See page 74 / 75 for booking details

Saturday 23 August events for adults continued
Martin Rowson & Will Self
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
3.30pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
What is it about humans that we care so much for Gods and pets when
they don’t love us back The celebrated cartoonist Martin Rowson, author
of The Dog Allusion in conversation with Will Self about the similarities
between pet-keeping and religion. Expect an hour of entertaining and
outrageous rant.
Ben MacIntyre
LIVED LIVES
4.00pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
In the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth, The Times journalist explores how
James Bond emerged against the background of the Second World War and
the Cold War, and how 007’s world was based on the realities (and fantasies)
of Fleming's life as a wartime spy-master and peacetime bon viveur.
Mark Watson
THE LIST EVENT
4.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
Perrier winning comedian – and green virgin – Mark Watson announced on a
blog his intentions to halve his carbon footprint in a year. Within twenty four
hours, 500 others had joined. Come and hear the hilarious yet inspiring
account of an environmental novice trying to save the world.
K O Dahl & Camilla Läckberg
WRITERS OF THE WORLD
4.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00
An outstanding double bill with two leading Nordic crime writers. Kjell Ola
Dahl comes to the Book Festival with his latest gritty Oslo police mystery The
Man in the Window. Bestseller in her native Sweden, The Ice Princess is the
first of Camilla Läckberg’s ingenious thrillers to be available in English.
Simon Armitage
THE SCOTTISHPOWER SERIES
5.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
society
biography
environment
crime
biography
In his first collection of prose writing since the highly praised All Points North,
acclaimed poet, playwright and broadcaster Simon Armitage, reflecting
on a lifetime’s gig-going, describes a vast circumference of musical
inspiration and influence. Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist
is the hilarious and engaging memoir of a life in which music and poetry
have been core. In conversation with Roddy Woomble.
Amnesty International
Imprisoned Writers Series
THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS
5.30pm – 6.15pm I Peppers Theatre
Free: Tickets available from the Box Office on the day of the event
Our daily free readings in solidarity with writers facing persecution for their
thoughts and words. Today we hear the work of the writers group from
the Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture. Our featured readers include
Louise Doughty.
Giancarlo de Cataldo
& Domingo Villar
WRITERS OF THE WORLD
6.00pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00
First class international crime fiction. Domingo Villar’s debut Water-Blue
Eyes, set in Galicia, opens as a young saxophonist is found dead in his
swanky flat. Giancarlo de Cataldo, writer and magistrate in Rome, is editor
of Crimini, an outstanding new collection of Italian crime fiction.
Raj Persaud
MATTERS OF THE MIND
6.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
The leading psychiatrist who understands our most hidden motives
cross-examines a surprise guest in this ‘in the psychiatrist’s chair’ session.
A huge hit at last year’s festival, this will again be one of the most revealing
interviews of the summer!
Alanna Knight
& The Mulgray Twins
CRIME FICTION
6.45pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00
society
crime
philosophy
crime
Doyenne Scottish crime writer Alanna Knight encouraged identical twin
sisters Helen and Morna Mulgray to write their delightful witty thriller series
which features an investigator from HM Revenue & Customs. Join the three
Edinburgh authors as they discuss collaboration, writing at all stages of life,
and the perfect murder.
Book now at www.edbookfest.co.uk or 0845 373 5888 See page 74 / 75 for booking details
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