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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. Over 900 authors appear in around 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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    Rachel Reeves

    Women in power

    Monday 26 August 11:45 - 12:45

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    In Women of Westminster, Labour MP Rachel Reeves tells the overlooked stories of leading and lesser known British politicians who have shaped a nation, from the earliest suffrage campaigns to Harriet Harman’s legislation on the gender pay gap. Join...
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    Adam Nicolson & Tom Hammick

    The land of the Lyrical Ballads

    Monday 26 August 13:45 - 14:45

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    For 16 months between 1797 and 1798, Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth lived a few miles apart in Somerset. This stage of their friendship led to the publication of the Lyrical Ballads, the landmark collection that included ‘The Rime of the...

    Mazen Maarouf & David Szalay

    Short Stories and Tall Tales

    Monday 26 August 14:00 - 15:00

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    Mazen Maarouf is the foremost translator of Icelandic literature into Arabic. His own writing has been compared to Roald Dahl and Jokes for the Gunmen certainly delivers on that promise, featuring fantasist matadors and lost limbs. In Turbulence, Booker...

    India After the Elections

    A Year of Controversy

    Monday 26 August 14:15 - 15:15

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    In 2018, elections across Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka produced surprising results. Populism is on the rise in India too, as voters reject traditional parties as corrupt. In light of recent general election results and the inheritance of Modi’s...

    Happy Birthday No Matter What

    Age 3-6

    Monday 26 August 15:00 - 15:45

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    Join creator of No Matter What, Debi Gliori for a special 20th anniversary celebration of this beautiful and important picture book all about reassurance and unconditional love. Proving the impact of picture books in children's lives, the story has...

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