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A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G

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Sunday 17 August 14:45 - 15:45

A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G

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A Year of Pride and Joy with Simon James Green & Mama G…

Who Will Be Remembered Here

Sunday 17 August 14:45 - 15:45

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2025 marks 30 years since the first major Pride event in Scotland, yet queer histories have existed for as long as Scotland has. who will be remembered here enlivens these histories through performances, films, and an anthology…

Robert Crawford: New Words for an Old World

Sunday 17 August 15:00 - 16:00

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The Front List: R F Kuang Sun 24 Aug 19:30 - 20:30

Ali Smith: Brave New Words

Sunday 17 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Nimble, playful, canny, subversive – four-time Booker-shortlisted Ali Smith returns to the Festival with Gliff. Written with her singular blend of whimsy and gravitas, the novel is a near-future dystopia, meditating on themes of resistance, the making of…

Nina Mingya Powles & Stephanie Sy-Quia: Making Matters

Sunday 17 August 15:15 - 16:15

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Nina Mingya Powles & Stephanie Sy-Quia: Making Matters

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Meet three creatives whose artistic practice incorporates writing and artmaking - from glass poetry and candle pouring to zine making, sewing, and linocut printing. Lucy Mercer, Nina Mingya Powles, and Stephanie Sy-Quia join us for this special event in…

Madeleine Thien & Priya Basil: Objects Talk Back

Sunday 17 August 16:00 - 17:00

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The Humboldt Forum's 'Objects Talk Back' project invited authors to select an object from the museum's collection and write about it however they wished. Novelist Madeleine Thien chose the painting, 'Three Uyghur Princes'. She talks with project curator…

Kintsugi as Repair: A Workshop with Halle O’Neal

Sunday 17 August 16:30 - 18:00

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In Japanese culture, there's a philosophy that imperfections should be embraced, and this is embodied in the centuries-old art of kintsugi, in which gold lacquer is used to repair ceramics. Rather than hiding the cracks, this visible act of mending…