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Madeleine Thien & Omar El Akkad: The Sanctity of Language

Friday 15 August 16:00 - 17:00

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Words matter. But how far can language take us – or lead us away from – where we want to be?…
 

Polly Atkin & Joe Harkness: The Force of Nature

Friday 15 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Many of us know that time in nature supports our wellbeing – but why does it? How does nature change the way we think?…
 

Lindsey Hilsum: Poetry as an Act of Witness

Friday 15 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Lindsey Hilsum has been a war correspondent for four decades. She’s been a poetry lover for even longer…
 

Ivo Graham: The Glory and the Chaos

Friday 15 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Ivo Graham is a whirlwind of a man. A hugely popular comedian, club night DJ, podcast host, TaskMaster flop, and a father: he simply can’t do things by halves…
 

Lanre Bakare, Jen Calleja & Ash Sarkar: Changing the Culture

Friday 15 August 18:15 - 19:15

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Three vibrant voices shaking up assumptions on class, race, and culture join us for a perspective-shifting discussion…
 

Titilayo Farukuoye, Michael Lee Richardson, Ely Percy, Shola von Reinhold & Ryan Vance: Fierce Salvage

Friday 15 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Fierce Salvage: A Queer Words Anthology is an inspiring snapshot of current LGBTI+ Scottish writing, from memoir to poetry, edited by Michael Lee Richardson and Ryan Vance…
 

Ita O'Brien: Unblurring the Lines

Friday 15 August 18:45 - 19:45

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In Intimacy, O’Brien uses her experiences on shows including Normal People and Sex Education to reflect on how we navigate sex and intimacy within ourselves, and with others…
 

Laurie Bristow: The Ambassador’s Final Dispatch

Friday 15 August 18:45 - 19:45

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After a long career at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), including as director of national security, Laurie Bristow was British ambassador to Afghanistan in 2021 and one of the last civilians to leave when Kabul fell to the Taliban…
 

Ben Okri: Festival for the Broken-Hearted

Friday 15 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Winner of the Booker Prize, Ben Okri doubles the festival spirit on offer with Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted…
 

Maggie Nelson & Oluwaseun Olayiwola: Embodied Interiority

Friday 15 August 20:00 - 21:00

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Our relationships with our bodies can be both intimate and alien at once. How can we feel at home in them? Together, genre-defying writer Maggie Nelson (Pathemata) and poet and choreographer Oluwaseun Olayiwola (Strange Beach) explore how our bodies can…