See page 74 / 75 for booking details

Wednesday 13 August events for adults continued
Writing Crime Fiction
WRITING WORKSHOP
2.00pm – 3.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £12.00 £10.00
Find out more about the nuts and bolts of crime fiction with bestselling
Scottish crime writer Aline Templeton, who offers a practical guide to plot,
character, location and tension – and warns of the five clichés to avoid.
(Maximum 20 places)
John D Barrow
POPULAR SCIENCE
2.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
From the first graph to the galaxies revealed by the Hubble Telescope,
images have deepened our understanding of our world. In Cosmic Imagery,
eminent cosmologist and bestselling science writer, John D Barrow takes
us on a tour through the history of the scientific images that have changed
the world, our understanding of who we are and our perceptions of how we
live in it.
Steve Bloom
NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
3.00pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
The stunning wildlife photography of Steve Bloom is technically astounding
and emotionally captivating. His tender and remarkable images of elephants
reveal that great mammal as never before; the international reach of his work
brings us these animals in their natural habitats from across the globe.
A sumptuous, breathtaking event.
Liz Lochhead
SCOTTISH WRITING
3.30pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
Another delight as one of Scotland’s most beloved poets and dramatists
returns to the Book Festival. Liz Lochhead’s plays have been performed
to great success in theatres across the world but what happens
afterwards, when we are left with the printed word, when the play
becomes literature Join her as she celebrates the literary importance of
the dramatic heritage.
Frances Wilson
LIVED LIVES
4.00pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
workshop
science
environment
literature
literature
Dorothy Wordsworth was a fascinating, complex figure with a passionate and
ambiguous relationship with her beloved poet brother William. In a brilliantly
lively new portrait, acclaimed biographer Frances Wilson illuminates the
bizarre world of repressed emotion and later madness which engulfed the
Wordsworths – far from any conventional Englishness.
Libby Purves
LIVED LIVES
4.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
When Libby Purves’s son took his life at the tender age of twenty three,
he left behind a powerful and poignant collection of journals and poetry
capturing his time sailing the Pacific and his private struggles with illness.
Interspersed with readings from the book, the leading and much-loved
broadcaster and author talks about her son’s writing and the challenges
of deciding to publish the work. Chaired by Ruth Wishart.
Reginald Hill
CRIME FICTION
4.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00
Described by the Independent as the ‘best living male crime writer in the
English-speaking world’, the massively popular Reginald Hill returns with
his police duo Dalziel and Pascoe (the BBC drama serial is watched by over
ten million people). A new volume of short stories joins his bestselling
novels – all beautifully tantalising.
James Meek
FINE FICTION
5.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
The People’s Act of Love, set in Siberia during the Russian Revolution,
was one of 2005’s most important and highly acclaimed novels. For the
background of his brilliant new novel, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent,
award-winning Scottish writerJames Meek draws on his own experience
as a Guardian war correspondent in Afghanistan.
The Curriculum for Excellence:
Learning for All
CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
biography
crime
fiction
society
5.00pm I RBS Corner Theatre I £5.00
Join Professor Brian Boyd, contributor to the groundbreaking report
A Curriculum for Excellence, for this inspirational event. Also co-founder
of the Tapestry Partnership – an organisation which promotes creative,
innovative and human-centred education for Scotland – Professor Boyd
will discuss how to improve the effectiveness of schools and learning
for all.
Matters of the mind
Philosophy and psychology, the remarkable routes of our minds, are
the very stuff of our festival – book quickly, these events sell out fast!
Whether examining issues of male and female gender, personality
and identity, how to live a moral life, the mysteries of memory or the
origins and secrets of charm and seduction, our programme is
packed with intriguing insights.
Book now at www.edbookfest.co.uk or 0845 373 5888 See page 74 / 75 for booking details
LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED AFTER THE START OF EVENTS & NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN
EVENTS ARE 1 HOUR LONG UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED & TAKE PLACE IN CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 9 – 25 August 2008
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