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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? Workshop: Andy West on Freedom and Imprisonment Workshop: Andy West on Freedom and Imprisonment Fri 19 Aug 10:30 - 12:30
     

    Close Read: Merve Emre on To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

    Saturday 13 August 17:00 - 18:30

    Close Read: Merve Emre on To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 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
     

    Close Read: Richard Holloway on the King James Bible

    Sunday 14 August 10:30 - 12:00

    Close Read: Richard Holloway on the King James Bible Book
    Why not try? Kavita Bhanot & Jeremy Tiang: 50 Words for Snow Kavita Bhanot & Jeremy Tiang: 50 Words for Snow Thu 25 Aug 12:15 - 13:15
     

    Close Read: Daniel Hahn on Asterix by Goscinny & Uderzo

    Sunday 14 August 17:00 - 18:30

    Close Read: Daniel Hahn on Asterix by Goscinny & Uderzo Book
    Why not try? Workshop: Omar Musa on Writing from Images Workshop: Omar Musa on Writing from Images Fri 19 Aug 13:00 - 15:00
     

    Close Read: Jess Brough on Octavia E Butler’s Parable of the Sower

    Monday 15 August 13:00 - 14:30

    Close Read: Jess Brough on Octavia E Butler’s Parable of the Sower Book
    Why not try? Close Read: Mary Gaitskill on Alice Munro's Vandals and John Cheever's The Five Forty-Eight Close Read: Mary Gaitskill on Alice Munro's Vandals and John Cheever's The Five Forty-Eight Sun 21 Aug 13:00 - 14:30
     

    Workshop: Daniel Hahn on Translation

    Monday 15 August 17:00 - 19:00

    Workshop: Daniel Hahn on Translation Book
    Why not try? Workshop: Ellen Renton on the Power of Political Writing Workshop: Ellen Renton on the Power of Political Writing Sun 28 Aug 14:00 - 15:30
     

    Close Read: Daniel Hahn on the International Booker Prize Winner

    Tuesday 16 August 13:00 - 14:30

    Close Read: Daniel Hahn on the International Booker Prize Winner Book
    Why not try? Karla Suárez: Trouble in Havana Karla Suárez: Trouble in Havana Wed 17 Aug 16:30 - 17:30
     

    Workshop: Lizzy Stewart on Illustrating Your Reading List

    Wednesday 17 August 10:30 - 12:30

    Workshop: Lizzy Stewart on Illustrating Your Reading List Book
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    Many people keep a list of the books they’ve read, but why not make it an illustrated list? Choose your four favourite books of the year and bring images of their covers to this practical workshop with illustrator, graphic novelist and Book Festival...
     

    Close Read: Open Book on Poetry

    Wednesday 17 August 13:00 - 14:30

    Close Read: Open Book on Poetry Book
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    Marjorie Lotfi and Claire Urquhart from Open Book, a charity which organises shared reading and creative writing groups, explore work from the poets who are sharing new collections at this year’s Festival. Expect an open discussion from the start –...
     

    Nothing but the Poem with Samuel Tongue: The Poetry of Ocean Vuong

    Wednesday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00

    Nothing but the Poem with Samuel Tongue: The Poetry of Ocean Vuong Book
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    Ocean Vuong has garnered international critical acclaim for his novel and two poetry collections. Born in Saigon and raised in the USA, Vuong’s writing draws heavily on his experiences of queerness, migration and class, especially in his new...