Kit de Waal: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood
Kit de Waal’s influence across contemporary British literature is so broad as to be almost immeasurable. So how is it that one of our titans of the written word grew up with only the Bible to read? De Waal comes to this year’s Festival to chat about a childhood caught between three worlds and her unforgettable new memoir Without Warning & Only Sometimes with Damian Barr.
Book Festival News
Our response to today's statement from Fossil Free BooksWednesday 15 May
Watch more
Extra Teeth: Words with Bite
Maggie Nelson: The Many Meanings of Freedom
Peter Scott-Morgan: Rewiring Humanity
UNBOUND: Cargo Special Delivery
George Monbiot
Zindzi Mandela with Allan Little (2018 Event)
Joe Sacco and Chris Ware (2013 event)
One Day Ticket
Reading Scotland: Ross Sayers with Niamh McKeown, Adventures on the Clockwork Orange
Merryn Glover & Hamish Napier: In a New Light