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Friday 22 August events <strong>for</strong> adults continued<br />
Anne B Ragde & Sjón<br />
WRITERS OF THE WORLD<br />
6.00pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00<br />
Fiction from two leading Nordic writers. Poet Sjón has written lyrics <strong>for</strong><br />
Björk; his novel The Blue Fox, part mystery part fairy tale, takes place against<br />
the stark Icelandic landscape. Anne B Ragde’s Berlin Poplars is a moving<br />
family drama set in Northern Norway.<br />
Rick Wakeman<br />
THE SCOTTISHPOWER SERIES<br />
6.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Progressive rock musician, virtuoso classical pianist, football fan, Christian,<br />
official Grumpy Old Man, Conservative. A rare chance to meet a legend as he<br />
talks candidly about his life and music.<br />
John Connolly,<br />
Paul Johnston & David Robinson<br />
CRIME FICTION<br />
6.45pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
In John Connolly’s The Reapers, trained assassins flee from an elite hit squad.<br />
Paul Johnston writes about a crime novelist investigating murder in The Soul<br />
Collector. In Cold Ink sees David Robinson revisit Truman Capote’s classic.<br />
Three chilling worlds full of truth and lies, where fact and fiction blur.<br />
Shane Koyczan<br />
THE SKINNY EVENT<br />
7.00pm – 8.15pm I Highland Park Spiegeltent I £9.00 £7.00<br />
The much anticipated return of one of the world’s premier spoken word<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mers. His sheer presence, wit and lyricism made his last visit here one<br />
of the highlights of the 2005 Festival when he was as yet unknown in the UK.<br />
The Canadian slam star brings enormous vitality and virtuosity to every<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance – don’t miss him.<br />
James Tait Black Awards<br />
LITERATURE AND CULTURE<br />
7.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
world writing<br />
biography<br />
crime<br />
poetry<br />
literature<br />
The James Tait Black Awards, presented by the University of Edinburgh, are<br />
the UK’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards. Past winners include<br />
D H Lawrence, Graham Greene and William Golding. Join James Naughtie<br />
as he announces the 2008 winners <strong>for</strong> fiction and biography; a unique chance<br />
to witness literary history in the making!<br />
In association with The University of Edinburgh<br />
Mark Thomas<br />
THE DM HALL EVENT<br />
8.00pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Coca-Cola: the squeaky-clean company that sponsors the Olympics, or the<br />
employer of child labour in El Salvador In a David and Goliath mission,<br />
campaigning comedian Mark Thomas turns his investigative eye on global<br />
corporation Coca-Cola, exposing its controversial history and its unethical<br />
business practices.<br />
Hannah Berry, Alan Grant<br />
& Bryan Talbot<br />
GRAPHIC NOVELS<br />
8.30pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Alan Grant’s Robert Louis Stevenson adaptations have brought the classics<br />
to a whole new audience, while Bryan Talbot’s Alice in Sunderland almost<br />
shockingly re-contextualises an old favourite. Joined by Hannah Berry,<br />
whose stylised debut encapsulates the subtleties of noir fiction, these three<br />
compelling masters discuss literature, genre fiction, comics and beyond in<br />
a landmark event.<br />
Patrick French<br />
LIVED LIVES<br />
8.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Patrick French was given unique access to the papers of the great Nobel<br />
Prize winning writer V S Naipaul while he was researching his account of<br />
the author’s life which has caused massive controversy and was recently<br />
nominated <strong>for</strong> the Samuel Johnson Prize <strong>for</strong> Non-fiction. Here he talks<br />
about the responsibilities and loyalties of biographer to a living subject,<br />
shocking flaws and all.<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 />
BSL<br />
society<br />
fiction<br />
biography<br />
Diane Wei Liang<br />
world writing<br />
& Chiew-Siah Tei<br />
FOCUS ON CHINA<br />
7.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00<br />
Compelling fiction from China. Diane Wei Liang grew up in a labour camp<br />
and protested in Tiananmen Square. Paper Butterfly is a gripping crime story<br />
which shifts between Beijing’s high rises and traditional alleys. In Chiew-Siah<br />
Tei’s debut Little Hut of Leaping Fishes a man is torn between feudal China<br />
and the lure of the West.<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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