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    Workshop: Jon Gray & Rafaela Romaya on Creating Beautiful Covers

    Saturday 13 August 10:30 - 14:00

    Workshop: Jon Gray & Rafaela Romaya on Creating Beautiful Covers Book
    Why not try? Close Read: Chris Power on Denis Johnson's Emergency Close Read: Chris Power on Denis Johnson's Emergency Fri 26 Aug 13:00 - 14:30
     

    Nick Drnaso: Drawing Inspiration

    Saturday 13 August 13:30 - 14:30

    Nick Drnaso: Drawing Inspiration Book
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    If graphic novels have historically been overlooked by the literary establishment, then Nick Drnaso’s work is changing things. Sabrina was the first graphic novel to be longlisted for the Booker Prize. Now Acting Class confirms Drnaso as one of...
     

    Beneath the Covers: Best Marketing Strategies of 2022

    Monday 15 August 13:30 - 14:45

    Beneath the Covers: Best Marketing Strategies of 2022 Book
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    It’s one thing to write a great book. It’s a different challenge to get people to buy it. This event gives a glimpse of creative book marketing with some of the industry professionals shortlisted for the British Book Award. Join founders of...
     

    Workshop: Daniel Hahn on Translation

    Monday 15 August 17:00 - 19:00

    Workshop: Daniel Hahn on Translation Book
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    As well as being a writer, editor and critic Daniel Hahn has produced more than 70 translations of literary fiction from Portuguese, Spanish and French into English, many of them award-winning. Today, Hahn leads you through the process of translating...
     

    BHP Comics: Killing Time

    Age 14+

    Tuesday 16 August 12:30 - 13:30

    BHP Comics: Killing Time Book
    Why not try? Workshop: Listen and Draw Sona Sharma with Chitra Soundar Workshop: Listen and Draw Sona Sharma with Chitra Soundar Age 6-10 Sun 28 Aug 10:00 - 11:00
     

    BHP Comics: How to Get into Comics

    Age 14+

    Tuesday 16 August 16:00 - 17:00

    BHP Comics: How to Get into Comics Book
    Why not try? Katherine Webber: Can a Cursed Friendship Survive? Katherine Webber: Can a Cursed Friendship Survive? Age 14+ Fri 19 Aug 15:00 - 16:00
     

    Workshop: Andy West on The Morality Clause

    Thursday 18 August 10:30 - 12:00

    Workshop: Andy West on The Morality Clause Book
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    Is having a morality clause in an author’s contract a step forward or back? As publishers currently debate the pros and cons, author and philosopher Andy West looks at the relationship between art and morality throughout history. In this fascinating,...
     

    Workshop: Dan Richards on How to Ask the Right Questions

    Thursday 18 August 13:00 - 15:00

    Workshop: Dan Richards on How to Ask the Right Questions Book
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    Interviews, whether recorded or in front of a live audience, can seem intimidating, fraught propositions. What if your subject clams up or answers in monosyllabic grunts? Writer Dan Richards has the experience and skills to make your confabs fabulous...
     

    Jarred McGinnis: Wake-up Call

    Thursday 18 August 17:30 - 18:30

    Jarred McGinnis: Wake-up Call Book
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    A truly uplifting emotional journey; a tender, wise, brutally funny novel.’ So says the Guardian about The Coward, Jarred McGinnis’s autobiographical debut. After an accident leaves Jarred, the book’s narrator, in a wheelchair he is forced to...
     

    Workshop: Omar Musa on Writing from Images

    Friday 19 August 13:00 - 15:00

    Workshop: Omar Musa on Writing from Images Book
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    Join writer, poet and performer Omar Musa for a creative writing workshop as he shows you how to produce written work in response to art. Musa is a Malaysian-Australian poet whose international influence is soaring; his new collection is Killernova....