Wednesday 21 August 17:30 - 18:30
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Lauren Groff talks to Festival Director Jenny Niven about her mesmerising and ferocious new novel, The Vaster Wilds: the story of a spirited servant girl on the run in 17th century colonial America, who must survive the wilderness alone. Three-time…
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 19:45 - 20:45
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Can you imagine a different future? What would you change if the world was yours? Our Writer in Residence Chris Barkley, filmmaker Sophie Van Bree and illustrator Katie Quinn have been working with young people from the Spartans Alternative School to…
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 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 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…
Thursday 22 August 19:00 - 20:00
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Two new novels drop us into extraordinary worlds. In Rita Bullwinkel’s 2024 Booker-longlisted Headshot, the eight best teenage girl boxers in the United States step into the ring to fight for their futures. A costume designer arrives in Russia to dress…
Thursday 22 August 21:00 - 22:30
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Erotica! No longer is it something talked about in hushed tones or read secretly as a guilty pleasure – we’re ridding ourselves of the taboo. Tonight, we celebrate writing about romance and sex, bringing together poets, authors, and actors to explore our…
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Friday 23 August 17:00 - 18:00
Friday 23 August 18:15 - 19:15
Friday 23 August 18:45 - 19:45
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When former Edinburgh Police Detective Ray Lennox seeks a new, fresh start in Brighton, it isn’t long before he’s dragged back to the murky world he’s desperate to forget. Resolution is the latest in Irvine Welsh’s Crime series and is as gripping – and…
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Friday 23 August 20:30 - 21:30
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Saturday 24 August 11:45 - 12:45
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Have you made friends in an unlikely way? Join this event all about celebrating your uniqueness (and a shared love of the seaside). Hear Fiona talk about the real-life inspiration for The Boy Who Loves to Lick The Wind and the process of bringing the…
Saturday 24 August 11:45 - 12:45
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Twice leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, and the Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion from 2010 until she steps down at the next general election, Caroline Lucas this year launches her second book Another England, which fights back…
Saturday 24 August 13:30 - 14:30
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A new Richard Osman book is an event, so the announcement that there would be a brand-new series set millions of readers into a frenzy. And in a worldwide exclusive, he’s choosing to launch that new series at this year’s Edinburgh International Book…
Saturday 24 August 17:45 - 18:45
Saturday 24 August 18:15 - 19:15
Saturday 24 August 18:45 - 19:45
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A huge success as co-host with Anita Anand of the Empire podcast, looking at how empires rose and fell in history, best-selling Scottish-born, India-based historian William Dalrymple is about to publish The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the…
Sunday 25 August 13:30 - 14:30
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Through his memoir and fiction, Matt Haig has changed the way we talk about mental health. Matt presents his new novel, The Life Impossible, in this very special event as part of our key festival strand, How to Live a Meaningful Life. In conversation…
Sunday 25 August 17:00 - 18:00
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The Rest is Politics podcast has established Labour’s former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy, Alastair Campbell, as one of the most important political commentators of the moment. Also a mental health campaigner and prolific author…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival 
