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Hundreds of events for adults, teenagers and children feature authors, illustrators, musicians, poets, policians, thinkers, prize-winners and rising stars every August.
Star of BBC’s Daily Kitchen Live and activist Jack Monroe teaches us the true meaning of self-care in Good Food for Bad Days. In I Heard What You Said, Jeffrey Boakye examines the structural racism behind prejudiced statements he’s encountered. And...
Can writers give us a fresh perspective on global and local issues? Each afternoon a leading writer discusses books, research and ideas confronting this time of uncertainty and change.
Deemed by Sally Rooney as the ‘most important work of contemporary reporting’, My Fourth Time, We Drowned explores Sally Hayden’s staggering investigation into the migrant crisis across North Africa. In The Naked Don’t Fear the Water, journalist...
Isabel Waidner’s third novel Sterling Karat Gold won the Goldsmiths Prize in 2021. Following a non-binary migrant on a surreal adventure through the streets of London, it offers a satire of the British justice system that reads like a wild update of...
She’s ‘an inspiration’ and ‘so brave’ and so tired of hearing about it. The protagonist in the one-woman poetry performance Within Sight is a disabled athlete who has narrowly missed out on making the GB Paralympics team. This is the...
This year, we asked people across Scotland – of any age, background or ability – to submit their own stories responding to the prompt ‘On This Day’, to build a fascinating portrait of Scotland today. Every day at 17:00 different storytellers...
This one is for the music lovers! Come along to hear from writer, teacher and music enthusiast, Jeffrey Boakye, as he uses music to map key moments in Black British history. Featuring Neneh Cherry, Smiley Culture, Stormzy, Craig David, Ms Dynamite, Dave...
Take control of your own narrative with award-winning poet and performer Joelle Taylor. LGBTQIA+ literature is thriving, and this workshop shows you how to take personal experience and perspectives to create new forms of poetry. Using techniques...
The UK’s longest-running literary prizes are awarded in this prestigious event with broadcaster Sally Magnusson, who hosts a celebration of the year’s best works of fiction and biography. Join us as the Prize judges and University of Edinburgh...
As one of the finest military historians in the world, Sir Antony Beevor has written defining narrative accounts of the Second World War and the Spanish Civil War. Now we celebrate the publication of a book that could not be more timely. Russia:...
Announcing our Communities Programme and Citizen events this August 
