Sunday 10 August 18:15 - 19:15
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Join Kirsty Logan as she chats to a warm and lively panel of queer writers, including Harry Josephine Giles and Alan Hollinghurst, as they share the books which inspired them as writers and the stories they wish they could have read sooner…
Sunday 10 August 18:30 - 19:30
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Everything is not as it seems in Rose Keating and So Mayer's unique and lively new short story collections. Join them for a discussion with Sasha de Buyl about their playful, provocative forms, storytelling, and bringing fresh new perspectives to the…
Sunday 10 August 18:45 - 19:45
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The art of the story is to say much with less, and today Roxani Krystalli talks to the authors of two perceptive new collections speaking volumes…
Sunday 10 August 18:45 - 19:45
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Philippe Sands' career as a leading international lawyer has been complemented by his writing, not least his 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize-winner, East West Street. 38 Landres Street is another fine example of his singular blend of memoir, travelogue…
Sunday 10 August 19:30 - 20:30
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Rachel Kushner has called writing her Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Creation Lake 'the most fun I've ever had in my life'. She talks with Francisco Garcia today about reinventing the espionage novel, her obsession with Neanderthal genetics, and the…
Sunday 10 August 20:00 - 21:00
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There are as many boyhoods and young-man-hoods as there are boys and young men, each distinct and complex; today we meet the chroniclers of two. Expect discussion of alternative masculinities of sensitivity, honesty, and frailty…
Sunday 10 August 20:30 - 21:30
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My Family: The Memoir sees writer, comedian, and documentarian David Baddiel adapt his hit stand-up show into prose…
Sunday 10 August 21:00 - 22:30
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Murrayfield might be basking in Oasis nostalgia, but the mid-90s wasn't all blokes and Britpop. Join BBC broadcaster and A Kick Up the Arts host Nicola Meighan for a celebration of Scotland's femme-powered revolution, circa '95…
Monday 11 August 10:30 - 11:30
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Celebrating female narratives and the triumphs of women, be prepared to feel empowered and inspired by women's voices in this special panel event with the House of YA…
Monday 11 August 10:45 - 11:45
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Victoria Amelina was a Ukrainian novelist, literary festival curator, and, following Russia’s invasion, a war crimes investigator. Halfway through writing her nonfiction account of the war, Amelina was wounded in a Russian missile attack – days later……
Monday 11 August 11:00 - 12:00
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What's the key to a longer, healthier life? Is the answer in self-help books and disciplined individual optimisation, or should we be holding governments to account for their policies on everything from pandemic preparedness to water treatment?…
Monday 11 August 11:15 - 12:15
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Join author-illustrator Lize Meddings as she chats about her Sad Ghost Club journey and shows you how to draw your own sad ghost too…
Monday 11 August 11:30 - 12:30
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What would you do if you were given a second chance? An opportunity to start again and do things differently? Join us for this heartwarming event celebrating the Festival's theme of Repair…
Monday 11 August 12:15 - 13:15
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At just 24, Cacica Juma Xipaia became the Middle Xingu region's first female Chief. We're honoured to welcome this inspiring leader today, talking about her fight against environmental devastation and for the rights of her people…
Monday 11 August 12:15 - 13:15
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Cult writer Joe Dunthorne has an eye and ear for life's absurdity; in Children of Radium, he's finely tuned to his own. Dunthorne talks to Andrew O'Hagan about a family memoir like no other…
Monday 11 August 12:45 - 13:45
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Medical fraudsters, fevered manhunts, sudden disappearances - the infamous true story of an Edwardian crime comes to life in Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen. Hallie Rubenhold (bestselling author of The Five: The Untold Lives of……
Monday 11 August 13:15 - 14:15
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Hit podcasters Daisy Buchanan and Hattie Crisell bring us two must-read books shining a light on the wonderful world of reading and creativity. In this brilliantly bookish event, the authors share some of the wise, funny, and reassuring insights their…
Suitable for age 9 - 11
Monday 11 August 13:30 - 14:30
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Get ready for a thrilling event with unlikely heroes, sky battles, ancient secrets, and of course, ferocious unicorns, as Steadman shares the latest from the world of Skandar. You don’t want to miss this!…
Monday 11 August 14:00 - 15:00
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'Like Dante entering hell through a rip in the universe, Makoha enters history.' So wrote the Guardian about Nick Makoha, winner of the Ivan Juritz and Poetry London Prizes. He joins us to discuss how his latest collection was partly inspired by his time……
Monday 11 August 14:15 - 15:15
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Dig into this thorny topic with journalist, broadcaster, and former banker, Ulrike Herrman, activist and gender policy consultant Emma Holten and economist and host of the Unlearning Economics YouTube channel, Cahal Moran…
Full 2025 Book Festival programme is announced with key theme of Repair 
