Books & Literature in United Kingdom- Page 15

Anil Seth: Being You

How does the feeling of ‘being you’ emerge from billions of neurons? Pioneering neuroscientist Anil Seth’s spent decades investigating that question.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Close Read: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In our Close Read series, a brilliant author guides you through a deep-diving discussion of a classic text or genre that’s inspired them.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Peter Ross: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland

Ancient places, structures, and monuments can be key sites of wonder and wondering, as Peter Ross finds in Upon A White Horse.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Emily Kasriel & Gabrielle Rifkind: A Manifesto for Radical Listening

How do we connect and really hear each other amid the cacophony of our world? Former BBC journalist, mediator, and executive coach Emily Kasriel and world-leadi…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Immortal Sisterhood – Live

Connection lies at the heart of the Immortal Sisterhood. Fresh from Lincoln Center in NYC, they take to the Spiegeltent today for a mesmerising blend of music a…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Provocateurs: Mixed Signals / Horror Therapy

The Provocateurs: Mixed Signals / Horror Therapy at The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh

The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh

Hannah French: The Rolling Year

Eating with the seasons is one thing, but have you ever tuned your ear to them? Dr Hannah French did while writing The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons wi…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Nonomiya/Song of Rona Island

As part of Scotland to the World, we bring you a unique fusion of Japanese and Scottish culture.

Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Stephen McGinty: One Morning in March

On 13 March 1996, at Dunblane Primary School, 16 pupils and one teacher were murdered, and many more injured, in the deadliest mass shooting in British history.…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Kapka Kassabova: Borrowed Land

What does it mean to truly fight for your home when faced with the forces of colonialism, industry, and depopulation?

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Doug Johnstone: Ghost Notes

Ghost Notes is the latest instalment in Doug Johnstone’s addictive series following the Skelf women: three generations of funeral-directors-turned-private-inves…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

John Lanchester: Look What You Made Me Do

Picture settling down to watch the year’s buzziest TV show, only to realise it’s based on the toe-curling details of your own marriage.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

ScotlandsFest: Tea and Tales

ScotlandsFest: Tea and Tales at St Columba's-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh

St Columba's-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh

Scots Bookbug with Scots Language Centre

Bring yer wee yins alang fir a Scots Bookbug wi sangs, rhymes, an stories. Abody’s welcome, whither ye’re a gallus Scots speaker or a wee feartie!

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / 200 Monks, 1 Dead Frog

The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / 200 Monks, 1 Dead Frog at The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, Edinburgh

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, Edinburgh

ScotlandsFest: A Wee Bit Zen – When Less Is More

ScotlandsFest: A Wee Bit Zen – When Less Is More at St Columba's-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh

St Columba's-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh

Kathy Lette: The Sisterhood Rules

Veteran bon vivant Kathy Lette has a knack for bringing levity to life’s curveballs.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Brian Dillon: Ambivalence

For many of us, reading is more than a syllabus – it is sustenance. In Ambivalence, boundary-breaking essayist Brian Dillon looks back on his formative years in…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

John Curtice: Is Two-Party Politics Over?

Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde, has become known as one of our most incisive, animated, and well-regarded political co…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

ScotlandsFest: Trust Issues, Fake News, Real Poems

ScotlandsFest: Trust Issues, Fake News, Real Poems at St Columba's-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh

St Columba's-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh

Åsne Seierstad: Russian Lives at War

In an at-war nation which has shut down dissent and reportage, how can we glimpse behind the curtain?

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Right That's It (I've Had Enough)

Right That's It (I've Had Enough) at Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

David Turner: A History of Resistance

Those who write the history books shape the stories we come to know – but who gets left out?

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

First Edition

Start your day with the facts. High quality, thorough, trustworthy journalism has never been more important in helping us understand the world as it really is –…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside 

Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside  at Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

Oliver Bullough: Everybody Loves Our Dollars

Following his oligarch-busting Butler to the World, Oliver Bullough returns to hang the world’s dirty money out to dry.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Art of Not Letting Go

The Art of Not Letting Go at The Brass Monkey, Edinburgh

The Brass Monkey, Edinburgh

The Front List: David Olusoga

Author, broadcaster, historian, and The Celebrity Traitors’ ultimate Faithful, David Olusoga has been pivotal in broadening the scope of British history.

McEwan Hall, Edinburgh

Frank Dikötter: Red Dawn Over China

Over a century ago, the Chinese Communist Party emerged as a band of radical, Soviet Union-backed countryside insurgents.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Walk That Rerouted a Life: A Coast to Coast Story - Karen Skeel

In 2010, Karen Skeel set out to walk Wainwright's Coast to Coast with her partner, Neil.

The Station, Richmond

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Kirsty Gunn, Alan Riach, and James Robertson: Scotland 1926

100 years ago, Scottish literature was crackling with new energy. In this lively panel chat, Kirsty Gunn, Alan Riach, and James Robertson revisit the Scottish R…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Provocateurs: A Disease by Any Other Name / It All Went Wrong at Legs

The Provocateurs: A Disease by Any Other Name / It All Went Wrong at Legs at The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, Edinburgh

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, Edinburgh

Get Your Graphic Novel Started with Chanté Timothy

Chanté Timothy is a brilliant graphic novelist – the creator of the award-winning series about a brainy young super-scientist, Supa Nova.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Susie Boyt: Loved and Missed

Published to critical acclaim in the summer of 2021, Susie Boyt’s Loved and Missed became a hand-sell favourite of booksellers, passionately recommended through…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Antony Szmierek: Live Performance & Signing

Albums can be collected at the venue on the day of the event.Unfortunately, our venue is not wheelchair accessible at this time we are actively making steps to…

Cains Brewery, Liverpool

John Lanchester & Alexander Starritt: Work/Life Balance

Two masters of observational fiction come together to explore why our feelings around work and money can reveal the deepest truths.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Lani Watson: Why Ask Questions?

Every once in a while, a book changes how you move through life. Q: The Hidden Power of Questions in a World that Wants Answers is one of those books: a revelat…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Humdinger Words for Lollygaggers and Fuddy-Duddies

Humdinger Words for Lollygaggers and Fuddy-Duddies at DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, Edinburgh

DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, Edinburgh

Kim Sherwood: James Bond — Hurricane Room

What’s it like to write one of the world’s most famous characters? Commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to expand on the James Bond canon, Kim Sherwood’s tril…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

An Audience with Marvin Herbert

An Audience with Marvin Herbert at C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, Edinburgh

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, Edinburgh

The Provocateurs: Good Predictions, Good Decisions? / Human-Robot Uncanny Collision

The Provocateurs: Good Predictions, Good Decisions? / Human-Robot Uncanny Collision at The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh

The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh

Antony Szmierek: Live Performance & Signing

Albums can be collected at the venue on the day of the event.Unfortunately, our venue is not wheelchair accessible at this time we are actively making steps to…

Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool

Celebrating Zoë Wicomb: Writing Between Worlds

Beloved writer, teacher, and thinker Zoë Wicomb transformed South African and Scottish literature with work of extraordinary intelligence, nuance, and moral cla…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Fresh Words: Roundhouse Collective

It’s lunchtime, but there’s no need to doomscroll over your meal deal. Be the first to discover the literary stars of the future, instead.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

The Book That Changed My Mind

Books can soothe, expand, and stimulate our minds – but can they change them completely?

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Angharad Hampshire & Katja Hoyer: What Would You Do?

The Mare – journalist Angharad Hampshire’s Walter Scott Prize-shortlisted debut novel – is a gripping portrait of an ordinary woman’s descent into inhumanity du…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Tim Key: L.A. Baby!

Following packed-out events with us in 2024 and 2025, comedian and writer Tim Key returns to the Festival with poetry collection, L.A.

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

A C Grayling: For the People

The great British philosopher and academic A C Grayling’s appearances are always an intellectual highlight of the Book Festival, as he turns his forensic, yet e…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh