David MacPhail as he introduces the seventh book in his funny and fearsome series about Thorfinn, the world’s worst Viking! From across the world, Vikings are travelling to the Shetland Islands for the Great Fire...

    Ibram X Kendi with DeRay Mckesson

    Building an Antiracist Society

    Saturday 10 August 10:30 - 11:30

    Ibram X Kendi with DeRay Mckesson
    We all occasionally do things that are racist, yet often fail to recognise them. Ibram X Kendi is a founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center in Washington DC. How To Be an Antiracist is his extraordinary, inspiring guidebook which...

    50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    All Ages

    Saturday 10 August 11:00 - 16:30

    50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Feeling peckish? Celebrate 50 years of Eric Carle’s classic picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by dropping into Story Box for lots of exciting colouring and craft activities inspired by the much-loved tale. You might even get the chance to...

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