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Sunday 10 August events <strong>for</strong> adults continued<br />
Self-Publishing:<br />
Vanity or Sanity<br />
WRITING WORKSHOP<br />
2.00pm – 3.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £12.00 £10.00<br />
Self-publishing is becoming more and more popular; it makes<br />
economic and environmental sense but as an author, why should you<br />
self-publish What size of print run should you go <strong>for</strong> and how much<br />
does an ISBN cost How should you market your book Join author<br />
Keith A Charters <strong>for</strong> a helpful ‘how to’ guide to self-publishing.<br />
(Maximum 30 places)<br />
Tim Har<strong>for</strong>d<br />
THE BAILLIE GIFFORD EVENT<br />
2.30pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
The nation’s favourite undercover economist returns. The Logic of Life:<br />
Uncovering the New Economics of Everything is a mind-opening journey<br />
through everything from our most intimate decisions to the large<br />
structures of cities, a dazzling and entertaining explanation of the<br />
patterns and underlying <strong>for</strong>ces of our lives.<br />
Eva Figes & Ladislaus Löb<br />
JEWS IN THE WORLD<br />
3.30pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
workshop<br />
society<br />
history<br />
Remarkable accounts of Jews escaping the Nazis. Eva Figes tells of the<br />
fate of their family housemaid, despised in Palestine as a German Jew<br />
– a new and polemical perspective on Israel. Ladislaus Löb was rescued<br />
from Bergen-Belsen by a deal made between Rezsö Kasztner and Adolf<br />
Eichmann. Dealing With Satan examines the contradictions of Kasztner,<br />
later murdered by an extremist gang in Israel.<br />
Ishbel Addyman & Ian Kelly<br />
LIVED LIVES<br />
4.00pm I Peppers Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
Two of history’s greatest lovers, brought to vivid life. Ian Kelly gives new<br />
insights into Casanova’s beguiling and controversial life and his colourful<br />
world; Ishbel Addyman illuminates Cyrano de Bergerac: swordsman,<br />
poet and romantic hero, whose real life is even more fascinating than<br />
the legend.<br />
Val McDermid<br />
CRIME FICTION<br />
4.30pm I RBS Main Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
The queen of crime returns. Whether writing stand-alone thrillers<br />
or <strong>for</strong> her bestselling series, Val McDermid’s novels show a deep<br />
understanding of humankind’s dark psychological complexities. Join her<br />
<strong>for</strong> a memorable hour of riveting and wide-ranging conversation, humour<br />
and insight. Chaired by Brian Taylor.<br />
Paulus Hochgatterer<br />
& Marek Krajewski<br />
WRITERS OF THE WORLD<br />
4.30pm I Writers’ Retreat I £6.00 £4.00<br />
Dark, seductive and gripping – introducing two European masters of the<br />
psychological thriller. Acclaimed Polish award-winner Marek Krajewski’s<br />
Death in Breslau conjures a city in the grip of the Gestapo. Paulus<br />
Hochgatterer, an Austrian child psychiatrist, utilises his professional<br />
knowledge in The Sweetness of Life, the tale of a traumatized child in<br />
an Alpine village.<br />
Mark Leonard & Rana Mitter<br />
FOCUS ON CHINA<br />
5.00pm I ScottishPower Studio Theatre I £9.00 £7.00<br />
BSL<br />
biography<br />
crime<br />
world writing<br />
nations<br />
We are delighted to bring back to Edinburgh two of the <strong>for</strong>emost<br />
commentators on contemporary China in this critical year of the Beijing<br />
Olympics. The extraordinarily rapid transition to modernity and its profound<br />
ramifications <strong>for</strong> the rest of the world are explored by two exceptional<br />
young experts. Chaired by Iain Macwhirter.<br />
Story Shop<br />
Celebrating the short story and its compact beauty, there will<br />
be free readings of ‘micro stories’ at the Edinburgh UNESCO<br />
City of Literature in<strong>for</strong>mation desk in The Bookshop every<br />
day from Saturday 9 August to Sunday 17 August at 4.00pm.<br />
Drop by and hear a short reading from some of Edinburgh’s<br />
finest authors and find out more about Scotland’s literature.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation visit www.edbookfest.co.uk or<br />
www.cityofliterature.com, or just check the screen in the<br />
Entrance Tent each day. A perfect companion to our brand<br />
new free ten minute readings at ten o’clock each morning<br />
in the Writers’ Retreat – see daily listings.<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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