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There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Around 1000 authors appear in over 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.

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    Peter Stanford

    Luther: Religious Revolutionary

    Wednesday 16 August 11:00am - 12:00pm

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    Why not try? Kathleen Doyle & Scot McKendrick Kathleen Doyle & Scot McKendrick A Divine Art Collection Thu 24 Aug 2:15pm - 3:15pm

    60 Years of The Cat in the Hat

    All Ages

    Wednesday 16 August 11:00am - 4:30pm

    60 Years of The Cat in the Hat
    Don't sit around in your house all day, come into Story Box for free crafts and play. Celebrate 60 years of The Cat in the Hat, with colouring, fun and games and other things like that.

    Open Book on The New York Trilogy

    Reading Workshop

    Wednesday 16 August 11:00am - 12:30pm

    Open Book on The New York Trilogy
    Marjorie Lotfi Gill and Claire Urquhart from Open Book, a charity which organises shared reading groups, look at Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy. Described as detective fiction, it features familiar elements of that genre but also plays around with...
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    Bookbug

    Age 0-3

    Wednesday 16 August 11:45am - 12:15pm

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    Why not try? Hunting for Treasure with Alice Melvin Hunting for Treasure with Alice Melvin Age 4-7 Mon 28 Aug 10:00am - 11:00am

    Quintin Jardine

    Game Not Over

    Wednesday 16 August 11:45am - 12:45pm

    Quintin Jardine
    Incredibly, admirably, we have reached mystery number 27 in the Bob Skinner series as the irrepressible Quintin Jardine announces Game Over. When a supermodel is found savagely murdered in her flat, suspicion switches from her footballer husband to...
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    War Poets Collection from Craiglockhart

    First Editions, Images and Realia

    Wednesday 16 August 12:00pm - 12:45pm

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    Why not try? Nothing But the Poem on John Milton & Michael Longley Nothing But the Poem on John Milton & Michael Longley Reading Workshop Sat 26 Aug 11:00am - 12:30pm
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    Bernard MacLaverty

    Well Worth Waiting For

    Wednesday 16 August 12:15pm - 1:15pm

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    Why not try? Afternoon Tea with Beatrice Colin & Suzanne Joinson Afternoon Tea with Beatrice Colin & Suzanne Joinson Delectable Romance Fri 25 Aug 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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    Pam Wardell

    Soviet Dissident’s Secret Love

    Wednesday 16 August 12:15pm - 1:15pm

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    Why not try? Andrew O'Neill Andrew O'Neill Worshipping the Devil’s Music Sat 26 Aug 8:15pm - 9:15pm
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    John M MacKenzie & Angela McCarthy

    The Scottish Diaspora

    Wednesday 16 August 12:30pm - 1:30pm

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    Why not try? Gonzalo C Garcia & Dorthe Nors Gonzalo C Garcia & Dorthe Nors Single and Lonely Wed 23 Aug 7:00pm - 8:00pm

    Mark O'Connell & Angela Saini

    The Future of Science

    Wednesday 16 August 12:30pm - 1:30pm

    Mark O'Connell & Angela Saini
    Our technological and scientific futures are at risk if we don’t answer some crucial questions and face up to a few inconvenient truths, argue these two writers. For Angela Saini, science’s failure to understand women and tendency to misrepresent...

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