Wednesday 21 August 18:45 - 19:45
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Featuring an undead lover, a dying brother, and a ghost: Lorrie Moore’s I Am Homeless If This is Not My Home is a novel that bristles with life while waltzing with death. Celebrated widely for her dazzling short stories, no one writes quite like Moore;…
Wednesday 21 August 20:30 - 21:30
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A celebrated London professor falls from grace in Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel, Caledonian Road. Immersive and Dickensian in ambition, it’s a brilliant state-of-the-nation novel about privilege and what’s really going on behind high society’s façade. As we’…
Thursday 22 August 10:00 - 10:45
Prepare to jump into the SPOOKY, spellbinding world of spoken word poetry, with your guide: Joseph Coelho. In this interactive session with the Waterstones Children’s Laureate, you’ll be thrilled (and maybe even a litttttle scared) by performances from…
Thursday 22 August 11:45 - 12:30
If you love birds, nature, and adventure, this is the perfect event for you. Hear international bestselling author and wildlife queen, M G Leonard, talk about Feather: the final, unputdownable instalment in her birdwatching detective series. Get ready…
Thursday 22 August 13:30 - 14:30
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While researching her more than 30 bestselling novels on Tudor history, Philippa Gregory learned that it was only when women did something properly outrageous or above her station that they made it into the history books. So, she sought to change it:…
Thursday 22 August 14:45 - 15:45
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Humanity doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to sharing. So it’s reasonable to feel uneasy knowing the world’s superpowers have set their sights on the moon as the answer to our dwindling resources. In a fascinating, urgently needed…
Thursday 22 August 17:00 - 18:00
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The search for hidden landscapes drives the work of Shetland-born author James Crawford, whose books have explored borders, lost buildings, and – in conjunction with his BBC series Scotland from the Sky – the views revealed by photography from the air…
Thursday 22 August 18:45 - 19:45
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When you think of Jenni Fagan, so much comes to mind: bestselling novelist, acclaimed poet, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is also a survivor of the care system. In this exclusive event, Fagan joins Caroline Sanderson to talk about how…
Friday 23 August 10:00 - 11:00
Gerald Murnane is one of Australia’s great writers. His novels, short stories, poetry, and essays, uncompromisingly blur the boundaries of memory, imagination, fiction, and autobiography. In this online event, he is joined by Merve Emre to discuss Inland:…
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Friday 23 August 10:30 - 11:15
Meet some of the incredible authors shortlisted for this year’s YA Book Prize. The award – now in its 10th year – is organised by The Bookseller, and previous winners include Danielle Jawando’s When Our Worlds Collided, Alice Oseman’s Loveless, and Sarah…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival