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Battle of the Blitzers with Alastair Chisholm

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 9 August 13:00 - 14:00

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Are you ready for a gamer battle like no other? Join bestselling author, Alastair Chisholm as he shares his newest sci-fi mystery, where everyone is desperate to have a Blitzer, the new fighting-game craze…
 

Preposterous Plots with Pamela Butchart

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Saturday 9 August 13:30 - 14:30

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In Pamela Butchart’s new book, Diary of a Future Billionaire, Ben tries to become the world’s richest ten-year-old. Expect lots of fun audience interaction in this hilarious event as Pamela shares stories that will have you laughing out loud…
 

Storytelling Yoga with Radhika Sanghani

All ages

Saturday 9 August 14:45 - 15:45

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Why not try? Meet Pikachu Meet Pikachu All ages Sat 16 Aug 13:00 - 13:30
 

Emma Forrest & Emma Jane Unsworth: The Messy Glory of Youth

Saturday 9 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Join the authors of these gutsy, vivacious novels for a lively discussion with Nyla Ahmad on the fearless nature of obsession and the bruising reality of teenage infatuation…
 

Think, See, and Draw with Candice Purwin

Saturday 9 August 16:30 - 17:30

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Your brain is full of wild, strange, and brilliant things, and we’re going to draw them out. Get ready to rip up the rule book and learn to fold, write, and draw a short comic book all your own in this comics workshop with graphic novelist Candice Purwin…
 

Nell Zink: Grow Up, Get Old, Get Down

Saturday 9 August 16:45 - 17:45

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Nell Zink joins us in Edinburgh, talking about Sister Europe: a worldly hangout novel of 21st century manners set against the backdrop of a hedonistic night out in Berlin…
 

Vincenzo Latronico & Ayşegül Savaş: Modern Life Under the Microscope

Saturday 9 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Leading lights of international fiction Vincenzo Latronico and Ayşegül Savas join us with two very different novels, both subjecting millennial couples and their lives to the microscope. Latronico's International Booker-shortlisted Perfection delivers a……
 

Brian Chikwava & Alana S Portero: Becoming Who We Are

Saturday 9 August 18:30 - 19:30

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The paths we take to become who we are can separate us widely from our roots. In Alana S Portero's Bad Habit, a nameless trans woman from working-class Madrid finds community in the city's colourful underbelly. In Brian Chikwava's Shamiso, the titular……
 

Rowe Irvin, Florence Knapp & Roisín O'Donnell: Places of Refuge

Saturday 9 August 18:45 - 19:45

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We bring together three debut novelists whose new works have grasped the attention of readers and critics alike…
 

Tash Aw & Alan Hollinghurst: Intimate Histories

Saturday 9 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Two master novelists meet today for a spellbinding conversation…