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Saturday 9 August events <strong>for</strong> adults continued<br />
Jane Frere, Ilan Pappé<br />
& Raja Shehadeh<br />
EAST AND WEST<br />
3.30pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Our major examination of the Middle East returns with this special and<br />
powerful event marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel and<br />
the en<strong>for</strong>ced exodus of the Palestinian population. Israeli historian Ilan Pappé<br />
has uncovered the full extent of what he considers ethnic cleansing. He<br />
talks with Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh and artist Jane Frere, whose<br />
extraordinary art project Nakbah: Return of the Soul enshrines the stories<br />
of those who had to leave.<br />
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin<br />
& Sean O’Brien<br />
POETRY<br />
4.00pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
nations<br />
poetry<br />
A stunning line-up of two of the finest poets at work today.<br />
Sean O’Brien has achieved the remarkable feat of winning both the UK’s<br />
<strong>for</strong>emost poetry awards in the same year. Renowned Irish writer<br />
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin gathers a lifetime’s magnificent work in her<br />
Selected Poems.<br />
Louis de Bernières<br />
MEET THE AUTHOR<br />
4.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Festival favourite, the author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin makes a hugely<br />
welcome return to Edinburgh with his compelling, sad and funny new love<br />
story, A Partisan’s Daughter. A lovely tale of an unlikely liaison and the<br />
seduction of storytelling itself, from one of Britain’s most engaging writers<br />
and speakers.<br />
György Dragomán<br />
& Saša Stanišić<br />
WRITERS OF THE WORLD<br />
4.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00<br />
fiction<br />
world writing<br />
Two utterly captivating novels from Eastern Europe to kick off our series<br />
bringing the most exciting international voices to Scotland. Young Bosnian<br />
Saša Stanišić has sprung to stunning acclaim <strong>for</strong> his debut How<br />
The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone, a quirky, heartfelt boy’s-eye view of<br />
the Bosnian conflict. Hungarian György Dragomán also poignantly conjures<br />
a boy’s perspective as his father is taken away by a totalitarian state in the<br />
award-winning The White King.<br />
who’s on<br />
This glorious 25th anniversary<br />
Edinburgh International<br />
Book Festival is filled with<br />
some of the greatest names<br />
from fiction, science, culture,<br />
media, politics and more.<br />
Here are just a few of the<br />
brilliant writers and talkers in<br />
this year’s packed programme.<br />
Sean Connery<br />
Salman Rushdie<br />
Margaret Atwood<br />
Richard Dawkins<br />
Tony Benn<br />
Louis de Bernières<br />
Hanif Kureishi<br />
Mary Warnock<br />
John Prescott<br />
James Kelman<br />
Jenni Murray<br />
George Steiner<br />
Kate Adie<br />
Julian Barnes<br />
Jonathan Dimbleby<br />
Dan Cruickshank<br />
Tariq Ali<br />
Ian Rankin<br />
Polly Toynbee<br />
Irvine Welsh<br />
Menzies Campbell<br />
Oliver James<br />
Kate Mosse<br />
Bill Paterson<br />
Katharine Whitehorn<br />
Gavin Esler<br />
A C Grayling<br />
Iain Banks<br />
Anne Enright<br />
Terry Pratchett<br />
Jacqueline Wilson<br />
Alexander McCall Smith<br />
David Owen<br />
Tony Parsons<br />
James Naughtie<br />
Val McDermid<br />
Martin Bell<br />
Alan Sillitoe<br />
Rick Wakeman<br />
Steven Berkoff<br />
…and over 700 more!<br />
Visit our website (www.edbookfest.co.uk) to keep up to date with changes and additions<br />
to the programme and to join our email list to receive regular news bulletins.<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<br />
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 9 – 25 August 2008<br />
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