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Anton Hur & Shannon Vallor: The Unexpected Consequences of Progress

Wednesday 14 August 11:00 - 12:00

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In The AI Mirror, EFI’s Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, Shannon Vallor’s research explores how new technologies reshape human moral character, habits, and practices. Novelist Antor Hur’s debut, Toward Eternity, imagines a world…
 

Gaelic Bookbug with Scottish Book Trust

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Wednesday 14 August 11:00 - 11:30

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Join Scottish Book Trust for songs, stories, and rhymes in this fun, interactive Bookbug event, part of their Early Years Programme. Thig còmhla ri Tràth-bhliadhnaichean Urras Leabhraichean na h-Alba airson òrain, sgeulachdan agus rannan anns an…
 

Global Ink: International Industry Day 2024

Wednesday 14 August 11:15 - 20:15

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Why not try? Book Talk: Industry Insights for Writers Book Talk: Industry Insights for Writers Mon 19 Aug 12:30 - 18:30
 

Jay Bernard, Will Harris & Karen McCarthy Woolf: Mapping the Future

Wednesday 14 August 12:00 - 13:00

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Mapping the Future is a standout poetry anthology, bringing together the work of all 30 writers from The Complete Works Poetry collective. Today, join editor Karen McCarthy Woolf alongside contributors and members of the collective including Jay Bernard…
 

Pop in and Play!

All Ages

Wednesday 14 August 12:00 - 16:00

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In the Children's Tent today you'll find Dads Rock with activities to keep your wee ones busy, just drop in between 12 and 4 to see what's going on!…
 

Peter Pomerantsev & Marianna Spring: Trial by Misinformation

Wednesday 14 August 12:15 - 13:15

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Two titanic voices in the analysis of booming misinformation and conspiracy theories, Peter Pomerantsev and Marianna Spring, come together for an essential summit on one of the great dangers of our time, in conversation with Maddison Connaughton…
 

Tommy Orange: Finding Home, Finding Hope

Wednesday 14 August 12:30 - 13:30

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New York Times bestseller Tommy Orange writes fiction both tender and devastating. As an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, his debut, There There, explored the breadth of modern Native American lives. He talks today with Ali…
 

Olga Wojtas: Miss Blaine's Prefect is Back

Wednesday 14 August 12:45 - 13:45

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Olga Wojtas talks about how you should never underestimate a librarian. The author has delighted readers with her Miss Blaine’s Prefect series which see Shona, a 50-something librarian, embroiled in a series of adventures, each one more hilarious than…
 

Have Lunch with Asma Khan

Wednesday 14 August 13:00 - 16:00

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Why not try? Daniel Tammet: Life On The Spectrum Daniel Tammet: Life On The Spectrum Tue 20 Aug 17:45 - 18:45
 

Phoebe McIntosh & Caroline O'Donoghue: Love and Chaos

Wednesday 14 August 13:45 - 14:45

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Actor and playwright Phoebe McIntosh has wowed Edinburgh Fringe audiences and she’s back in town with her debut novel, Dominoes: a thought-provoking love story where the political and personal become irrevocably tangled. In The Rachel Incident, Caroline…