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Shon Faye: Love Without Bounds

Saturday 16 August 16:00 - 17:00

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In Love in Exile, Shon Faye (author of the acclaimed bestseller The Transgender Issue) explores what happens when we break the constraints of conventionality and embrace love in all its forms…
 

Alayo Akinkugbe & Zarina Muhammad: Rewriting Art History

Saturday 16 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Can we trust art history as it’s conventionally told? And who writes its story from now?…
 

Samuel Fisher & Will Rees: Illness – Real and Imagined

Saturday 16 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Some of the most gripping Book Festival conversations are those blending fiction and non-fiction. Here, we bring together two writers whose work addresses illness…
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Colin Greenwood: How to Disappear

Saturday 16 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Why not try? Robert Macfarlane: Is A River Alive? Robert Macfarlane: Is A River Alive? Sat 9 Aug 15:15 - 16:15
 

Omar El Akkad & Fady Joudah: Not Looking Away

Saturday 16 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad’s first non-fiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, and Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah’s new collection, […], both respond to the genocide in Gaza with starkness…
 

Make Your Own Bookmark with Edinburgh Printmakers Family Print Club

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Sunday 17 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Make your own personalised bookmark today so you don’t lose your place while reading all your new books! Get creative with Fiona Maher from Edinburgh Printmakers Family Print Club using tetra pack and other materials from the recycling bin…
 

Jenny Lau, Chitra Ramaswamy & Sami Tamimi: Food and Home

Sunday 17 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Food profoundly shapes our sense of home and belonging, no matter which country or cuisine we identify most closely with. Jenny Lau, Sami Tamimi, and Chitra Ramaswamy come together to discuss the kaleidoscope of stories and connections that come alive…
 

Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi: Women, Not Witches

Sunday 17 August 11:45 - 12:45

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Campaign group Witches of Scotland are on a mission to illuminate the unjust killings of nearly 4,000 Scottish women in the 1500s. They want an official pardon, an apology, and appropriate memorialisation of those who were killed…
 

Brilliant Little Beasties with Yussef Rafik

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Sunday 17 August 11:45 - 12:45

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They may be small, but you’d be surprised how useful bugs and minibeasts are to our planet. They’re just so amazing too – did you know some bugs can lift over 1,000 times their weight? Hear Yussef Rafik share loads of fun bug facts with his latest book…
 

Have Lunch with Sami Tamimi

Sunday 17 August 13:00 - 16:00

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In his first solo cookbook, Boustany, Sami Tamimi draws inspiration from growing up in Palestine, eating produce from his grandfather's luscious, lovingly tended garden: vegetables and herbs that transformed into dishes bringing family and community…