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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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    Lars Mytting & Rachel Seiffert

    Echoing Cry of War

    Saturday 19 August 10:15am - 11:15am

    Lars Mytting & Rachel Seiffert
    Norway’s internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood, Lars Mytting brings us his latest novel, The Sixteen Trees of the Somme, a deeply moving family story of epic scale. The Dark Room, by Rachel Seiffert, was shortlisted for the Man Booker...

    Jerry Brotton

    Sultana Isabel’s New Friends

    Saturday 19 August 10:30am - 11:30am

    Jerry Brotton
    ‘Sultana Isabel’ was what Arab chroniclers called England’s Queen Elizabeth, and they delighted in her triumph over their mutual enemy, Spain’s Philip II. In This Orient Isle, Jerry Brotton shows that the links between England and the Islamic...

    Joe Berger: Tricky Truths

    Age 6-9

    Saturday 19 August 10:30am - 11:30am

    Joe Berger: Tricky Truths
    Have you ever told a lie? Sam Lyttle gets himself in all sorts of trouble because he is constantly fibbing. If he wants to stop getting into scrapes, he must learn to tell the truth. Hear author-illustrator Joe Berger read from Lyttle Lies: The Pudding...

    Alan MacDonald: D.I.S.C.O

    Age 6-9

    Saturday 19 August 10:30am - 11:30am

    Alan MacDonald: D.I.S.C.O
    Chaos returns with Dirty Bertie in the latest instalment of the bestselling series. This time Bertie has been tricked into attending the school disco with Angela Nicely. Hear from Bertie's creator Alan MacDonald and find out all about his latest...

    Dexter Dias

    The Renaissance Barrister

    Saturday 19 August 11:00am - 12:00pm

    Dexter Dias
    Dexter Dias is a QC who has handled some of the biggest cases in the land and has a formidable reputation among his fellow barristers. He has also written five novels. Yet his new book, The Ten Types of Human, is completely different. A pioneering...
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    Tricia Adams on Northern Lights

    Reading Workshop

    Saturday 19 August 11:00am - 12:30pm

    Tricia Adams on Northern Lights Sold Out
    Why not try? Open Book on Days Without End Open Book on Days Without End Reading Workshop Mon 21 Aug 1:00pm - 2:30pm

    Freedom to Think

    Getting Creative with Crafts

    Saturday 19 August 11:00am - 1:00pm

    Freedom to Think
    Children’s creativity campaign Freedom to Think provides inspiration to get creative juices flowing. Drop in to try your hand at drawing, making and modelling with bestselling author Jonathan Stroud. He started the campaign because he believes young...

    Get Stuck Into Science with the Royal Society

    All Ages

    Saturday 19 August 11:00am - 4:30pm

    Get Stuck Into Science with the Royal Society
    Ignite your creativity with hands-on family activities, surprising science experiments and interesting crafts inspired by the shortlist of the Royal Society's 2017 Young People’s Book Prize. Browse the six shortlisted books and cast your vote for the...
    Cancelled

    Charlotte Rampling

    Story of a Star

    Saturday 19 August 11:45am - 12:45pm

    Charlotte Rampling (Cancelled)
    Why not try? Kitty Ferguson Kitty Ferguson An Unfettered Mind Mon 28 Aug 7:00pm - 8:00pm

    Isla Fisher

    Age 5-8

    Saturday 19 August 11:45am - 12:45pm

    Isla Fisher
    Hollywood actor Isla Fisher has played many roles over the years, from a bonkers bridesmaid in Wedding Crashers to the poster girl for consumerism in Confessions of a Shopaholic. But her favourite role has been being a mum and making up stories at...

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