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22<br />
Friday<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<br />
lovely Writers’ Retreat in the trees. A story, or poetry – a literary surprise<br />
each day. Check the screen in the Entrance Tent to find out who will be<br />
reading today.<br />
James Buchan, Patrick Gale<br />
& Adam Thorpe<br />
WAKE UP TO WORDS<br />
10.15am I Highland Park Spiegeltent I £9.00 £7.00<br />
A contemplative start to the day with three superb novelists. James Buchan’s<br />
The Gate of Air is an unsettling ghost story. Patrick Gale’s Notes from an<br />
Exhibition is an involving mosaic portrait of an artist, set in Cornwall.<br />
Adam Thorpe writes about a marriage in crisis in Between Each Breath.<br />
Free coffee and pastries. Sponsored by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters<br />
Neil Blain & David Hutchison<br />
MEDIA AND SOCIETY<br />
11.00am I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Ownership, devolution, editorial bias, investment: Scottish media is rarely out<br />
of the news. In a broad-ranging discussion, Neil Blain and David Hutchison,<br />
editors of The Media in Scotland, explore the history of the press, broadcasting<br />
and cinema, the representation of Scotland, and current issues of politics and<br />
governance.<br />
Bryan Talbot<br />
GRAPHIC NOVELS<br />
11.00am – 12.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £12.00 £10.00<br />
literature<br />
fiction<br />
society<br />
masterclass<br />
Bryan Talbot is one of the UK’s most influential graphic novelists. His career<br />
spans the last three decades, including his newest book Alice in Sunderland.<br />
Join him <strong>for</strong> an exclusive masterclass highlighting the history, techniques<br />
and tricks of writing graphic novels. (Maximum 20 places)<br />
Howard Jacobson<br />
culture<br />
MEET THE AUTHOR<br />
11.30am I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
We are honoured to welcome back celebrated novelist Howard Jacobson,<br />
also a leading cultural critic renowned <strong>for</strong> his ebullient wit and passion <strong>for</strong><br />
literature and art. In his new novel, An Act of Love, Felix believes his<br />
happiness lies in his wife’s unfaithfulness and doggedly pursues his goal to<br />
startling effect! A darkly funny, heartbreaking tale that challenges every<br />
preconception we have about love, desire and that age-old institution.<br />
Barbara Gowdy<br />
& Elizabeth Hay<br />
WRITERS OF THE WORLD<br />
12.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Outstanding fiction from Canada. Barbara Gowdy pushes at the boundaries of<br />
conventional fiction, and Helpless is a provocative study of a parent’s worst<br />
fears – the abduction of a child. In Elizabeth Hay’s award-winning Late Nights<br />
on Air the lives of four friends change <strong>for</strong>ever on a canoe trip to the Arctic.<br />
Mark Borkowski<br />
MEDIA AND SOCIETY<br />
2.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Leading PR practitioner Mark Borkowski, a huge influence on the Fringe as<br />
well as elsewhere, reveals the fascinating history of the publicity industry and<br />
explores the way the media manipulates society. The Fame Formula chronicles<br />
the freewheeling anarchic industry from its early days in circus and vaudeville<br />
to the corporate billion dollar behemoth it is today.<br />
Writing <strong>for</strong> Video Games<br />
WRITING WORKSHOP<br />
2.00pm – 3.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £12.00 £10.00<br />
As technology advances, the medium of video games presents a unique<br />
opportunity <strong>for</strong> writers. There is growing potential to deliver innovative<br />
narratives, to create entire living worlds. Brian Baglow, writer, game<br />
designer, screenings director of Edinburgh Interactive Festival, and games<br />
obsessive outlines the past, present and future of writing in games.<br />
(Maximum 20 places)<br />
Richard Greene<br />
& Halldór Guðmundsson<br />
LIVED LIVES<br />
2.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
world writing<br />
society<br />
workshop<br />
biography<br />
Richard Greene’s meticulously edited collection of Graham Greene’s letters<br />
includes never seen material and offers compelling new perspective on<br />
Greene’s life covering literature, politics, espionage, travel, and his romantic<br />
entanglements. Halldór Guðmundsson worked closely with Nobel Prize<br />
winner Halldór Laxness’s family on his award-winning life of the major<br />
Icelandic writer.<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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