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Kirsty Logan: Love Over Time

Friday 22 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Festival favourite Kirsty Logan is back with another beautiful collection of short stories, No & Other Love Stories, exploring the intricacies and complexities of female desire against a backdrop that spans centuries…
 

Irvine Welsh: The Second Summer of Love

Friday 22 August 18:45 - 19:45

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With its long-anticipated Trainspotting sequel, Men in Love, the gang ‘come up’ again during the anarchic, decadent peak of late 80s/early 90s rave culture. Edinburgh icon Welsh joins us to pose the timely question: is love really the drug all men crave?…
 

Kit de Waal: When You’re Busy Making Other Plans

Friday 22 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Fw people understand the vagueries of the human heart such as My Name Is Leon author Kit de Waal, who returns to the Festival to discuss her latest novel, The Best of Everything…
 

Catherine Chidgey & Laila Lalami: Dreaming Dangerously

Friday 22 August 20:00 - 21:00

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Master storytellers Catherine Chidgey and Laila Lalami have created two chilling new dystopian tales in which dreams are monitored for control and surveillance. The authors chat privacy, freedom, and speculative visions…
 

Chris Chibnall: From Broadchurch to the White Hart

Friday 22 August 20:30 - 21:30

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What do you do when you hand over the reins as showrunner of Doctor Who, one of the most high-profile jobs in British TV? In Chris Chibnall’s case, you write your debut crime thriller, Death at The White Hart…
 

Become a Real-Life Superhero with Dr Punam Krishan

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 23 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Discover how you can become a hero in any accident or emergency with Dr Punam Krishan, author and resident GP on BBC Morning Live. Dr Krishan will use lessons from her latest book, The Superhero’s First Aid Manual, to teach you how to stay calm and help…
 

Christopher de Bellaigue: Power and Politics in the Ottoman Empire

Saturday 23 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Christopher de Bellaigue joins us today discussing the life of the feared 16th century Sultan, Suleyman the Magnificent, and his relevance to today’s Middle East…
 

Solve Mysteries with Robin Stevens

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 23 August 10:30 - 11:30

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Why not try? Dragon Training with Cressida Cowell Dragon Training with Cressida Cowell Suitable for age 9 - 11 Fri 22 Aug 13:30 - 14:30
 

Adam Kay & Henry Paker: Dexter Procter Will See You Now

Suitable for age 7 - 11

Saturday 23 August 11:45 - 12:45

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Introducing Dexter Procter – the world’s youngest doctor. It was clear from an early age that Dexter Procter was different. He started speaking at four seconds old. By the age of three, he had 87 A-levels, from Afrikaans to Zoology. And by ten, he was……
 

Jonathan Freedland: Defying a Dictator

Saturday 23 August 12:00 - 13:00

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