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Rachel Charlton-Dailey: The Ongoing Fight for Disability Rights

Sunday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

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This year marks 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act. To mark this significant anniversary, activist Rachel Charlton-Dailey joins Caro Clarke to discuss Ramping Up Rights which brings together inspiring stories of over 100 years of disability…
 

Disrupting the Narrative – A Performance

Sunday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Do you think you know Edinburgh? What about the parts of its story it prefers to conceal? This theatrical poetry performance from Edinburgh's former Makar Hannah Lavery alongside fellow poets Jeda Pearl, Shasta Hanif Ali, Niall Moorjani, and Alycia…
 

Maggie Nelson: How Does a Body Connect with Itself?

Sunday 17 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Maggie Nelson's intellectually nimble works of non-fiction (including The Argonauts) have earned her both Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships along with a reputation as one her generation's most versatile thinkers. Her latest work, Pathemata: Or, The…
 

Reading to repair: Inspiring the Next Generation with SCWBI and Will Sliney

Sunday 17 August 18:15 - 19:15

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How can children’s books help repair a troubled world and support young minds in the process? Join Will Sliney, Marvel artist and creator of Sky Arts’ Draw with Will, for a powerful conversation on how storytelling and illustration can inspire empathy……
 

Anthony Joseph: Precious and Impossible

Sunday 17 August 18:30 - 19:30

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What a delight to welcome Anthony Joseph – one of our greatest living poets – back to the Festival for 2025, sharing his lyrical, incisive new collection, Precious and Impossible: Selected Poems…
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Bella Mackie: Killing Your Darling Family

Sunday 17 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Why not try? Michael Pedersen: Charged by Starlight Michael Pedersen: Charged by Starlight Sat 23 Aug 20:30 - 21:30
 

Edwin Morgan: A Legacy from Translation to Liberation

Sunday 17 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Edwin Morgan was many things: the first Makar of Scotland, a prolific writer (with over 60 published works), a passionate translation advocate, and a person with a kaleidoscopic range of interests. Although sensationally generous with his words and…
 

Kintsugi as Repair: A Workshop with Halle O’Neal

Sunday 17 August 19:00 - 20:30

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Why not try? Samanta Schweblin: Beauty and the Sinister Samanta Schweblin: Beauty and the Sinister Sun 24 Aug 15:15 - 16:15
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Fady Joudah: The Hearts of a Catastrophe

Sunday 17 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Why not try? Javier Cercas: The Weight of the Past, the Weight of the Future Javier Cercas: The Weight of the Past, the Weight of the Future Tue 19 Aug 13:15 - 14:15
 

Dylin Hardcastle & Sean Hewitt: Closed and Open Hearts

Sunday 17 August 20:00 - 21:00

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Meet the authors of two poetic novels where young queer characters come of age. In Dylin Hardcastle's A Language of Limbs, the aftermath of one summer night ripples across decades as two teenage girls decide whether to act on their desires. In Open…