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12<br />
Tuesday<br />
August<br />
events <strong>for</strong> adults<br />
Ten at Ten<br />
FICTION AND POETRY<br />
10.00am – 10.10am I Writers’ Retreat I Free – book in advance<br />
A short and perfect start to the morning: a ten minute reading, free, in our lovely<br />
Writers’ Retreat in the trees. A story, or poetry – a literary surprise each day.<br />
Check the screen in the Entrance Tent to find out who will be reading today.<br />
Chris Cleave, Caitlin Davies<br />
& Richard Mason<br />
WAKE UP TO WORDS<br />
10.15am I Highland Park Spiegeltent I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Begin the week with three dazzling fictions inspired by Africa. Chris Cleave<br />
follows his debut Incendiary with the story of a Nigerian refugee. Black<br />
Mulberries by Caitlin Davies features two feuding families in Botswana,<br />
while in Richard Mason’s The Lighted Rooms an elderly woman returns<br />
to the South Africa of her childhood.<br />
Free coffee and pastries. Sponsored by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters<br />
Robert Peston<br />
THE HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY EVENT<br />
10.30am I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Who makes the decisions in this country The BBC’s Business Editor<br />
demonstrates that the real power behind the throne lies with the super-rich<br />
who pay too little tax, add little value to the economy yet change our lives<br />
through their undue influence over our politicians. Chaired by Iain Macwhirter.<br />
Roger Crowley<br />
EAST AND WEST<br />
11.00am I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
literature<br />
fiction<br />
politics<br />
history<br />
The Mediterranean was a mighty battleground between the <strong>for</strong>ces of Islam<br />
and Christianity. In Empires of the Sea, this acclaimed historian brings to life<br />
the astonishing period when the immense <strong>for</strong>ces of the Ottoman Empire and<br />
Christendom clashed around the shores, setting frontiers and linguistic and<br />
religious boundaries which hold to this day.<br />
How to Deal with<br />
Solitary Creativity<br />
WRITING WORKSHOP<br />
11.00am – 12.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £12.00 £10.00<br />
A career in writing can feel like a lonely business. Overcoming the biggest<br />
obstacles of solitary creativity – time, motivation and isolation – can be the<br />
hardest test <strong>for</strong> a writer. Learn how to rise to the challenge with author,<br />
playwright and psychotherapist, Caroline Dun<strong>for</strong>d. (Maximum 25 places)<br />
workshop<br />
David Lodge<br />
MEET THE AUTHOR<br />
11.30am I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
A very welcome return visit by one of the UK’s pre-eminent novelists and<br />
critics. His career has encompassed defining campus novels such as Nice<br />
Work which he adapted as an award-winning television drama. His latest<br />
novel Deaf Sentence is a brilliant elegiac portrait of one man’s attempt to<br />
come to terms with deafness and impending death.<br />
Supported by the Hawthornden Literary Retreat<br />
Jonathan Fenby, John Keay<br />
& John Man<br />
FOCUS ON CHINA<br />
12 noon I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
A powerful line-up of leading experts on Chinese history as part of our<br />
continuing examination of this mighty world power. John Man travels the<br />
length of the Great Wall exploring two millennia of civilisation; John Keay<br />
brilliantly sets out the whole history; while Jonathan Fenby has no fewer than<br />
three books illuminating fascinating aspects of the development of ancient<br />
and modern China.<br />
Anthony King<br />
POLITICS AND POWER<br />
12.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Who actually runs Britain and what really is the British constitution In our<br />
second event of the day looking at where power lies in the UK, leading<br />
academic Anthony King wittily and expertly explores how the constitutional<br />
picture has changed profoundly – not least in matters of devolution.<br />
Chaired by Sheena McDonald.<br />
John Prescott<br />
THE DAVIDSON CHALMERS EVENT<br />
1.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
BSL<br />
Working class boy made good, union firebrand turned senior politician,<br />
Britain’s longest serving deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has had<br />
a colourful and <strong>for</strong>ceful life at the <strong>for</strong>efront of politics – as revealed<br />
in his autobiography, Prezza: Pulling No Punches. Come and meet the<br />
man himself. Chaired by Iain Macwhirter.<br />
John Gribbin & Mary Gribbin<br />
NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT<br />
2.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
fiction<br />
history<br />
politics<br />
biography<br />
environment<br />
The great botanical explorers changed the face of our landscapes,<br />
altered our social habits, assisted in the fight against disease and more.<br />
Bestselling science writers John and Mary Gribbin here turn their attention<br />
to the Flower Hunters who helped bring us tea, quinine, Douglas firs,<br />
orchids and discoveries of great scientific and cultural value.<br />
Book now at www.edbookfest.co.uk or 0845 373 5888 <strong>See</strong> <strong>page</strong> <strong>74</strong> / <strong>75</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>booking</strong> <strong>details</strong><br />
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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 9 – 25 August 2008<br />
LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED AFTER THE START OF EVENTS & NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN<br />
EVENTS ARE 1 HOUR LONG UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED & TAKE PLACE IN CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS
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