Monday 19 August 18:45 - 19:45
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Food gives us life, yet diet misinformation abounds. Bestselling author and epidemiologist Tim Spector is here to separate fact from fiction – and to reassure us that we can love our bodies and food equally. Drawing on new research, Food for Life is an…
Monday 19 August 20:30 - 21:30
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The past, present, and future of humanity’s treatment of the natural environment collide in this discussion between Ed Conway, who, in Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future, explores the role sand, salt, oil, copper, water, and…
Tuesday 20 August 10:30 - 11:30
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Twenty years after it began, this year Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories series of murder mysteries celebrates its sixth instalment with Death at the Sign of the Rook. Come and hear how another master of the form does it as Atkinson speaks with Alex Clark…
Tuesday 20 August 12:15 - 13:15
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Corruption, crime, and compromise: Book Festival favourite Louise Welsh returns with To the Dogs, her 10th novel since her 2002 debut, The Cutting Room (Most Inspiring Saltire First Book Award winner by public vote in 2018). Welsh talks to Peggy Hughes…
Tuesday 20 August 17:00 - 18:00
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One of our finest contemporary writers, Colm Tóibín returns with Long Island: sequel to prize-winning masterpiece, Brooklyn. Penned with characteristic wit, compassion, and quietude, the novel reunites with Eilis Fiorello who is compelled to return to…
Tuesday 20 August 18:45 - 19:45
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Winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and chief economist of the World Bank, Joseph E Stiglitz this year publishes The Road to Freedom, which takes on the concepts of neoliberalism and free market economics by questioning their effect…
Wednesday 21 August 10:15 - 11:00
It’s so easy to feel powerless in the face of climate change – but what if stories could save our planet? Future Hopes: Hopeful Stories in a Time of Climate Change offers an anthology of short stories that have the potential to do just that. In this…
Wednesday 21 August 12:15 - 13:00
Fandom, fame, obsession, revenge. Twice-Carnegie-nominated YA author, Lauren James, joins the Book Festival with Last Seen Online: a riveting new internet thriller narrated in ‘true crime’ recollection style. It’s the story of internet detectives who…
Wednesday 21 August 13:00 - 14:00
This is an online livestream event. This panel will tackle the topic of accessibility and flexibility in publishing and how they can impact creativity and the quality of books published. Today's panelists invite us to think creatively about how we can…
Wednesday 21 August 14:00 - 15:00
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Diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, Edward Wong covers foreign policy from Washington. Wong’s new account of the last century of change, The Edge of Empire, gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world. Join him…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival