Opening Gala: Repair

  • Sat 9 Aug 18:00 - 19:30
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Opening Gala: Repair

Celebrate the opening of this year's Festival in this special Gala event. We'll bring you a kaleidoscope of perspectives and provocations from a diverse line-up of stellar writers, including Najwan Darwish, Jenni Fagan, Amitav Ghosh, Rachel Kushner, and Cacica Juma Xipaia, as they each read a newly-commissioned piece of writing, responding to our 2025 theme of Repair. Hosted by Festival director Jenny Niven.

Categories: Non-book

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Repair
Repair

The key theme this year is Repair, with the Festival seeking to explore the many things around us which feel broken, and how we might seek to fix them. Using informed insights from a range of experts, lessons learned from our ancestors, the richness and connection offered by the natural world, hands-on activities, and our own inherent humanity, the Festival offers a wide range of active opportunities to rebalance the mind, reinvigorate the spirit, reconcile with others, and restore a sense of calm and…

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