in association with 13 – 29 August 2005 Charlotte Square Gardens www.edbookfest.co.uk sponsors and supporters The Edinburgh International Book Festival is funded by Title Sponsors Major Sponsors and Supporters HAWTHORNDEN LITERARY INSTITUTE Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters The Binks Trust The Danish Cultural Institute Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh The Craignish Trust Estonian Cultural Endowment The Kobler Trust The Cruden Foundation Institut Français d’Ecosse With thanks to: Kris Bonthrone, BOSLIT, Collective Gallery, The Howard, The National Museums of Scotland, NUJ, Scotland-Russia Forum, Scotland's Theatre Gateway and Queen Margaret University College, Scottish Book Trust, Scottish Institute for Human Relations, Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, The Signet Library, The Sutherland Trust, Templeton Foundation Press. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is sited in Charlotte Square Gardens by kind permission of the Charlotte Square Proprietors Edinburgh International Book Festival Charlotte Square Gardens 13 – 29 August 2005 Entry to our beautiful garden is FREE Hundreds of events Eat, drink, relax Choose from over 600 events featuring every kind There’s plenty to eat and drink at the Book Festival. of author – funny, stimulating, thought-provoking If it’s an ice cream, a cold drink, a speedy pick-me-up talks, readings and workshops. All events take or a light meal, treat yourself in one of our lovely place in our all-weather theatres in Charlotte cafés. Square Gardens. Enchanted Evenings Discuss and Debate We’re open all day and late into the evening. Join us Debates and discussion panels on every kind of for author events or a drink in the gardens or the pressing issue are right here – from climate change bar. The Glenmorangie Spiegeltent is the Festival’s to belief and identity. Come and have your say. own glen of tranquillity and is open every night (from Sunday 14 August) until late. Browse our Books Loads for Children and Teenagers We have two well-stocked bookshops in Charlotte Square Gardens where you can happily browse. The Book Festival is a unique family-friendly space They are owned and operated by us so all profits where children can play, read or picnic. There are are put straight back into the Book Festival. events of every kind for all ages from babies to teens as well as a bookshop created especially for them. See pages 38 – 54. To book tickets: Tel 0131 624 5050 Online www.edbookfest.co.uk See page 59 for full booking information EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 1 13 – 29 August 2005 welcome to a world of words and ideas: a world where minds spark “The Book Festival is the most like fireworks and the imagination takes flight. extraordinary and stimulating annual Edinburgh is now the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature: gathering of writers and readers acitybuiltonbooks,buildingonreadingandwritingfor and The Herald is thrilled to be title the future. sponsor for another year” Mark Douglas Home, Editor What is the Edinburgh International Book Festival? The biggest public celebration in the world of books and all that they “The Sunday Herald is delighted contain. A place to talk as well as listen, to share your thoughts to continue its sponsorship of the on issues as well as shed the burdens of everyday life, a place of Book Festival which has rapidly engagement and irresistible enjoyment. This is a very special become the highlight of the festival accessible to all. Welcome to a world of discovery. international literary calendar” Richard Walker, Editor Catherine Lockerbie, Director Nations Unlimited: Exploring the Future World Borders The 2005 Book Festival launches a major international theme about the future of nations. What are nations for and how do they behave in the 21st century? Beginning in Edinburgh, this vital series of events will extend across three countries, Scotland, Norway and Sweden – and three festivals, Edinburgh, Stavanger and Gothenburg – in a unique Northern European collaboration, a pioneering Book Festival first. This is a globally important theme for everyone who cares about their country and the world. Look out for Nations Unlimited events, many with star names and leading thinkers, running throughout the programme. We explore many aspects of nationhood: identity, borders, emigration and immigration, exile, religion, statelessness, multi-culturalism and more. We ask why, in an age of globalised business, mass communication and the internet, do borders and national identities still mean so much to us? Why do we still go to war over nations? We invite writers to share their views on this fundamental question for our little crowded planet. Is the nation-state still the right way to organise ourselves? What, if any, are the alternatives? How can we as individuals have any influence on nations? This unique three nation collaboration involves the Edinburgh International Book Festival; Kapittel, Special Nations Unlimited Exhibition: The Scent of Longing Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech (14 – 18 Sept 2005, Powerful and moving photographs of humanity on the move – refugees, families fleeing their www.kapittel.com); and the Göteborg International homes – show what it means to have to leave your nation behind. Visit this special Book Festival Book Fair (28 Sept – 2 Oct 2005, www.bok-bibliotek.se) exhibition by Norwegian photographer Rune Eraker at the Gateway Theatre, Elm Row, Edinburgh, daily throughout the festival. We would like to thank Scotland’s Theatre Gateway and Queen Margaret University College for 2 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 13 – 29 August 2005 hosting this exhibition. Who’s On Margaret Atwood Fantastic Themes for 2005 Dario Fo Focus on Russia We present a magnificent line-up of Russian writers, as well as leading authors from Salman Rushdie former Soviet Union countries. From crime to campaigning politics, dissident journalists and the dynamic new generation, we look at many aspects of that great André Brink and changing nation. John Irving Focus on Canada Sebastian Faulks Canadian writing goes from strength to strength and the Book Festival features no fewer than sixteen outstanding authors of fiction and non-fiction from that northern John Berger land – including some astonishing poets who simply must be heard. Zadie Smith East and West We continue our vitally important examination of the attitudes of the West towards Jung Chang the countries of the East, and vice versa, with special emphasis on Islam. Richard Dawkins Society and Politics International law, human rights abuses, action against terrorism and much more Carlos Fuentes –auniqueforumforyoutodiscusssomeofthemostpressingissuesoftheday. Lisa St Aubin de Terán Popular Science The finest scientists brought to the Book Festival to help us describe and comprehend Edmund White the wonders of the physical world, with a particular focus on evolution. First Fiction It is an outstanding year for debut novelists, with a clutch of brilliant new Scottish talents and some remarkably gifted young novelists with an African background. Don McCullin International Fiction From Australia to Scandinavia, taking in countries as diverse as Poland, France, Latvia Julian Barnes and Italy along the way, discover authors never normally brought to these shores. This year, a special focus on Spain. Andrea Levy Creative Writing Jon Snow We are delighted to offer an expanded programme of workshops in addition to our ever popular Writing Business strand, designed to give pragmatic advice and Ian Rankin knowledge to everyone interested in writing. For more practical help visit the Society Neil Kinnock of Authors Help Desk in the Bookshop 13 – 21 August, weekdays 5pm – 8.30pm, Sat and Sun 12 noon – 6.45pm. Joanne Harris And there is more – all our favourites return including crime, travel, lived lives (biography Andrew Marr and memoir), poetry, comedy, nature and the environment (including some very special events on mountains) and a stunning line-up of the best novelists in fine fiction. Raj Persaud Countries Clare Short This year Book Festival authors come from 30 different countries including: USA, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, China, India, Sudan, Pakistan, France, Norway, Iain Banks Sweden, Denmark, Finland , Spain, Italy, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Doris Lessing Palestine, Israel, Iraq and Ireland. Richard Ingrams UNESCO City of Literature Fergal Keane Edinburgh is the world’s first City of Literature – a brand new designation given to the Scottish capital by UNESCO in recognition of its rich literary past, dynamic present and aspirations for the future. Edinburgh will now lead a global network of cities enthused Joan Bakewell by the transforming potential of books, reading and writing. Tony Benn The Book Festival is proud to have played a key role in creating the new title, and in celebrating the fundamental importance of literature to Scotland, its people and its connections with the world. Rageh Omaar Look out for all our Scottish literature events – there are more than 170 Scottish writers in the 2005 Book Festival. …and over 500 more EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 3 13 – 29 August 2005 Saturday 13 August 2005 Carol Ann Duffy Jon Lee Anderson & Åsne Seierstad WAKE UP TO WORDS EAST AND WEST Glenmorangie Spiegeltent 10.15am Studio Theatre 2.00pm To begin the 2005 Book Festival, we wanted the pure Two of the world’s most acclaimed and insightful journalists on living through the invasion of Iraq. Norwegian star presenter power of words.