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Plot as Repair: A Workshop with Eleanor Catton

Thursday 14 August 13:30 - 15:30

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Why not try? Shared Reading with Open Book Shared Reading with Open Book Mon 18 Aug 11:00 - 12:00
 

Peter Godwin: Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars

Thursday 14 August 13:45 - 14:45

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As an author, journalist, and former PEN America president, Peter Godwin has faced conflict with courage throughout his 30-year career. Winning the Orwell Prize with his debut title, Mukiwa, his fourth book, Exit Wounds, sees Godwin face a more personal…
 

Harriet Baker & Philip Hoare: Creative Roots

Thursday 14 August 14:00 - 15:00

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Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year, Harriet Baker, and Baillie Gifford Prize-winning Philip Hoare are paired for an extraordinary discussion delving intimately into creative influences…
 

Sigrid Rausing: An Intertwining of Minds

Thursday 14 August 14:15 - 15:15

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When celebrated Swedish author Johanna Ekström learned she was dying of cancer, she asked her friend Sigrid Rausing to distil 13 handwritten notebooks into one final published work. The result, And the Walls Became the World All Around, is a sublime…
 

Sensory Sessions for Wee Ones

Suitable for age 0 - 2

Thursday 14 August 14:30 - 15:20

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Why not try? Meet Pikachu Meet Pikachu All ages Sat 16 Aug 11:00 - 11:30
 

Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh: What We Choose To Remember

Thursday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

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What do the physical memorials of the past and how they are remembered tell us about the ongoing conflicts of today?…
 

Ewan Morrison: Digital Immortality

Thursday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Scottish Book of the Year-winner Ewan Morrison brings his latest high concept techno-thriller to this year’s Festival…
 

Simon Armitage: Dwell

Thursday 14 August 15:30 - 16:30

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Why not try? Queerly Beloved Queerly Beloved Sun 10 Aug 18:15 - 19:15
 

Best Root Forward: A Table Talk with Alissa Timoshkina

Thursday 14 August 15:30 - 17:00

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A love letter to the vegetables that define the most vibrant dishes in Eastern European cooking, Alissa Timoshkina’s Kapusta shines light on little-known culinary cultures and histories – and will become your new favourite cookbook…
 

Lara Pawson: Object Lessons

Thursday 14 August 15:45 - 16:45

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A timer, a toaster, a squirrel, a toenail – the reviews all agree: after reading Lara Pawson’s electrifying Goldsmith’s Prize-shortlisted Spent Light, you’ll never look at ordinary objects the same way again…