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Are You Sitting Comfortably?

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Thursday 25 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Emily Ann Davison: Be a Yoga Bunny Age 3-6 Fri 26 Aug 14:30 - 15:15

Ghillie Başan & Mo Wilde: We Hae Meat

Thursday 25 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Tempt your palate with delicious books by two expert foodies. Ghillie Başan has written over 40 critically lauded culinary guides. A Taste of the Highlands introduces artisans, farmers and fishermen from the region and shares 100 recipes both...

Workshop: Nikesh Shukla on Telling Your Story

Thursday 25 August 10:30 - 12:00

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Close Read: Chris Power on Denis Johnson's Emergency Fri 26 Aug 13:00 - 14:30

Woodland Wonderland

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Thursday 25 August 11:00 - 16:30

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From 22–26 August we’re bringing the outside inside in the Baillie Gifford Storytime Yurt. Immerse yourself in our beautiful woodland décor, take some time to unwind with the ambient sounds of nature and feel calmed by the atmospheric lighting....

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Age 0-3

Thursday 25 August 11:00 - 11:30

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Janis Mackay: Sing Along with The Fairy Song Age 3-6 Wed 17 Aug 11:30 - 12:30

YA Book Prize 2022: Who Would You Choose?

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Thursday 25 August 11:15 - 12:00

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Come and meet some of the brilliantly imaginative authors shortlisted for this year’s YA Book Prize as they read from and talk about their – potentially – award-winning books with Mel Bold: Manjeet Mann, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Krystal...

Liz Lochhead: 50 Years of a Pioneering Poet

Thursday 25 August 11:30 - 12:30

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Think of the people who’ve shaped Scotland’s cultural confidence and Liz Lochhead’s name will be near the top of the list. For 50 years, she’s given us glistening poetry and theatre to reflect the shifting times. Her seminal debut collection,...

Kavita Bhanot & Jeremy Tiang: 50 Words for Snow

Thursday 25 August 12:15 - 13:15

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The history of translation into the English language is a story of colonisation. Violent Phenomena: 21 Essays on Translation asks how translators can best acknowledge this troubling past. And might it be possible to use translation to rewrite the...

James Birch: Six Degrees of Francis Bacon

Thursday 25 August 13:00 - 14:00

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This is the story of one curator’s audacious project to stage a retrospective of Francis Bacon’s paintings in Soviet-era Moscow. It’s also a picture of Soviet and Western relations just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. And it’s a close...

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