Wednesday 14 August 16:00 - 17:00
In Dear Orson Welles and Other Essays, Mark Cousins begins a series of ‘conversations’ with the artists, poets, directors, and filmmakers who have most influenced and inspired him, from Orson Welles to Tilda Swinton. The end result is a captivating...
Wednesday 14 August 16:15 - 17:15
‘Stranger, darker, and more brilliant than anything she’s written before’ is how the Guardian described The Echoes, Evie Wyld’s fifth novel in a critically acclaimed career to date. Narrated in part by a ghost, the novel spans generations,...
Wednesday 14 August 17:00 - 18:00
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- BSL interpreted
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Jeremy Bowen, International Editor BBC News, has been covering the Middle East since 1989. His deep understanding of the political, cultural, and religious differences between countries as diverse as Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Palestine shine from The...
Wednesday 14 August 17:45 - 18:45
Nikesh Shukla’s earliest reading memory is when – aged six, on a family trip to India – his masa placed a Spider-Man comic in his hands. Now an award-winning novelist and screenwriter, Shukla has realised his childhood dream as the author of the...
Wednesday 14 August 18:00 - 19:00
Two innovative poets talk with Nasim Rebecca Asl, discussing their latest collections which unravel aspects of communication itself. In Brother Poem, Will Harris addresses a fictional sibling in poems that meditate on dialogue and voices and, in...
Wednesday 14 August 18:00 - 19:30
Celebrate dynamic contemporary poetry and performance with this special open mic hosted by our friends at Push the Boat Out, renowned in Edinburgh for their joyful Rock the Boat nights. Sit back and enjoy fresh poetry at the Festival, connect with...
Wednesday 14 August 18:45 - 19:45
When brothers Jim and William Reid teamed up to create the band of their dreams, could they possibly have known they’d go on to influence a generation as Scottish Rock music icons The Jesus and Mary Chain? Looking back at 40 years of brotherly strife,...
Wednesday 14 August 19:30 - 20:30
Two leading experts assess the current state of global politics with Hind Hassan. In Why Politics Fails, Oxford Professor Ben Ansell guides voters through our current system’s pitfalls, so that we can achieve true democracy. Meanwhile, Chatham House...
Wednesday 14 August 19:45 - 20:45
Peter Bradshaw knows a thing or two about storytelling. He's delighted audiences with astute observations for 25 years as the Guardian's chief film critic. In his latest short-story collection, The Body in the Mobile Library, Bradshaw turns his critical...
Wednesday 14 August 20:30 - 21:30
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Two of fantasy fiction’s finest young talents converge in Edinburgh, talking about the ways they both love and hope to expand the limits of the genre. R F Kuang author of Yellowface and The Poppy War trilogy talks about Babel, and Samantha Shannon,...