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Inside Out: Earth

Saturday 10 August 10:30 - 11:30

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Celebrating the earth beneath our feet, Emily Chappell interviews JC Niala whose latest book explores our relationship with the natural world. Niala’s A Loveliness of Ladybirds weaves personal memoir with colonial history as she contemplates how the…

Margaret Atwood: Practical Utopias – An Exploration of the Possible

Saturday 10 August 15:15 - 16:15

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We are thrilled to present Margaret Atwood, appearing remotely, illuminating a concept that has gripped her extraordinary imagination of late, and offering a way forward from the most intractable challenges of our time – Practical Utopias…

Elif Shafak: Rivers and Roads

Saturday 10 August 19:30 - 20:30

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Elif Shafak’s latest novel explores profound connections across borders and sees her immersed deep in the mysteries of water. Today the Booker Prize nominated author of The Island of Missing Trees launches There are Rivers in the Sky, a luminous story of…

Inside Out: Earth (Activity)

Sunday 11 August 10:00 - 12:00

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Join author JC Niala and Emily Chappell for a walk and talk with the Community Engagement Team at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Niala's work explores how allotments and community gardens can enrich us in ways that go far beyond merely growing food…

Ruth Allen & Wendy Pratt: Reimagining Our Nature

Sunday 11 August 13:45 - 14:45

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We bring together two writers who are reimagining our understanding of the natural world. In Weathering, Ruth Allen draws on her knowledge of geology and psychotherapy to explain how our constantly evolving planet can help us to endure life’s storms…

Olivia Laing: In Search of Eden

Sunday 11 August 15:45 - 16:45

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When Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, she also embarked upon an imaginative discovery of the pleasures and possibilities of gardens through the ages. The Garden Against Time explores their significance in Western culture, from…

Practical Utopias: Workshop

Sunday 11 August 17:00 - 18:30

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By asking us to reconsider the most basic questions of our existence, Margaret Atwood's 'Practical Utopias' concept provides a blueprint for rethinking how we live sustainably and optimistically. What should we eat in utopia? What are the optimal ways…

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…

Hannah Ritchie: Hope in a Warm Climate

Tuesday 13 August 12:15 - 13:15

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When our newsfeeds are flooded with disaster, despair can seem like the only logical response to climate change. Yet in a bold, radically hopeful book, Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that zooming out reveals a very…