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    M G Leonard: Free as a Bird

    Age 8+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    M G Leonard: Free as a Bird
    Join the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series M G Leonard for this awesome audio event, where you’re introduced to the first book in her brand-new series, Twitch. In a reading from the gripping first...
     

    Nicola Morgan with Holly Bourne: Start Listening to Yourself

    Age 12+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Nicola Morgan with Holly Bourne: Start Listening to Yourself
    This audio-only event is a great way to hear from award-winning author and wellbeing expert Nicola Morgan as she shares some of her insights into a key element of looking after your mental health and general wellbeing: building resilience, with...
     

    Rachel Piercey: Woodland Verses

    Age 5+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Rachel Piercey: Woodland Verses
    Plug in your headphones or turn the speakers up and snuggle down as Rachel Piercey takes you through her exciting new book of poetry, If You Go Down to the Woods Today. In this audio event, Piercey introduces Bear, and you’ll hear some of the...
     

    Jeffrey Boakye: Music is Power, Music is Life

    Age 12+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Jeffrey Boakye: Music is Power, Music is Life
    This one is for the music lovers! Tune in to hear writer, teacher and music enthusiast, Jeffrey Boakye talk about his exceptional new book Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs. In this audio-only event you get to find out...
     

    Alex Wharton: Poetry in Motion

    Age 5+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Alex Wharton: Poetry in Motion
    Join award-winning poet Alex Wharton for an audio event full of rhyme, rhythm and free verse, as he reads from his brand-new collection Daydreams and Jellybeans. Alex’s poems, for primary aged children, are both funny and sensitive, promoting...
     

    Julia Donaldson: Songs and Stories for Little Ones

    Age 3+

    Saturday 14 August 10:00 - 11:00

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    Julia Donaldson: Songs and Stories for Little Ones
    Join number one bestselling author and the legendary Gruffalo author, Julia Donaldson, along with some friends for a show full of songs, stories and live drawing. Look into the intriguing world of The Woolly Bear Caterpillar, meet The Ugly Five, be...
     

    Jenny Erpenbeck: Freedom Came at a Price

    Saturday 14 August 10:15 - 11:15

    Jenny Erpenbeck: Freedom Came at a Price
    How does it feel to have been born and raised in East Germany and then, at the end of childhood, thrown into a radically new way of living when the Berlin Wall came down? Jenny Erpenbeck knows the answer. Anyone who has had the pleasure of reading...
     

    Zoë Wicomb: Questioning South Africa’s Colonial Story

    Saturday 14 August 11:30 - 12:30

    Zoë Wicomb: Questioning South Africa’s Colonial Story
    Every year since 2013, the Windham-Campbell prize has awarded eight writers the impressive sum of $165,000 to support their writing. Just two writers from Scotland have won this prestigious prize: Aminatta Forna and Zoë Wicomb. For many...
     

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory

    Families & 5+

    Saturday 14 August 12:30 - 13:30

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory
    Book Festival favourites Macastory are off for a day out on the Meadows and you can join them! A fascinating fun-filled family frolic of stories awaits with plenty of songs, laughter and more as our intrepid storytelling duo Ron and Fergus take you...

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