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    Henry Marsh: Of Life and Death

    Saturday 13 August 10:30 - 11:30

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    The publishing world might not have predicted that a book about brain surgery would sell hundreds of thousands of copies. But when neurosurgeon Henry Marsh embarked on a writing career, readers were enthralled by the wisdom and candour of Do No Harm....
     

    Georgia Pritchett: Thriving With Anxiety

    Saturday 13 August 16:15 - 17:15

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    Why not try? Jack Monroe: On Self-Care and Social Change Jack Monroe: On Self-Care and Social Change Thu 25 Aug 14:30 - 15:30
     

    Katherine Angel & Amia Srinivasan: The Politics of Sex

    Saturday 13 August 16:30 - 17:30

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    To write on sex, consent and desire after the cultural shifts of the last decade is not easy – but this event brings together two writers who have penned unflinching books on these topics. The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan and Tomorrow Sex Will Be...
     

    Abi Morgan: For Love Nor Pity

    Saturday 13 August 19:00 - 20:00

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    One of the UK’s most fearsomely talented screenwriters, Abi Morgan has worked on projects including The Iron Lady and Shame, which garnered both headlines and awards. Today, she reveals her own powerful story of survival. In This is Not a Pity Memoir,...
     

    Nihal Arthanayake: A Little More Conversation

    Saturday 13 August 19:30 - 20:30

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    TV presenter and BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake has made a career out of difficult conversations. But according to him, we have lost the ability to talk to each other and it is hindering our happiness and social cohesion. Drawing on...
     

    Adam Tooze with Allan Little: When the Markets Caught Covid

    Saturday 13 August 20:15 - 21:15

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    Covid-19 brought about the biggest crisis since the Second World War. It required government interventions so huge that the result was effectively a revolution. That’s the crux of Adam Tooze’s argument in Shutdown, his trenchant analysis of how...
     

    Meg Mason: Femme Fatalistic

    Sunday 14 August 15:45 - 16:45

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    Meg Mason’s breakout bestselling novel of love, family and mental health, Sorrow and Bliss, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and dubbed ‘the book you have to read this summer’ by the Evening Standard. Comparisons have arisen to...
     

    Amy Bloom: Till Death Us Do Part

    Monday 15 August 16:30 - 17:30

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    The last time American author Amy Bloom came to the Book Festival in 2014 to talk about Lucky Us, she travelled with her husband Brian. In 2020 they made a very different kind of journey together – to Switzerland where Brian was helped by Dignitas to...
     

    Anna Fleming & Helen Mort: A Personal Mountain to Climb

    Tuesday 16 August 16:15 - 17:15

    Anna Fleming & Helen Mort: A Personal Mountain to Climb Book
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    For many of us, the physical restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic have refreshed our relationships with the outdoors. But for Helen Mort and Anna Fleming, the mountains always represented both freedom and control. In discussing their books – A Line...
     

    Sam Knight: Chronicle of a Death Foretold

    Wednesday 17 August 16:30 - 17:30

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    New Yorker writer Sam Knight uncovers eccentric 1960s attitudes to the human mind in his book The Premonitions Bureau. In 1966, psychiatrist John Barker became interested in whether psychic visions might have helped forewarn people of the tragic...