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Ingrid Robeyns: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

Monday 12 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Ken Costa & Yuan Yang: Capital Ideas Sun 11 Aug 16:00 - 17:00

Picture Hooks with Vivian French & Lucy Juckes

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Monday 12 August 18:00 - 19:00

Picture Hooks with Vivian French & Lucy Juckes

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It can be a pressured and lonely life being an illustrator. Vivian French, who is co-founder of Picture Hooks and a tutor, mentor, and friend to many illustrators, will lead an hour of illustration games that aim to relax you, offer new ideas… and, most…

Joe Dunthorne & Ella Frears: Stress Test

Monday 12 August 18:00 - 19:30

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Joe Dunthorne & Ella Frears: Stress Test

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Back for 2024, in Stress Test poets and musicians produce new work under timed conditions to perform in front of the audience. It’s wordy mayhem, and an anxiety dream made real. Join Stress Test regular players, Joe Dunthorne and Ella Frears, along with…

Future Library at 10 & Writer Announcement

Monday 12 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Norway’s Future Library is a powerful gesture of hope for a world beyond our lifetime. Every year, for 100 years, an author writes a new book to be placed inside the library. Every book remains unread until 2114. Created by Scottish artist Katie Paterson…

Naomi Alderman: The Future is Here

Monday 12 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Naomi Alderman’s bestselling speculative novel, The Power, won her the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was one of Barack Obama’s favourite books of 2017. Her new novel, The Future, is as hilarious as it is unnerving: a wild heist featuring tech giants…

Caleb Femi: Dancing Words

Monday 12 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Winner of the 2021 Forward Prize for Poetry, Caleb Femi returns, talking about his new collection, The Wickedest. At times thrilling, joyous, and life-affirming, this is the minute-by-minute tale of a legendary monthly house party. Populated by a…

Stories and Scran

Monday 12 August 20:00 - 21:15

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Enjoy tasty food and brilliant performances from local people. Returning for its fifth year, Stories and Scran celebrates dynamic, thought-provoking work created by our Citizen participants. Expect diverse and creative talent from Project Esperanza’s…

Mark Billingham & Abir Mukherjee: Open Case

Monday 12 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Two thrilling new cases arrive at the Festival. Detective Declan Miller returns in The Wrong Hands, the latest from Mark Billingham – declared ‘the very best in the business’ by Richard Osman. In Abir Mukherjee’s Hunted, two parents are thrown together…