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    Graeme Armstrong, Jenni Fagan & Caleb Femi: Take Your Place 

    Saturday 14 August 13:00 - 14:00

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    Graeme Armstrong, Jenni Fagan & Caleb Femi: Take Your Place 
    Since early 2020 our sense of home and our relationship to place has changed dramatically. Recurring lockdowns and ‘stay at home’ orders have seen people confined to their houses, flats and immediate local area. For some, discoveries of outdoor...
     

    Grace Blakeley & Ian Goldin: Creating Global Change from Crisis

    Saturday 14 August 13:15 - 14:15

    Grace Blakeley & Ian Goldin: Creating Global Change from Crisis
    The pandemic has demolished global norms more emphatically than anything we have seen since the Second World War. But rather than simply hoping the world can bounce back, is there a chance for a more fundamental rethink? In The Corona Crash, economics...
     

    Malorie Blackman: Noughts & Crosses, 20 Years On

    Age 12+

    Saturday 14 August 14:30 - 15:30

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    Malorie Blackman: Noughts & Crosses, 20 Years On
    Published twenty years ago this year, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses broke the hearts of a generation of teenage readers, and its influence on Young Adult fiction can be felt across the genre with the themes of racism, diversity and conflict...
     

    Discover the Hidden History of the Meadows with Macastory

    Families & 5+

    Saturday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

    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...
     

    Kei Miller: Silence is Violence

    Saturday 14 August 16:00 - 17:00

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    Kei Miller: Silence is Violence
    A few years ago, when asked what he sees when he looks at a map, Kei Miller answered ‘I see the things that aren’t there... maps are always interesting to me for what’s left out…’. These gaps and omissions were a key part of the celebrated...
     

    Hoda Barakat: Lost Voices of the Arab Spring

    Saturday 14 August 16:15 - 17:15

    Hoda Barakat: Lost Voices of the Arab Spring
    Ten years on from the uprisings across the Arab-speaking world, writers from countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Libya are offering important reflections on the uncertainty and tragedy that continues to affect people living there. In this event...
     

    Torrey Peters: Modern Families, Baby

    Saturday 14 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Torrey Peters: Modern Families, Baby
    Detransition, Baby is the fizzing debut novel from American author Torrey Peters, a modern story about motherhood, sex, relationships and chosen family. Reese is a trans woman in her 30s who desperately yearns for motherhood when Ames, her former lover...
     

    Hans Ulrich Obrist: Art for Earth’s Sake

    Saturday 14 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Hans Ulrich Obrist: Art for Earth’s Sake
    What is the role of an art exhibition space, if not a forum for ideas and a catalyst for change? That’s the view of Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London and one of the world’s most prominent curators. An...
     

    Mariana Enríquez: Argentina's Ghoulish Underbelly

    Saturday 14 August 19:15 - 20:15

    Mariana Enríquez: Argentina's Ghoulish Underbelly
    There is a new generation of Latin American women whose stylish, gothic writing is finding enthusiastic readers all over the world. Alongside Chile’s Lina Meruane and Mexico’s Valeria Luiselli, Argentina has produced a cornucopia of talents...
     

    Opening Night: Culture in a Time of Crisis

    Saturday 14 August 20:30 - 22:00

    Opening Night: Culture in a Time of Crisis
    Who needs art when bombs are being dropped? Who needs culture when lives are being lost to poverty, disease, climate crisis and war? There's always a crisis somewhere on the planet, but this year it seems that devastating events have laid siege to a...

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