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Kirsty Logan: Love Over Time

Friday 22 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Festival favourite Kirsty Logan is back with another beautiful collection of short stories, No & Other Love Stories, exploring the intricacies and complexities of female desire against a backdrop that spans centuries…
 

Irvine Welsh: The Second Summer of Love

Friday 22 August 18:45 - 19:45

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With its long-anticipated Trainspotting sequel, Men in Love, the gang ‘come up’ again during the anarchic, decadent peak of late 80s/early 90s rave culture. Edinburgh icon Welsh joins us to pose the timely question: is love really the drug all men crave?…
 

Kit de Waal: When You’re Busy Making Other Plans

Friday 22 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Fw people understand the vagueries of the human heart such as My Name Is Leon author Kit de Waal, who returns to the Festival to discuss her latest novel, The Best of Everything…
 

Catherine Chidgey & Laila Lalami: Dreaming Dangerously

Friday 22 August 20:00 - 21:00

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Master storytellers Catherine Chidgey and Laila Lalami have created two chilling new dystopian tales in which dreams are monitored for control and surveillance. The authors chat privacy, freedom, and speculative visions…
 

Chris Chibnall: From Broadchurch to the White Hart

Friday 22 August 20:30 - 21:30

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What do you do when you hand over the reins as showrunner of Doctor Who, one of the most high-profile jobs in British TV? In Chris Chibnall’s case, you write your debut crime thriller, Death at The White Hart…
 

After Word with Callum Easter

Friday 22 August 21:00 - 22:30

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Celebrate the final weekend of the festival and the release of Irvine Welsh’s new novel Men in Love with Leith’s own Callum Easter as he brings his soul-punk charisma to the Spiegeltent stage in this special performance, accompanied by his band the…
 

Join the Paper Chase with Julia Donaldson and Friends

Suitable for age 6 - 9

Saturday 23 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Get ready for the premiere of Julia’s new picture book, Paper Chase, and family favourites such as Zog, Superworm, and The Gruffalo. Prepare your singing voices and get out your dancing shoes - it's going to be a hit!…
 

Become a Real-Life Superhero with Dr Punam Krishan

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Saturday 23 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Discover how you can become a hero in any accident or emergency with Dr Punam Krishan, author and resident GP on BBC Morning Live. Dr Krishan will use lessons from her latest book, The Superhero’s First Aid Manual, to teach you how to stay calm and help…
 

Spark Exhibition

Saturday 23 August 10:00 - 21:00

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Young people from the Alternative School at Spartans Community Foundation are back at the festival for the third year, with their brand-new exhibition, Spark. Our writer in residence Owen Sutcliffe has been working with the young people to spark their…
 

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Suitable for age 3 - 5

Saturday 23 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Join us for a relaxed morning story especially for your littlest readers…