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Tuesday 12 August events <strong>for</strong> adults continued<br />
Amnesty International<br />
Imprisoned Writers Series<br />
RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL<br />
5.30pm – 6.15pm I Peppers Theatre<br />
Free: Tickets available from the Box Office on the day of the event<br />
society<br />
Our daily free readings in solidarity with writers facing persecution <strong>for</strong> their<br />
thoughts and words. Today: We hear the work of writers from Azerbaijan,<br />
Pakistan and China, the right to a fair trial is abused the world over.<br />
Our featured readers today include David Lodge.<br />
Bernardo Atxaga<br />
world writing<br />
& Emilio Calderón<br />
WRITERS OF THE WORLD<br />
6.00pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00<br />
We are overjoyed to welcome back to the festival the giant of Basque literature,<br />
Bernardo Atxaga with a major new novel, The Accordionist’s Son. Personal and<br />
profound, it reflects on the backdrop and legacy of the Spanish Civil War – a<br />
time also evoked in Spaniard Emilio Calderón’s The Creator’s Map, a thrilling<br />
intrigue set in 1930s and 1940s Europe.<br />
A Picture Worth<br />
workshop<br />
a Thousand Words<br />
WRITING WORKSHOP<br />
6.00pm – 8.00pm I RBS Workshop Tent I £12.00 £10.00<br />
Take inspiration from paintings to help you with your writing, with artist<br />
Andrew Mackenzie and author James Mayhew. Together they explore<br />
the stories behind some well-known (and not so well-known) works<br />
of art to help get your creative juices flowing. (Maximum 15 places)<br />
In association with the National Galleries of Scotland<br />
Gavin Esler<br />
fiction<br />
THE FACULTY OF ADVOCATES EVENT<br />
6.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Co-presenter of Newsnight, one of Britain’s <strong>for</strong>emost commentators, Scottish<br />
broadcaster and writer Gavin Esler knows better than most what goes on<br />
behind the scenes in politics. His new novel A Scandalous Man looks at a man<br />
hungry <strong>for</strong> power but undone when his private life is exposed through twenty<br />
four hour media. Timely, topical, pertinent. Chaired by James Jauncey.<br />
Clare Francis & Philip Kerr<br />
crime<br />
CRIME FICTION<br />
6.45pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Two complete masters of their genres. Clare Francis, <strong>for</strong>mer round-the-world<br />
sailor turned international bestselling crime novelist, creates taut and<br />
atmospheric suspense in Un<strong>for</strong>gotten. Scottish superstar Philip Kerr sets his<br />
thrillers on the world stage – A Quiet Flame questions the true extent of<br />
Argentina’s Nazi collaboration.<br />
The Right to Die<br />
society<br />
MEDICINE AND SOCIETY<br />
7.00pm – 8.15pm I Highland Park Spiegeltent I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Come and join in the debate in the second of the day’s events on the highly<br />
emotive and controversial subject of euthanasia. Does it guarantee<br />
personal dignity or set us on a slippery slope Distinguished moral<br />
philosopher Mary Warnock and clinical expert Elisabeth MacDonald are<br />
joined by trained nurse and lecturer-turned-novelist Hazel McHaffie.<br />
Chaired by Richard Holloway.<br />
16 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 9 – 25 August 2008<br />
Brian Morton<br />
ROBIN JENKINS<br />
MEMORIAL LECTURE<br />
7.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Robin Jenkins was one of Scotland’s greatest writers. To mark the launch of<br />
the Robin Jenkins Literary Award, the first environmental literary award in<br />
this country to celebrate writing inspired by Scotland’s natural landscape, the<br />
author, journalist and broadcaster, Brian Morton, who was a close friend of<br />
Robin Jenkins and is one of the Award judges, will talk about Jenkins's life<br />
and writing.<br />
The Robin Jenkins Literary Award is sponsored by Forestry Commission Scotland<br />
Mohammed Hanif<br />
& Robin Yassin-Kassab<br />
EAST AND WEST<br />
7.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00<br />
Our East and West theme is fascinatingly explored in these two debut novels.<br />
Mohammed Hanif, head of the BBC’s Urdu service, has provocative fun in<br />
A Case of Exploding Mangoes, spinning a magical tale around the real-life plane<br />
crash which killed Pakistan’s military dictator in 1988. Robin Yassin-Kassab’s<br />
The Road From Damascus explores journeys towards and away from Islam<br />
in a multi-faith UK.<br />
Steven Berkoff<br />
THE BALFOUR + MANSON EVENT<br />
8.00pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Stunning per<strong>for</strong>mer and actor, Steven Berkoff commands the stage<br />
and film sets he has inhabited <strong>for</strong> more than <strong>for</strong>ty years. His books<br />
have covered theatre and travel; the latest encompasses eating also<br />
– the world’s food, as he tours, becoming his com<strong>for</strong>t and lover.<br />
A Book Festival event like no other.<br />
Annie Hawes & Lois Pryce<br />
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE<br />
8.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Inspirational adventures in Africa. Lois Pryce crossed the entire continent,<br />
war zones, deserts and all, alone on her motorcycle as enthrallingly related<br />
in Red Tape and White Knuckles. Annie Hawes returned to North Africa<br />
seeking an oasis from her youth, and describes with warmth and wit<br />
entering deep into that scented, beguiling, complex land.<br />
Spiegelbar<br />
MUSIC<br />
From 9.00pm I Highland Park Spiegeltent I Free – open to all<br />
Come and enjoy a relaxing drink with live music in our atmospheric<br />
travelling ballroom. A great place to end your festival day. The band<br />
line-up is available from the In<strong>for</strong>mation Desk in the Entrance Tent.<br />
Sponsored by Highland Park<br />
literature<br />
world writing<br />
food & drink<br />
travel<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 />
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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