As Edinburgh International Book Festival people can’t put on their usual 900+ event Festival in their lovely tented village in…
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This year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival saw some excellent events discussing translation and European literature. For a fascinating report…
Author and journalist Wolfgang Bauer will be discussing his book Across the Sea – With Syrians on Their Escape to…
29 August, 7pm – 11pm, The Spiegeltent, Free & Drop-in The last night finale kicks off early at 7pm, bringing together stories,…
29 August, 5:45pm, Garden Theatre Having fled Iran to escape the Ayatollah and Islamic fundamentalism, novelist Kader Abdolah settled in…
29 August, 2:15pm, Garden Theatre The Flemish may well be one of Scotland’s largest immigrant groups. The question of why…
29 August, 11:45am, Baillie Gifford Main Theatre An event challenging popular ideas about the First World War. The poetry of…
29 August, 10:15am, The Spiegeltent If you wanted to break free of your criminal past, would you get closer to…
29 August, 10am, Writers’ Retreat A small yet perfectly formed reading from one of our Festival authors to start your…
28 August, 7pm, The Spiegeltent Two döppelganger Belgian exiles are on the run in Tom Lanoye’s latest novel, Fortunate Slaves.…
28 August 7pm, Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre Two brilliant biographies in graphic novel form. Fionnuala Doran’s The Trial of Roger…
27 August 6:30 p, Writers’ Retreat Two internationally acclaimed European writers find unusual ways of answering ‘how do writers help…
