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    Scottish Publisher Showcase

    Tuesday 17 August 11:00 - 12:30

    Scottish Publisher Showcase
    Get a taste of the breadth of Scotland’s vibrant publishing landscape from the shores of Leith to the Isle of Lewis. With 100-plus publishers in our small country, we celebrate and amplify the voices of the established and debut publishers who,...
     

    Sarah Ardizzone, Marianne Dubuc & Greet Pauwelijn: Translation Adventures

    Age 12+

    Tuesday 17 August 13:00 - 14:00

    Sarah Ardizzone, Marianne Dubuc & Greet Pauwelijn: Translation Adventures
    What happens when a book gets translated? How do words and pictures travel from one language into another and who’s involved? This event is your chance to follow the journey every step of the way, from the very beginning when the idea was born in the...
     

    Iman Mersal: The Limits and Pleasures of Egyptian Womanhood

    Wednesday 18 August 16:15 - 17:15

    Iman Mersal: The Limits and Pleasures of Egyptian Womanhood
    Iman Mersal is a major figure in international literature, an Egyptian poet whose work is characterised by her ardently experimental style. Her latest novel, Fee Athar Enayat Al Zayyat (In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat), was published in 2019 and...
     

    David Peace & Chris Power: Cities That Cast Long Shadows

    Thursday 19 August 13:00 - 14:00

    David Peace & Chris Power: Cities That Cast Long Shadows
    Berlin and Tokyo: two peaceful and thriving cities… yet each haunted by the weight of history, where everything is imbued with ‘the stench of the past, the noise of the future.’ Chris Power’s clever debut novel A Lonely Man is set in Berlin...
     

    Val McDermid: The Winter of Our Discontent

    Thursday 19 August 14:30 - 15:30

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    Val McDermid: The Winter of Our Discontent
    The fan club for Val McDermid’s books just keeps growing – lapping up each new novel featuring either DCI Karen Pirie or Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. But whether you’re an old hand or new to McDermid’s work, there’s something special this...
     

    Salman Rushdie with Allan Little: Standing in the Rubble of Truth

    Friday 20 August 19:00 - 20:00

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    Salman Rushdie with Allan Little: Standing in the Rubble of Truth
    World famous for his novels, Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen works of fiction including the Booker Prize-winning Midnight’s Children and his most recent book Quichotte, shortlisted for the Booker in 2019. Alongside his storytelling,...
     

    Judith Bryan, S I Martin & Nicola Williams with Bernardine Evaristo: Black Britain, Writing Back 

    Saturday 21 August 17:30 - 18:30

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    Judith Bryan, S I Martin & Nicola Williams with Bernardine Evaristo: Black Britain, Writing Back 
    Winning the Booker Prize in 2019 changed everything for Bernardine Evaristo. But as well as enjoying international fame for herself, Evaristo has been able to turn up the volume on something she has been doing for years: championing the work of...
     

    Maggie O'Farrell: Loves, Labours, Loss

    Saturday 21 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Maggie O'Farrell: Loves, Labours, Loss
    Edinburgh-based Maggie O’Farrell hit a spectacular new career high last year with the publication of Hamnet – winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a huge bestseller across the world and unquestionably a standout book of 2020. Why did...
     

    Meet the Makar: A Toast to Scotland’s New National Poet

    Saturday 21 August 20:30 - 21:30

    Meet the Makar: A Toast to Scotland’s New National Poet
    On the 18th of August, poet and essayist Kathleen Jamie was announced as Scotland's new Makar. Jamie – who writes in English and Scots – began writing poetry as a teenager and published her first booklet at the age of 20. "Since then," she says,...
     

    Extra Teeth: Words with Bite

    Sunday 22 August 20:30 - 22:00

    Extra Teeth: Words with Bite
    Extra Teeth is a literary magazine based between Leith and Glasgow that celebrates bold words with bite, original illustration and design and the enduring power of print. First launched in 2019 following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the magazine...

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