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Words from the Wards: The Exhibition

Saturday 9 August 10:00 - 21:00

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Following the success of the Words from the Wards project, we worked with Edinburgh College of Art students to illustrate the collected stories. Join us to view the stories and illustrations side by side in our new festival gallery…
 

Open House

Saturday 9 August 12:15 - 13:15

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You're invited to our Open House! Bring your friends and join Festival director Jenny Niven as she takes you through highlights of the Festival…
 

Opening Gala: Repair

Saturday 9 August 18:00 - 19:30

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Celebrate the opening of this year's Festival in this special Gala event. We'll bring you a kaleidoscope of perspectives and provocations from a diverse line-up of stellar writers including Najwan Darwish, Jenni Fagan, Amitav Ghosh, Rachel Kushner, and…
 

Words from the Wards: The Exhibition

Sunday 10 August 10:00 - 21:00

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Following the success of the Words from the Wards project, we worked with Edinburgh College of Art students to illustrate the collected stories. Join us to view the stories and illustrations side by side in our new festival gallery…
 

Gettin Stairtit wi Writin Scots: A Workshop with Harry Josephine Giles

Sunday 10 August 14:00 - 15:30

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Today, Orcadian poet and novelist Harry Josephine Giles (Deep Wheel Orcadia and Them!) leads a series of exercises for folk looking for a way into working with Scots…
 

1995: Grrrls Aloud

Sunday 10 August 21:00 - 22:30

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Murrayfield might be basking in Oasis nostalgia, but the mid-90s wasn't all blokes and Britpop. Join BBC broadcaster and A Kick Up the Arts host Nicola Meighan for a celebration of Scotland's femme-powered revolution, circa '95…
 

Words from the Wards: The Exhibition

Monday 11 August 10:00 - 21:00

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Following the success of the Words from the Wards project, we worked with Edinburgh College of Art students to illustrate the collected stories. Join us to view the stories and illustrations side by side in our new festival gallery…
 

Julie Farrell, Elizabeth Kellingley & Cat Mitchell: Towards an Inclusive Future

Monday 11 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Author and Inklusion Guide co­founder, Julie Farrell, senior Publishing lecturer at the University of Derby, Cat Mitchell, and Elizabeth Kellingley, access manager at Bloomsbury discuss the impact of their collective disability activism on authors…
 

Stress Test - Live

Monday 11 August 20:00 - 21:30

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A highlight of our annual programme, Stress Test (created by writers Joe Dunthorne and Ella Frears) sees poets and musicians join forces to create a brand-new song in front of your very eyes and ears… in just 15 minutes!…
 

Michael Pedersen, Hollie McNish, Gordon Buchanan & Lomond Campbell: Dynamic Earth

Monday 11 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Join us under the stars in Dynamic Earth’s breathtaking planetarium to celebrate our world, and look towards its future in poetry, imagery, and music…