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Steve Richards Presents Rock and Roll Politics

Steve Richards Presents Rock and Roll Politics at theSpace @ Symposium Hall, Edinburgh

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, Edinburgh

Big Tech (and What to Do About It): A Changing Ideas Workshop

Do you deeply feel the urgency of the challenges that face us, but don’t know how to channel that into meaningful action?

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Word Salad

Hungry for some hearty food chat? Peter Simpson, editor of The Skinny’s food magazine GNAW, hosts a spirited round table with Times restaurant critic Chitra Ram…

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Relaxed Screening: Beano: Lost in Time with Craig Graham & Mike Stirling

Some of us thrive better in smaller, informal spaces. That’s why we’re putting on this relaxed screening for anyone with sensory sensitivities.

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Naomi Ishiguro & Katalina Watt: High-Octane Folklore

If fast-paced fantasy plots are your thing, secure your seat for Naomi Ishiguro and Katalina Watt.

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Zoulfa Katouh: The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

How do you start from scratch when grief looms large? In The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue, Zoulfa Katouh tells the story of Jihad, a young woman navigating a prest…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Tarot for Fiction Writers: A Workshop with Jill Dawson

While writing her novel Fred and Edie, Jill Dawson was stuck and decided, as a writing exercise, to give the book’s protagonist a tarot reading.

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You Can Write a Book!

You Can Write a Book! at Greenside @ Riddles Court, Edinburgh

Greenside @ Riddles Court, Edinburgh

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: A British Childhood

What does it mean to be young in Britain today? As Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce has met children from many – often precarious – backgro…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

Alice Hawkins – Working Class Suffragette

Alice Hawkins – Working Class Suffragette at Paradise in The Vault, Edinburgh

Paradise in The Vault, Edinburgh

How Can We Build a Feminist Scotland?

In Building a Feminist Nation, social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob, modern historian Helen O’Shea, and Law professor Kim Barker commissioned bold new writing…

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Simon Armitage, Hanan Issa & Peter Mackay: Poetry of the People

‘Poetry is not only dream and vision,’ Audre Lorde wrote, ‘it’s the skeleton architecture of our lives.’ Join three brilliant national poets – Simon Armitage (U…

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Simukai Chigudu, Gabriel Gatehouse & Sarah Wynn-Williams: Are You Sure?

In the era of strong men and keyboard warriors, changing your mind can seem like the ultimate weakness. But how does that leave room for uncertainty or change?

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Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry

Colin Grant is renowned for his compelling work documenting the experiences of migrant communities, from the Windrush generation to his own Caribbean family.

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Pop in and Play

Come and play with us! Everyone is welcome for our 30-minute guided sessions of fun and games, ideal to keep your wee ones busy.

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Shared Reading with Open Book

Join Open Book Lead Readers for an informal and relaxed shared reading session. Each session will explore a chapter from a debut book from this year’s Festival…

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Andrea Wulf: The Traveller

Step into the shoes of the most consequential man you’ve maybe never heard of. Award-winning historian Andrea Wulf talks to Fiammetta Rocco about The Traveller:…

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Jim Smith: Work in Progress

Jim Smith: Work in Progress at The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, Edinburgh

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, Edinburgh

Echoes of Self

Echoes of Self at Greenside @ Riddles Court, Edinburgh

Greenside @ Riddles Court, Edinburgh

Susan Orlean: Joyride

For four decades, legendary New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean has illuminated other people’s lives with wit and forensic curiosity.

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Confetti with Dean Atta

This event has been specially designed for our visitors with learning disabilities, including PMLD.

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Janina Ramirez: Legenda

Cultural historian Janina Ramirez is turning history on its head again. Following the success of Femina – her instant bestseller exploring the Middle Ages throu…

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Aonghus MacKechnie: City of Romanticism

A castellated, stone city draped over a dramatic landscape – travellers have been drawn to the romantic beauty of Edinburgh’s architecture for centuries.

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Tariq Ashkanani & Kirsty Lockwood: Breaking the Silence

Tariq Ashkanani, winner of the McIlvanney Prize 2025, presents his latest thriller, The Hollow Boys, following a young boy’s return 10 months after disappearing…

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh

A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and Love

A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and Love at The Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh

The Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh

Saara el-Arifi & Nikita Gill: Of Queens and Goddesses

We’re thrilled to welcome back two outstanding talents this year, who’ve both chosen powerful, complex women to inspire their latest works.

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Poems for People Who Don't Like Poetry

Poems for People Who Don't Like Poetry at Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

How to Steal a Million: The Frauds That Made Europe

How to Steal a Million: The Frauds That Made Europe at SUPERCUBE Cowgate, Edinburgh

SUPERCUBE Cowgate, Edinburgh

Tari Lang: My Neighbour, The Dictator

At the age of 14, Tari Lang’s life took a turbulent turn when both of her parents were imprisoned without trial during Indonesia’s 1965 coup.

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Scotland Through Poetry

Join your host, Beth Cochrane, for a glittering line-up of poets from across Scotland.

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George E Osborn: Video Games, Politics, and the Battle for Global Influence

Video games are played by – and connect – billions of people worldwide, meaning that, beyond entertainment value, they hold incredible potential for influence.

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Brenda Hale: With the Law on Our Side

Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond was the first woman to serve as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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The Front List: Cory Doctorow and Jimmy Wales

Remember when the internet was exciting and full of possibilities? As online content becomes darker, more divisive, and sensationalist over truthful, join Jimmy…

McEwan Hall, Edinburgh

The Front List: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp

Did you know that in the 17th century, Scotland tried to establish a colonial project in Panama?

McEwan Hall, Edinburgh

Rosa Beltrán: Free Radicals

Rosa Beltrán’s electric novel, Free Radicals, has had to be reprinted three times in her native Mexico since it was published in 2021; now this ‘best-kept secre…

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Close Read: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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.

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Alex Kadis: Big Nobody

Described by Pandora Sykes as ‘riotously funny and immensely touching’, Alex Kadis’ novel, Big Nobody, spins us into 70s East London, where Connie dreams of sta…

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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club — Live

Calling all weirdos and book-loving pals! Comedians, authors, and friends, Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd, invite you to their Weirdos Book Club, lovingly describ…

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Edward Fishman: How Economic Warfare is Changing the World

The global oil market follows critical arteries, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is a demonstration of the fragility of the system; a block at any one p…

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The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / No Booze, No Boogie?

The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / No Booze, No Boogie? at The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh

The Stand Comedy Club II, Edinburgh

Sophie Pinkham: The Oak and the Larch

From the Mongol invasion to the days of the Tsars, the Soviet Union to Putin’s war in Ukraine, Russia is a nation with a difficult and bloody history.

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Tiffany Jenkins: Strangers and Intimates

Perceptions of privacy and our right to it have changed across centuries and cultures, but in the age of surveillance and social media, populations are giving i…

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Bella Mackie: Claws Out

How to Kill Your Family author Bella Mackie is renowned for crime romps that skewer exactly the kind of people you (secretly) love to see skewered.

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Elizabeth Finkel & Caitjan Gainty: Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Journalism to the law, academia to government – the institutions that underpin society rely on an evidence-based, expert-informed approach.

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Simukai Chigudu: Chasing Freedom

Oxford University’s associate professor of African politics, Simukai Chigudu is part of the ‘Born Free’ generation, raised as colonial rule ended in Zimbabwe.

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Steve Crossan & Alan Finkel: Inside the Machine

An unmissable conversation with two fascinating figures at the forefront of global scientific innovation: Alan Finkel, former Chief Scientist of Australia and c…

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Edward Fishman & Carl Benedikt Frey: You Can’t Fight Progress

Former US State Department official Edward Fishman and Oxford academic Carl Benedikt Frey take us right into the real-life thriller that is the global struggle…

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Donal Ryan: Where are the Kings

Donal Ryan is fast becoming an Irish national treasure. Full of heart, his writing tackles the moments that make up a life with compassion and humour.

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