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Lara Pawson: Object Lessons

Thursday 14 August 15:45 - 16:45

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A timer, a toaster, a squirrel, a toenail – the reviews all agree: after reading Lara Pawson’s electrifying Goldsmith’s Prize-shortlisted Spent Light, you’ll never look at ordinary objects the same way again…
 

Judy Murray: See You in Court

Thursday 14 August 16:00 - 17:00

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Judy Murray needs no introduction: former tennis professional and coach, and of course mother of Those Tennis Brothers, she’s an icon of the game. Latterly, she’s become a figurehead for women in sport and has also subjected herself to the rigours of…
 

Dive into an Ocean Adventure with Martin Stewart

Suitable for age 9 - 11

Thursday 14 August 16:30 - 17:30

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Ocean explorer Sandy Fin: diver of the deep and puzzler of puzzles. Can he save the Museum of Seaside Stories and its collection of treasures?…
 

Denise Mina: Bloody Murder

Thursday 14 August 17:00 - 18:00

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Deemed ‘crime-writing royalty’ by Ian Rankin, bestselling author Denise Mina returns to the Festival with her 20th novel, The Good Liar…
 

Harriet Armstrong & Rosalind Brown: Lessons in Inner Life

Thursday 14 August 17:30 - 18:30

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Two razor-sharp debut novelists talk with Sasha de Buyl about the fitful, lurching paths we take on the coming-of-age journey…
 

Heather Parry & Nell Stevens: Between the Lines

Thursday 14 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Heather Parry and Nell Stevens bring darkly humorous, gothic narratives to the fore in their new books, Carrion Crow and The Original…
 

Samantha Harvey: Writing a Space Pastoral

Thursday 14 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Harvey returns to the Festival to reflect on her year since winning one of literature’s highest honours and what it means to write life in space with the sensibility of a nature writer…
 

Chris Brookmyre: Thirty, and Counting

Thursday 14 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Chris Brookmyre’s offbeat brand of Scottish crime has been selling by the millions since his debut in 1996. He joins us now with his 30th novel, The Cracked Mirror, a deeply unusual detective caper that splices the tweedy with the hardboiled…
 

Scots Bookbug

Suitable for age 0 - 2

Friday 15 August 10:00 - 10:30

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Bring yer wee yins alang fir a Scots Bookbug wi sangs, rhymes, an stories. Abody’s welcome, whither ye’re a gallus Scots speaker or a wee feartie!…
 

Mairi Kidd & Lesley McDowell: Reimagining History’s (Anti)Heroines

Friday 15 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Join Mairi Kidd and Lesley McDowell for a romp through 19th century Scotland as they discuss the craft of compelling character studies and inventing voices for women lost to time…