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Page 2 Launch Release Book Festival Celebrates An Astonishing Generation of Talent Page 5 Adult Programme Highlights Page 6 Baillie Gifford Children’s Programme Celebrates Explosion of Children’s Writing Page 8 Baillie Gifford Children’s Programme Highlights Page 9 Stripped – Book Festival Celebrates Graphic Novels Page 11 Stripped Events Page 13 New Titles – August Launches Page 15 New Titles – September Previews Page 17 New Titles – July Publications Page 19 First Book Award – Debut Fiction Page 21 Corporate Sponsors find Book Festival a Worthwhile Investment Page 23 How To Book Tickets
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30 Years Back, 30 Years Forward Edinburgh International Book Festival Celebrates An Astonishing Generation of Talent
In 1983, the inaugural Edinburgh International Book Festival was only the third literary festival in the UK and while 30,000 visitors enjoyed events with 120 authors including John Updike, P D James and Melvyn Bragg; Harry Potter, Inspector Rebus, the Gruffalo and Mma Ramotswe had not yet been born. In 2013 the Book Festival, now one of over 300 in the UK and one of the most prestigious and highly respected in the world attracting over 200,000 visitors, not only celebrates writers and writing and the extraordinary flourishing of culture in Scotland over the last 30 years but also looks into the future.
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Barley and his team have asked leading thinkers to put forward their Blueprint for the future in a series of debates looking at changes in key areas including defence, the environment, copyright, mental health and the arts with the aim of improving life in 2043. With the Independence Referendum now only 16 months away, the Festival invites leading Scottish journalists, including Kirsty Wark and Iain Macwhirter, to identify the key questions that need to be answered before an informed decision can be made.
In a packed programme of over 700 events, the Book Festival welcomes authors from each edition of the Granta Best of Young British Novelists List which is compiled every 10 years. Salman Rushdie, featured on the 1983 list, looks back on his career over the last 30 years while Evie Wyld discusses her inclusion on the latest 2013 list. Margaret Atwood, Gavin Esler, Kate Mosse and Neil Gaiman have been invited to select and chair a series of events on genre, the collapse of trust, women in the 21st century and the reshaping of modern fantasy respectively.
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Roddy Doyle, David Peace, Linda Porter, Simon Sebag Montefiore and DBC Pierre launch their brand new books, Andrew Marr makes his first public appearance since his recovery from a stroke and Baroness Susan Greenfield discusses her life and work in the Fred Hood Memorial Event, supported by Walter Scott & Partners. -RKQ%DQYLOOH-DPHV5REHUWVRQ$QWRQLD)UDVHUDQG(GQD2¶%ULHQDOOPDNHDZHOFRPHUHWXUQWR Charlotte Square Gardens while up and coming writers Philipp Meyer, Eleanor Catton, Jennie Rooney and Niccolo Ammaniti discuss their new novels.
With 42 GHEXWQRYHOVQRYHOODVDQGVKRUWVWRU\FROOHFWLRQVLQWKHSURJUDPPHWKH%RRN)HVWLYDO¶V)LUVW%RRN Award, sponsored by eBooks by SaLQVEXU\¶VRIIHUVUHDGHUVWKHFKDQFHWRGLVFRYHUWKHVWDUVRIWKHIXWXUHDQG to vote for their favourite. Authors eligible for the Award include some of the most talked about new adult and young adult writers from Australia, Argentina, Germany, Italy and South Africa as well as closer to home with books set in Glasgow, Edinburgh and on the Isle of Skye.
The Edinburgh World Writers¶ Conference, the ambitious programming partnership between the Book Festival and the British Council which launched with 5 events in Edinburgh last year, has now toured to 14 literary festivals around the world, from Jaipur to Trinidad, and concludes with a discussion on the future of fiction with China Mièville, Hari Kunzru and Sema Kaygusuz.
$QHZVWUDQGµ0DNLQJ0XVLF¶IHDtures explorations of great composers such as Britten and Verdi as well as a celebration of the joy and importance of singing and song-writing with artists Cerys Matthews, David and Carrie Grant, Daniel Rachel and Vic Galloway who launches his new book on )LIH¶V )HQFH &ROOHFWLYH Ian Rankin will be in conversation with pop legends Tim Burgess and Peter Hook, and the Festival also welcomes John Taylor and Tracey Thorn.
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Superheroes, comic book characters and even Don Quixote swoop into Charlotte Square Gardens as the Book Festival celebrates comics, graphic novels and the people who create them in Stripped. Over four intense days more than forty events lay bare the incredible scope of comics and graphic novels being
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produced today, giving audiences an opportunity to meet the writers and artists behind this surprising, witty and insightful literary form. From the legendary crusader Grant Morrison to the young avenger Kieron Gillen; from the dark dreams of Neil Gaiman to the washed-up world of Robbie Morrison, Stripped reveals new landscapes, explores comic strips and introduces graphic interpretations of literary classics and best-selling novels. Talks, translations, drawing and reading workshops will run alongside the inaugural 9th Art Award for WKHZRUOG¶VILQHVW(QJOLVKODQJXDJHJUDSKLFQRYHODQH[KLELWLRQRIFRPLFGHVLJQVDQGD0LQL&RPLF)DLUZKLFK showcases work from independent comic creators in Scotland. Stripped is supported by the Scottish *RYHUQPHQW¶V(GLQEXUJK)HVWLYals Expo Fund.
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival runs from Saturday 10 August to Monday 26 August 2013. Full details of the programme are available from midday today at www.edbookfest.co.uk and tickets go on sale on Friday 28 June at 8.30am. Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.edbookfest.co.uk or by phone on 0845 373 5888. The Box Office will open at the Roxburghe Hotel, Charlotte Square Gardens at 8.30am on Friday 28 June only and will move to The Hub, Castlehill on Saturday 29 June.
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Kate Atkinson New for 2013 a series of Reading Workshops, for readers young and old, where leading Patrick Ness authors and critics take the audience through a close reading of one of their favourite books, Carol Ann Duffy exploring why the writing is so powerful and offering an insight into how the mind of the writer Ruby Wax works. Among others, Colm Tóibín speaks on Sons and Lovers, Sarah Churchwell on The Sandi Toksvig Great Gatsby, Alan Bissett on Trainspotting, Keith Gray on The Wasp Factory, and Charlie Mark Urban Fletcher on Treasure Island. George Monbiot 0DJJLH2¶)DUUHOO Statistician and political forecaster, Nate Silver, shot to world fame when he predicted the Nadeem Aslam outcome of all 50 states in the 2012 US Elections. In the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Val McDermid Event, Silver highlights how mathematical probability can be used to predict baseball games, Meg Wolitzer poker games, climate change, financial crashes and political contests. Phyllida Law Joe Sacco Three years after his death, The Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize, a major new prize for Scottish Chris Ware poets, is DQQRXQFHG DW WKH %RRN )HVWLYDO DQG WKH ZLQQHUV RI %ULWDLQ¶V ROGHVW OLWHUDU\ DZDUGV Mark Lawson The James Tait Black Prizes, organised by the University of Edinburgh, are also revealed at Liam McIlvanney an event in Charlotte Square Gardens. Liz Lochhead Monty Don Sindiwe Magona and Achmat Dangor are two post-apartheid South African authors who Tom Herbert tackle some of the thornier issues of their young nation. From HIV and Aids to the role of Henry Herbert women, these courageous writers break taboos. Tracy Chevalier Joanne Harris British actor and Holywood star, Rupert Everett brings the second instalment of his memoir Denise Mina painting vivid portraits of a career on stage and screen. Esther Woolfson Jonathan Agnew At the height RIWKHXSULVLQJLQ&DLUR¶V7DKrir Square and under fire from the Egyptian armed John Browne forcesWKHFURZGFKDQWHGSRHWU\OHGE\RQHRIWKH(J\SW¶VRXWVWDQGLQJSRHWV Amin Haddad Neil Forsyth and accompanied by Eskenderella. In a unique performance, these extraordinarily Gavin Francis courageous artists take to the stage in the more peaceful surroundings of Charlotte Square Ali Smith Gardens. Melvyn Bragg Robert Peston In the 30th year of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the 'LUHFWRUV¶ &RQYHUVDWLRQV Robin Robertson welcome back Jenny Brown to discuss three extraordinary decades of society, faith and Kathleen Jamie storytelling in Scotland with Richard Holloway; Faith Liddell examines 6FRWODQG¶V MRXUQH\ Amit Chaudhuri towards independence with political leviathan Tam Dalyell, and Catherine Lockerbie is joined James Robertson by Shona Munro to look back at 30 years of Scottish Culture LQ WKH FRPSDQ\ RI 6FRWODQG¶V Hadley Freeman Makar Liz Lochhead ± who appeared at the very first Book Festival in 1983. Deborah Moggach Abdel Bari Atwan Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams LV MRLQHG E\ %ULWDLQ¶V VHFRQG IHPDOH Rawi Hage Rabbi, Baroness Julia Neuberger, to talk frankly about the changing relationship between Charles Moore faith, the church and society in an event sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Artemis Cooper Patricio Pron From the past three decades of British politics, three career politicians come to Charlotte Eugen Ruge Square Gardens to discuss their lives, their work and, in one case, their appearance on a Frank Dikötter popular Saturday night TV show. Jack Straw, Alan Johnson and Ann Widdecombe will all Marcel Theroux be speaking at the Festival. Caitlin Moran Ceri Levy Some of the most exciting new young international women writers will be travelling to William Dalrymple Edinburgh ± from Australia Hannah Kent, from New Zealand Eleanor Catton and from the Robert Newman USA Rachel Kushner ± all of whom are already making their mark in their own countries and will soon break out into the wider literary world. And many more . . .
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The recently aSSRLQWHG&KLOGUHQ¶V/DXUHDWH0DORULH%ODFNPDQLQWURGXFHVKHUQHZQRYHODQG-XGLWK.HUUZKR has just published a lavishly extravagant illustrated retrospective in celebration of her 90th birthday, discusses her life. Mairi Hedderwick talks about her most famous character, Katie Morag, who is almost 30 and set to hit the small screen in the autumn, while Joan Lingard, who has attended every single Book Festival in Charlotte Square Gardens since 1983, looks back over her extraordinary career.
Adam Gidwitz and Sam Gayton bring their second novels to Edinburgh and discuss how they were inspired by classic fairy tales and Festival favourites Darren Shan and Charlie Higson return with their new Zombie tales. Damien M Love and Andrew Jamieson are also looking to the future with their novels which are both only published as e-books. BBC Radio 2 presenter Simon Mayo returns to Charlotte Square Gardens with the VHTXHOWRKLVEHVWVHOOLQJGHEXWQRYHODQGMRXUQDOLVWDQGEURDGFDVWHU'DZQ2¶3RUWHUEULQJVKHUGHEXWQovel taking an unflinching and humourous look at the intensity of female relationships.
The Baillie Gifford Schools Programme offers over 70 events for all age of school pupil from P1 to S6. Everything from drawing workshops to stage adaptations to the physics of superheroes will be explored. Taking part are established names including Tim Bowler, Karen McCombie and Sophie McKenzie and debut authors such as Sarah Mussi and Jane Casey. There are football stories, Norse myths, thrillers and fantasy. Stories that explore family life, relationships and reality as well as stories set in the past, the future and other worlds.
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There are brand new books from Julia Donaldson who launches the Further Frank Cottrell Boyce Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat with illustrator Charlotte Voake, Betty Eoin Colfer Birney who brings the new adventures of Humphrey the Hamster in +XPSKUH\¶V China Mèiville World of Pets and Robert Muchamore who introduces his latest CHERUB recruit in Frances Hardinge Black Friday. Melvin Burgess Nicola Morgan Steve Cole )RU WKH ILUVW WLPH LQ WKH 8.¶V SROLWLFDO KLVWRU\ 6FRWWLVK DQG \HDU ROGV ZLOO EH Sue Hendra eligible to vote in the 2014 Independence Referendum. 6KDSLQJ6FRWODQG¶V)XWXUH, Warren Pleece IHDWXULQJFKLOGUHQ¶VDuthors Lari Don and Katie Grant and chaired by Juliet Swann Clara Vulliamy from the Electoral Reform Society, invites a young audience to have their say. Gill Arbuthnott Julie Bertagna David and Carrie Grant introduce their new range of picture books all about making Simon Bartram music, and keeping on a musical theme, singer Cerys Matthews invites her John Fardell audience to Sing it Loud, Sing it Proud in a big, family sing-along and Nick Cope Nick Lake Rebecca Cobb creates a delightful hour of songs and fun about everything from counting and .DWH2¶+HDUQ animals to how plants grow. Nick Sharratt Debi Gliori Other events for all the family include the engaging and thoughtful Anne Fine, the Pippa Goodhart world of Ancient Greece with Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden and Charlie Teresa Flavin Fletcher who explores the process behind designing book covers with Astrid Jeremy Strong Jaekel, the winner of a competition run with the Edinburgh College of Art to find a Cathy Cassidy student to illustrate his latest novel. Vivian French Michelle Paver Younger readers can enjoy the brand new adventures of Rastamouse the oh-so- David Roberts ± The Etherington FRRO&DULEEHDQFULPHEXVWLQ¶PRXVH- or go dinosaur hunting with Penelope Harper Brothers and Cate James. Sir Charlie Stinky-Socks returns, as does Horrid Henry. Linda Strachan Tracey Corderoy There are lots of free events every day for younger children: Are You Sitting Rachel Hazell Comfortably? ± a short half hour of reading, songs, a story or poem - takes place at Chris Bradford 10.00am each morning in the Baillie Gifford Story Box, Bookbug, hosted by Philip Ardagh Edinburgh City Libraries and Magic Carpet Stories hosted by the National Museums Tommy Donbavand of Scotland, take place in the Baillie Gifford Imagination Lab while Dr Book can be Fi Bird found prescribing the perfect reading medicine in the Baillie Elizabeth Wein *LIIRUG &KLOGUHQ¶V Martin Brown Bookshop. Polly Dunbar R J Palacio The Beano also celebrates a birthday this year ± our favourite comic is 75 years old. Sara Sheridan Morris Heggie and Mike Stirling of DC Thomson will be celebrating some of the Lynne Rickards most famous characters ± Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Lydia Monks Kids and remembering some who are no more such as Lord Snooty and Ivy and Saci Lloyd Terrible. David Melling Jonathan Meres Budding teenage playwrights can explore the mysteries of adapting fiction for the 'DYLG2¶&RQQHOO theatre with award-winning writer Peter Arnott who has adapted work by Stevenson, Jonathan Stroud Louise Rennison Shakespeare and Dickens, and novelist Cathy Forde. Theatre and film writer Lisa Nicolls offers the essential playwrights toolkit, starting at the ideas stage and taking And many more . . . her audience all the way through to opening night.
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Book Festival Celebrates Graphic Novels Stripped Graphic Novels and Comics Laid Bare
Superheroes, comic book characters and even Don Quixote swoop into Charlotte Square Gardens this August as the Edinburgh International Book Festival celebrates comics, graphic novels and the people who create them in Stripped, a major new strand for 2013. With the focus on the final weekend, over forty events lay bare the incredible scope of comics and graphic novels being produced today, giving audiences a fantastic opportunity to meet the writers and artists behind this surprising, witty and insightful literary form.
Featuring literary graphic novels and memoirs, sci-fi and fantasy as well as hands-on workshops and debates LQERWKWKHDGXOWDQGFKLOGUHQ¶VSURJUDPPHV, Stripped LVVXSSRUWHGE\WKH6FRWWLVK*RYHUQPHQW¶V Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. Events explore the rich heritage of comics alongside the contemporary renaissance of graphic novels, taking in some RI6FRWODQG¶Vmany international success stories along the way. Appealing to readers aged 3 to 103, at curious newcomers as well as diehard fans, Stripped offers an array of unmissable events. Talks, translations, drawing and reading workshops run alongside the inauJXUDO WK$UW$ZDUGIRUWKHZRUOG¶VILQHVW(QJOLVKODQJXDJHJUDSKLFQRYHO, an exhibition of comic art and a Mini Comic Fair, which showcases work from independent comic creators in Scotland.
From the legendary crusader Grant Morrison to the young avenger Kieron Gillen; from the dark dreams of Neil Gaiman to the washed-up world of Robbie Morrison, Stripped reveals new landscapes as well as exploring comic strips with Posy Simmonds and Tom Gauld and introducing graphic interpretations of literary classics and best-selling novels. The strand celebrates the creative genius of British comics with Bryan Talbot, Glyn Dillon and the Etherington Brothers and looks at the role of culture and politics through the sleepy streets of Jon McNaught, the graphic reportage of Joe Sacco and the American suburbia of Chris Ware.
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The Book Festival has commissioned a brand new graphic novel, edited by Scottish author Denise Mina, who also discusses KHUJUDSKLFWUHDWPHQWRI6WLHJ/DUVVRQ¶V Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Stripped graphic novel, published in partnership with Glasgow-based Freight Books, will be launched at the Book Festival in 2014.
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival runs from Saturday 10 August to Monday 26 August 2013 in &KDUORWWH6TXDUH*DUGHQVLQWKHKHDUWRIKLVWRULF(GLQEXUJKWKHZRUOG¶Vfirst UNESCO City of Literature. Stripped events are focused over the final weekend of the Festival from Friday 23 August to Monday 26 August. Founded in 1983, the Book Festival is the largest festival of its kind in the world, and provides a platform for audiences to debate with leading thinkers from the worlds of science, politics, business, economics and journalism as well as literature. Full details of the programme can be found at www.edbookfest.co.uk, additional Stripped news and information can be found at @StrippedFest or www.strippedbookfest.co.uk. Tickets go on sale on Friday 28 June. -ends-
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Stripped is a major new strand in WKLV \HDU¶V %RRN GRANT MORRISON 23 August 20:00 Festival programme celebrating comics, graphic 2QH RI WKH ZRUOG¶V comic superstars talks about his novels and the people who create them. More than 40 prolific career and the process of reinventing events lay bare the incredible scope of comics and superheroes. graphic novels being produced today. ROGER GIBSON & WARREN PLEECE CHRIS WARE 12 August 20:30 23 August 20.30 Ware describes the ten year process involved in Both explore the many faces of London in their most constructing his graphic masterpiece Building Stories. recent works. Today they consider why this intriguing city has been such an inspiration. JOE SACCO 13 August 20:30 TKH ZRUOG¶s leading comics journalist presents CREATING GRAPHIC NOVELS WITH Journalism, a compelling set of cartoon essays that JON MCNAUGHT 24 August 11:00 explore the personal impact of conflict. This award-winning artist and writer shares the skills needed to create unique graphic stories. CHRIS WARE & JOE SACCO 14 August 19:00 7ZR RI WKH ZRUOG¶V PRVW FHOHEUDWHG JUDSKLF QRYHOLVWV STEPHEN COLLINS & TOM GAULD 24 August 12:30 discuss the excitement in bringing together word and Two critically-acclaimed Guardian cartoonists discuss image on the page. what inspires them.
JAMES KAKALIOS 19 August 19:00 POSY SIMMONDS 24 August 16:30 Hollywood physicist Kakalios discusses his book The Presenting 0UV :HEHU¶V 2PQLEXV, Simmonds¶ Physics of Superheroes in a science lesson with a remarkably timeless collection of Guardian comic difference. strips.
BARROUX & CATHY BRETT 22 August 19:00 ROBBIE MORRISON 24 August 17:00 Two artist-authors discuss why they were inspired to write This aFFODLPHG 6FRWWLVK FRPLF ZULWHU¶V VWXQQLQJ QHZ and draw the lives of soldiers. Young Adult Event. graphic novel Drowntown is set in a future where climate change has altered the world forever. THE ART OF READING GRAPHIC NOVELS WITH PAUL GRAVETT 23 August 13:00 KIERON GILLEN & JAMIE MCKELVIE A workshop designed to guide readers through the world 24 August 19:00 of graphic novels and get the most from their reading. Creators of Young Avengers, this is one of the most exciting author-artist collaborations currently creating WILL MORRIS & EDWARD ROSS 23 August 15:30 comics. Two rising stars in British comics get together for some serious graphic chat. HANNAH BERRY & GARETH BROOKES 24 August 20:30 MELINDA GEBBIE 23 August 16:00 Masters of all things gothic and mysterious, both their Gebbie presents her early feminist projects as well as her latest graphic works take us into the darkness. masterpiece, Lost Girls, a collaboration with Alan Moore, who later became her husband. CREATING CARTOONS WITH GARY NORTHFIELD 25 August 11:00 PAUL GRAVETT 23 August 17:00 The acclaimed comic illustrator examines the basics of With over thirty years of experience working with comics comic language, and shows how easy it can be to draw and graphic novels, Gravett is an aficionado on Marvel, cartoons. manga and everything in between. BRYAN TALBOT & MARY TALBOT 25 August 12:00 BARROUX & DANIEL HAHN 23 August 19:00 Winners of the Costa Award for Biography in 2012 for A tale in translation. A diary transformed into comic form their collaboration 'RWWHU RI +HU )DWKHU¶V (\HV, this and then from French into English. Young Adult Event husband and wife team return to present the third graphic novel in the steampunk series.
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2000 AD: BACK TO THE FUTURE 25 August 15:00 STRIPPED EVENTS FEATURED IN THE BAILLIE 2000 AD has become a cornerstone of the comic world. GIFFORD &+,/'5(1¶6352*5$00( The panel, including Dan Abnett and Warren Pleece, discuss the evolution of this sci-fi great. TIN TIN, DAN DARE AND HEATH ROBINSON WITH JOHN FARDELL 22 August 18:00 LAUREN BEUKES & INAKI MIRANDA 25 August 16:00 A personal look at the work of legendary cartoonists Writer Buekes and artist Miranda discuss the collaborative and comic strips. process involved in creating the deliciously twisted fantasy Fairest:The Hidden Kingdom. DRAWING THE LIVING DEAD WITH WARREN PLEECE 23 August 18:30 9TH ART AWARD CEREMONY 25 August 17:00 The illustrator of 'DUUHQ 6KDQ¶V JUXHVRme ZOM-B The announcement of the winner of the inaugural 9th Art series shows how to draw the living dead. Award for the best work of graphic literature published in English anywhere in the world during 2012-2013. PHOENIX COMIC WORKSHOP 24 August 10:00 Illustrator and comic creator Adam Murphy teaches PAUL CORNELL & JOHN HIGGINS 25 August 19:00 techniques to bring your awesome stories to life. Cornell, writer oI 9HUWLJR¶V Saucer Country, Doctor Who and Wolverine joins Higgins, Before Watchmen artist, to THE ETHERINGTON BROTHERS 24 August 14.00 talk shop. Robin and Lorenzo romp through the world of their wild, wacky and brilliant comic stories. THE SANDMAN WITH NEIL GAIMAN 25 August 22:00 Gaiman discusses his dark fantasy series, one of the DRAWING WORKSHOP WITH SONIA MARTINEZ most influential comics of the modern era. 25 August 10:00 From the everyday to the out-of-this-world, create your STUART KELLY ON BATMAN 26 August 13:00 own masked avenger! An in-depth look at Batman, from his first appearance in the 1930s to *UDQW0RUULVRQ¶VArkham Asylum. GAREN EWING: SEEKING THE RAINBOW ORCHID 25 August 10.30 RUTU MODAN & LEANNE SHAPTON 26 August 14:00 This fantastic mystery caper was one of the Observer's An exploration of modern love, relationships and family Best Graphic Novels of 2012. through the medium of graphic novels. JAMIE COURTIER & VICKY KIMM 25 August 11:30 ROB DAVIS & MARTIN ROWSON 26 August 15:30 The Secret of the Stones follows Tooki on a perilous Re-imagining literary classics Don Quixote and The Life quest across the fantastical Land of Orb. and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman in comic form. SARAH MCINTYRE & PHILIP REEVE 25 August 14:00 THE BEANO AT 75 26 August 17.00 Join the creators of Oliver and the Seawigs to create a FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS AUGUST CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS EDINBURGH LAUNCHES www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 The Edinburgh International Book Festival is JOHN KILLICK 13 August 14:30 always a key occasion to catch major books Having worked in the field for more than 20 years, the LQERWKWKH$GXOWDQG&KLOGUHQ¶VSURJUDPPHV writer and poet John Killick has produced a practical as or before they are published. Some of the guide in Dementia Positive for those who support people books getting their first outing include: with dementia. RODDY DOYLE 10 August 20:00 LINDA PORTER 14 August 10:30 26 years after he wrote The Commitments, Roddy Can we unravel any truth from myths surrounding Mary Doyle has written a sequel. The Guts returns to Jimmy Stuart? Linda Porter surveys the wider Tudor-Stuart Rabbitte Jr in a new story set in modern-day Dublin rivalry in her penetrating study, Crown of Thistles. ANDREY KURKOV 10 August 20:30 SUE PEEBLES 14 August 15:30 The Gardener from Ochakov is the new novel by the Peebles won the Saltire First Novel Award for her cult Ukrainian writer LQYROYLQJ D PDQ ZKR ILQGV KH¶V captivating The Death Of Lomond Friel; now she is back accidentally time-travelled back to 1957. with new tale, Snake Road. NICCOLÓ AMMANITI 11 August 19:00 Let the Games Begin is about a recession-defying JOHN LLOYD 14 August 20:30 party at the house of a Roman property tycoon. 30 years after he and Douglas Adams released the bestselling The Meaning Of Liff, Lloyd presents Afterliff. D W WILSON 11 August 20:30 Ballistics is the muscular depiction of a reckless IAN FRASER 15 August 14:00 journey in the Canadian Rockies. Financial journalist Ian Fraser has written Shredded, a scorching attack on the forces behind the RBS crisis. DAVID ALLFREY 12 August 14:00 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a world PEDRO LENZ 15 August 15:30 renowned event but it has a secret fan. His story is Inspired by the language of James Kelman and Irvine told in this brilliant family picture book The Tattoo Fox. :HOVK3HGUR/HQ]¶VGHEXWQRYHONaw Much of a Talker, is the result of a six-month residency in Glasgow. GIOVANNI FRAZZETTO 12 August 14:30 HRZGRZHFRSHZLWKDQ[LHW\LQWKHIDFHRIWKHZRUOG¶V DAVID PEACE 15 August 19:00 economic crisis? Giovanni Frazzetto explores these David Peace has drilled down to the inner core of notions in How We Feel. football history with Red or Dead. A vivid fictional meditation on Liverpool under the great Bill Shankly. ADAM THIRLWELL 12 August 15:30 The Multiples project, edited by Adam Thirlwell, is an DAVID MELLING 16 August 14:00 extraordinary book experiment that consists of stories 'DYLG 0HOOLQJ¶V KHDUW-warming picture books about translated by leading authors in and out of English. Hugless Douglas are hugely popular; Douglas is a warm and funny character that children love which is evident in TIM HARFORD 12 August 19:00 We Love You, Hugless Douglas! The former employee of the World Bank is back with The Undercover Economist Strikes Back in which his TIM FINCH 16 August 15:30 ideas encompass the whole world economy. The communications director at a UK think tank, Tim S F SAID 13 August 12:00 Finch draws on his inside knowledge of the media to In Phoenix an ordinary human boy wakes to find an create his debut novel The House of Journalists. incredible power rising in him and a supernova coming. '$9,'2¶&211(// 17 August 15:00 6RPHZKHUH LQ WKH PLGGOH RI \RXU FLW\ WKHUH¶V D YHU\ MICHAEL DE SOUZA & GENEVIEVE WEBSTER special diner that does the best chips. However, the 13 August 12:00 clientele are a littlHµXQXVXDO¶ in Monster and Chips. 7KDW RK VR FRRO &DULEEHDQ FULPH EXVWLQ¶ PRXVH LV LQ town in a brand new picture book adventure, NADIFA MOHAMED 17 August 15:30 Rastamouse and the Micespace Mystery. The Orchard of Lost Souls tells the story of an orphan trying to escape the conflict in 1980s Somalia. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS AUGUST CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS EDINBURGH LAUNCHES www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 CHARLOTTE MENDELSON 17 August 19:00 VIC GALLOWAY 20 August 20:30 Mendelson launches her new novel Almost English, A childhood pal of several Fence Collective members, telling the story of a troubled 16 year old girl. 5DGLR 6FRWODQG¶V 9LF *DOORZD\ WHOOs their story with anecdotes and insight in Songs In The Key Of Fife. MICHAEL BOGDANOV 17 August 20:30 In 6KDNHVSHDUH 7KH 'LUHFWRU¶V &XW, Bogdanov asks: SUZANNE FRANKS 21 August 16:00 what is this play about? And then proceeds to answer In Reporting Disasters, journalism professor Suzanne the question with verve and intelligence. Franks looks at the way the media treated the 80s Ethiopian famine. JULIA DONALDSON & CHARLOTTE VOAKE 18 August 10:00 MAURICE LEITCH 22 August 10:15 The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat, Whatever happened to William Hare? Award-winning a beautiful new story, revisits Edward Lear's favourite novelist Maurice Leitch presents Seeking Mr Hare, a rhyme set in a nonsensical land full of adventure. speculative fiction about what happened next. TIM DEE 18 August 14:30 NEIL GAIMAN 22 August 20:00 Tim Dee returns to launch his much-anticipated study Subtly haunting, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a Four Fields, ranging from a prairie in Montana to the fable that reshapes modern fantasy. exclusion zone at Chernobyl. LINDA SARAH 23 August 15:00 SERGIO DE LA PAVA 18 August 20:30 Mi and Museum City is a ridiculously wacky and hugely 6HUJLR GH OD 3DYD¶V A Naked Singularity became the entertaining picture book jam-packed with the most first self-published literary novel to break through after imaginative detail. a rave Wall Street Journal review. SAMANTHA SHANNON 23 August 15:30 MATTHEW SMITH 18 August 20:30 Samantha Shannon creates a new security force which ,WLVH[DFWO\ \HDUVVLQFH-).¶VPXUGHU \HWWRWKLV controls several world cities in The Bone Season. day nobody has conclusively proved who killed him. Matthew Smith presents his µGHILQLWLYH¶ILQGLQJVLQWho JAMES SMYTHE 23 August 15:30 Killed Kennedy? The Machine offers a kind of Frankenstein for the 21st century about a contraption which removes disturbing CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE 19 August 20:00 memories. Glaswegian gangsters and a mysterious symbol GDXEHGRQDYLFWLP¶VKHDG; Flesh Wounds has all the FRANK DIKÖTTER 24 August 12:00 ingredients of one of his most enthralling books yet. The Tragedy of Liberation, is the second instalment of the groXQGEUHDNLQJ µ7KH 3HRSOH¶V 7ULORJ\¶. He explores RAWI HAGE 19 August 20:30 the Chinese Revolution during 1945-1957. Montreal-based author Rawi Hage presents Carnival, his lyrical, subversive and hilarious story of a taxi ANDREW GREIG 24 August 20:30 driver and his outlandish urban encounters. Stirling-born writer and poet Andrew Greig¶V Fair Helen is a retelling of a 16th century Border Ballad, µ)DLU Helen MARK COCKER & DAVID TIPLING 20 August 15:30 of KirkcoQQHO/HD¶ The relationship between birds and humans is entrenched in cultures across the globe, highlighted in DEREK LANDY 25 August 13:30 the gorgeous tome that is Birds and People. Last Stand of Dead Men is the eighth instalment of the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure JONATHAN STROUD 20 August 18:00 series in the world featuring the only skeleton detective There is an epidemic of ghosts in Britain and fearless in the universe, Skulduggery Pleasant. child agents Lockwood, Lucy and George must destroy them in The Screaming Staircase. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS SEPTEMBER CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS EDINBURGH PREVIEWS www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 The Edinburgh International Book Festival is EDWARD HOLLIS 15 August 16:00 always a key occasion to catch major books (GZDUG +ROOLV¶ The Memory Palace recalls the lost before they are published. Some exclusive rooms of five real palaces, from the Crystal Palace to September previews include: Versailles. ALAN SPENCE 16 August 10:15 EMYLIA HALL 10 August 15:30 Night Boat - a thrilling and often deliciously funny Emylia Hall returns to Edinburgh after her acclaimed, novel set in 18th century Japan based on the life of Richard & Judy-recommended debut last year, to launch Hakuin Ekaku, a hugely influential teacher of Zen. A Heart Bent Out of Shape, involving a woman, a city, a tragic friendship and an all-consuming search. DAVID ASHTON 17 August 18:45 Well-known to Scottish audiences for his on-screen JULIA DONALDSON 11 August 10:00 performances, David Ashton turned his hand to writing The Gruffalo said it wid come tae nae guid. If a gruffalo in 1984. The latest Inspector McLevy story, Nor Will roamed in the deep mirk widd. How no, how no? He Sleep, features unruly student gangs on the streets Because, hae nae doot, The Muckle Mad Moose will find of Edinburgh in 1887. ye oot. 7KH *UXIIDOR¶V :HDn, translated into Scots by James Robertson. ANTHONY KING & IVOR CREWE 18 August 16:00 Everyone is prone to mistakes but, according to Sir CATHERINE WILKINS 11 August 17:00 Ivor Crewe and Professor Anthony King in their new &DWKHULQH :LONLQV¶ My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters book The Blunders of Our Governments, UK is a funny take on teen life that really rings true. politicians are prone to more than their fair share. EWAN CLAYTON 12 August 17:00 ALFRED BRENDEL 19 August 18:30 2QFH \RX¶YH OHDUQW LW LW¶V DOPRVW LPSRVVLEOH WR XQOHDUQ In $3LDQLVW¶V$-Z legendary pianist Alfred Brendel has The alphabet and words are our primary means of produced an erudite, enlightening and deeply personal codifying and disseminating ideas. The Golden Thread, book aimed at everyone interested in musicianship. and asks whether the meaning of literacy is changing in the digital age. JENNY UGLOW 21 August 14:00 The Pinecone tells the story of Losh, and her dramatic MEG ROSOFF 12 August 19:00 designs in stone that captured the spirit of her age in Picture Me Gone tells the story through a 12 year old an engrossing and moving biography. GDXJKWHU¶V H\HV DV VKH VNHZHUV DGXOW foibles. Tender, affecting and honest, this novel explores secrets buried DANIEL RACHEL 21 August 20:30 and revealed. If you have always wanted to understand what led VRQJZULWHUV WRFUHDWH WKHLU ILQHVW ZRUNV 5DFKHOV¶ Isle ALLAN WILSON 13 August 20:30 Of Noises, is a treat. Glasgow-based Allan Wilson presents Meat, in which one man clings on to love when the rest of his life is JAMES BUCHAN 22 August 14:00 spiralling out of control. Days of God looks at the Iranian Revolution of 1979 when the political order of the Middle East was LIAM McILVANNEY 14 August 20:30 changed forever. Glasgow journalist Gerry Conway returns in the second of the trilogy, Where the Dead Men Go, when a DBC PIERRE 22 August 19:00 PXUGHUHGFROOHDJXHGDUNHQV*ODVJRZ¶VEULJKWIXWXUH The Man Booker Prize winning author¶V first collection of short fictions, Petit Mal. Wildly imaginative and often JONATHAN COE 15 August 11:30 PRUGDQWO\ IXQQ\ 3LHUUH¶V SKDQWDVPDJRULFDO SURVH LV DHVFULEHG DV D µ-RKQ OH &DUUp PHHWV (YHO\Q :DXJK¶ accompanied in this new book by a heady cocktail of Expo 58 is a comic novel, set at the Brussels World Fair LOOXVWUDWLRQVDQGSKRWRJUDSKLFµHYLGHQFH¶ in 1958. CLARA VULLIAMY 23 August 14:00 'L[LH 2¶'D\ ,Q WKH )DVW /DQH is the smashing new book from talented mother-daughter duo Shirley Hughes and Clara Vulliamy. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS SEPTEMBER CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS EDINBURGH PREVIEWS www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 ELEANOR CATTON 24 August 19:00 PAUL HARDING 26 August 20:30 Few books are more keenly anticipated in the literary Set in the Massachusetts town where the hero of world this year than The Luminaries, a gripping mystery Tinkers dies, Enon confirms Harding as a star of US set during the 1866 gold rush. fiction. HANNAH KENT 24 August 19:00 Burial Rites, the beautifully crafted, haunting debut novel from Australian author Hannah Kent, is set in 19th century Iceland. GARETH BROOKES 24 August 20:30 The gothic and the mysterious can be intriguingly explored through graphic novels. The Black Project is the tale of a lonely boy who develops the unhealthy µKREE\¶RIPDNLQJJLUOIULHQGVRXWRIWKLQJVKHILQGVO\LQJ around. HELEN FITZGERALD 25 August 10:15 Gripping moral dilemmas and mysterious tales of missing children are at the hearW RI +HOHQ )LW]*HUDOG¶V The Cry. PHILLIP REEVE & SARAH McINTYRE 25 August 14:00 Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre entertain with a madcap adventure full of giggly-but-dangerous monkeys, a near-sighted mermaid and some very big hair in Oliver and the Seawigs. BETTY BIRNEY 25 August 15:30 In +XPSKUH\¶V :RUOG RI 3HWV Humphrey tells us everything we need to know about the world of pets, from fantastic facts and pet-care tips to Humphrey's animal Hall of Fame. HOLLY BOURNE 25 August 17:00 Poppy and Noah are a perfect match in Soulmates but someone is trying to separate them to prevent the end of WKHZRUOG7KHSDWKRIWUXHORYHQHYHUUDQVPRRWK« SARAH MUSSI 25 August 17:00 In Angel Dust, Serafina, an Angel of Death, falls in love with the boy whose soul she is sent to collect and she must choose between Heaven and Earth. SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 26 August 15:00 One Night in Winter, inspired by the true story of children arrested by Stalin and accused of conspiracy. ROBERT MUCHAMORE 26 August 18:30 Robert introduces his latest CHERUB recruit in Black Friday full of thrills, intrigue and adventure. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, JULY IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS PUBLICATION EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk DATES 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 The Edinburgh International Book Festival RAYMOND TALLIS 16 August 19:00 is always a key occasion to catch major NHS SOS is an explosive polemic revealing how the new books, in both the $GXOWDQG&KLOGUHQ¶V NHS was butchered by reform ± & how we can revive this national treasure while we still have the chance. Programmes. Some of the hot-off-the-press titles this year include: AMIT CHAUDHURI 18 August 15:30 An evocative memoir, Calcutta: Two Years in the City PHILIPP MEYER 10 August 18:45 Philipp Meyer has written The Son, a brutal depiction of RIIHUV D IDVFLQDWLQJ LQVLJKW LQWR &KDXGKXUL¶V experience of re-settling in a city transformed by the ambitious McCullough family in the American West. revolution and the spread of American culture. ANDREW CRUMEY 10 August 20:30 RICHARD HOUSE 18 August 20:30 The Secret Knowledge, $QGUHZ&UXPH\¶VODWHVWRIIHULQJ The Kills is perhaps the most innovative transports readers across the 20th century. +RXVH¶V SURMHFW RI WKH \HDU $ µGLJLWDO-ILUVW¶ VHTXHQFH RI SANDI TOKSVIG 11 August 11:30 novels, it includes enhanced audio and video material Valentine Grey tells the intertwining stories of a feisty produced by House himself. young woman at the turn of the 20th century and her PAUL LEWIS & ROB EVANS 20 August 15:30 beloved cousin Reggie. Undercover details the investigation that revealed the DOUGLAS HURD & EDWARD YOUNG scandal of undercover policeman Mark Kennedy 11 August 18:30 sleeping with eco-activists. The respected politician and the historian and former speechwriter for David Cameron reappraise the life and GEORGE GOODWIN 20 August 18:45 work of iconic 19th century Tory statesman Benjamin Fatal Rivalry tells a striking story of royal ambition and Disraeli in Disraeli. personal conflict when 6FRWODQG¶V -DPHV ,9 ZDV forced to choose between the threats of Henry VIII SUSAN GREENFIELD 13 August 15:30 and the overtures from Louis XII. 2121, offers a vision of a future where society is split between those who want only pleasure and beauty and MARK MILLS 21 August 15:30 those dependent on technology. Screenwriter turned bestselling novelist Mark Mills unveils House of the Hanged, his captivating tale of GERRY DOCHERTY & JIM MACGREGOR betrayal and revenge set on the French Riviera in the 13 August 20:30 1930s. In their fascinating book, Hidden History, Scottish authors Docherty and MacGregor lay out the case for a EUGEN RUGE 22 August 14:00 radical new interpretation of the First World War. Eugen Ruge, who left the GDR for West Germany in 1988, has written In Times of Fading Light, which DENISE MINA 15 August 20:30 depicts life under the East German regime. The Red Road takes readers from the infamous CHARLOTTE HIGGINS 22 August 15:30 Glasgow high-rise scheme to a castle on the island of Under Another Sky explores what Roman Britain Mull, where a well-known Scottish lawyer is trying to means to the British now. escape the attention of an assassin. GIORGIO VASTA 22 August 15:30 JONATHAN AGNEW 16 August 11:30 Time On My Hands by Italian Giorgio Vasta is a vivid Cricket: A Modern Anthology is a glorious new anthology depiction of the harsh realities of 1970s Sicily for three of the finest cricket writing. young boys. ROBERT LEWIS 16 August 14:30 A decade ago, the death of Dr David Kelly shook the ANNABEL PITCHER 22 August 17:00 country and for a moment threatened to topple a Blair Fiction can be a powerful vehicle for informing and administration. Dark Actors, recounts the events inspiring young people about human rights. Ketchup surrounding an appalling human tragedy. Clouds explores guilt and punishment with a central character that corresponds with a man on death row. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, JULY IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS PUBLICATION EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk DATES 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 GARETH P JONES 23 August 16:30 Legend tells of the Clan of the Scorpion, four mighty meerkats who are armed to the teeth with ninja know- how. Will they defeat their long-time nemesis, the Ringmaster in the adventure The Forbidden Palace? JUSTIN RICHARDS 23 August 20:30 Justin Richards is the Creative Consultant for BBC Books on the Dr Who titles. He has had over 50 books published, his latest The Wolfstone Curse explores genetic engineering spliced with legend of the werewolf. COLIN McADAM 24 August 10.15 A Beautiful Truth is a startling, remarkable novel which challenges the boundaries between humans and chimpanzees. It uses fiction to explore the moral and ethical dilemmas of scientific research and question our constant quest for greater understanding. BEN AARONOVITCH 24 August 20:30 Broken Homes EULQJV WRJHWKHU $DURQRYLWFK¶V SDVVLRQV for crime and genre writing in a hilarious sci-fi police procedural. DAISY HILDYARD 26 August 10:15 Yorkshire-ERUQ +LOG\DUG¶V DVWRQLVKLQJ GHEXW Hunters in the Snow, is built around an unfinished book a young ZRPDQ GLVFRYHUV RQ KHU JUDQGIDWKHU¶V IDUP DIWHU KLV death. JESSICA BROCKMOLE 26 August 10:15 While living in Edinburgh, the US author wrote Letters from Skye, a heart-rending First World War love story told through letters from Elspeth, a poet on the Isle of Skye, to a young man in Illinois. LEANNE SHAPTON 26 August 14:00 Acclaimed US artist Leanne Shapton brings us Was She Pretty? ± GHVFULEHGDVµDEULOOLDQWJHPRIDERRN¶LWLVD beautiful exploration of modern love, relationships and jealousy. RUTU MODAN 26 August 14:00 Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan first received attention in the UK with Exit Wounds. Her latest book, The Property, is a tale of family secrets, lost property and the bond of family love told through her unique cartoon style. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS FIRST BOOK AWARD CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS sponsored by EDINBURGH eBooks E\6DLQVEXU\¶V www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 In its fourth year and with a new title sponsor, ANDREJ LONGO 15 August 15:30 The rising star of Italian literature, his book of short H%RRNV E\ 6DLQVEXU\¶V the First Book Award celebrates the novels, novellas and short stories, Ten, gets to the heart of the brutal Naples underworld. stories from the 42 writers who will showcase their debut book (or first book translated into TIM FINCH 16 August 15:30 English) at the 2013 Book Festival. The Award Tom Finch draws on his insider media knowledge to encourages audiences to read and vote for their create The House of Journalists, a vivid imaginary favourite. portrayal of political exile today. PEGGY RILEY 11 August 15:30 PETER TERRIN 16 August 18:45 Amity and Sorrow is a moving book about a woman and A unique voice in Dutch literature, 7HUULQ¶V work has her children who flee from a religious cult. been compared to Kafka. The Guard is his first book translated into English. CLAIRE McFALL 11 August 18:00 In Ferryman Dylan emerges from the wreckage of a train SAM BYERS 16 August 19:00 crash onto a bleak Scottish hillside, with echoes of Idiopathy is a novel of love, narcissism and ailing Greek myths and religious beliefs. FDWWOH /LVWHG RQ WKLV \HDU¶V :DWHUVWRQHV OLVW RI promising novelists, Sam Byers is one to watch. ABBAS KHIDER 12 August 20:30 Khider is an Iraqi writer whose novel, The Village Indian, ANGELA JACKSON 16 August 19:00 is based on his own unforgettable experiences as a Edinburgh-based Angela Jackson has written a story political prisoner and refugee. about first loves and second chances in The Emergence of Judy Taylor. R J PALACIO 13 August 11:00 Born with a terrible facial abnormality, August has been SAHAR DELIJANI 17 August 15:30 home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for During the Iran-Iraq war thousands of political the first time, he's being sent to a real school in Wonder. prisoners were executed, 'HOLMDQL¶V XQFOH ZDV DPRQJ those who died. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is a SUSAN GREENFIELD 13 August 15:30 reflection on the ordeal. 2121 offers a vision of a future where society is split between those who want only pleasure and beauty and FAYETTE FOX 17 August 19:00 those dependant on technology. The Deception Artist features an 8 year old girl who tells lies so that people will like her. BRIAN KIMBERLING 13 August 20:30 Snapper follows a professional bird researcher through ANTTI TUOMAINEN 17 August 20:30 the rural badlands of America, in a search for humanity. A fresh perspective on Helsinki is offered in The Healer as struggling poet Tapani searches for his DAMIEN M LOVE 14 August 17:00 missing wife after a ruthless climate catastrophe. 'DPLHQ 0 /RYH¶V H-book Like Clockwork is a fantasy thriller adventure published in serialised volumes. SHANI BOIANJIU 18 August 15:30 Boianjiu draws on her experience as a solider in The ANDREW JAMIESON 14 August 17:00 People of Forever which describes the impact of The Vengeance Path is a steampunk fantasy e-book, conflict on young female fighters. and is the first book in The Chronicles of Edenos. JEROME FERRARI 18 August 15:30 PEDRO LENZ 15 August 15:30 Set against the backdrop of the Algerian War, Where I Inspired by the language of James Kelman and Irvine Left My Soul is a tale of two torturers. Welsh, Naw Much of a Talker is the result of a six- month residency in Glasgow. KEVIN MAHER 18 August 17:00 -RXUQDOLVW0DKHU¶V The Fields tells the vividly evocative story of Jim Finnegan's unfairly interrupted adolescence. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS FIRST BOOK AWARD CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS sponsored by EDINBURGH eBooks E\6DLQVEXU\¶V www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 SERGIO DE LA PAVA 18 August 20:30 MARLI ROODE 22 August 15:30 After a rave Wall Street Journal review A Naked Call It Dog WHOOV RI D \RXQJ ZRPDQ¶V UHWXUQ WR 6RXWK Singularity became the first self-published literary Africa, forced to confront her Afrikaans IDWKHU¶V GDUN novel to break through. past. GILL HORNBY 19 August 10:15 GIORGIO VASTA 22 August 15:30 Subject of a fierce bidding war by publishers, The Hive The harsh realities of 1970s Sicily for three young is an achingly realistic depiction of parent politics in the boys are bought to life in Time on My Hands. school playground. SAMANTHA SHANNON 23 August 15:30 OWEN MARTELL 19 August 15:30 In The Bone Season, Shannon imagines a new Martell manages to steer clear of clichés in security force which controls several world cities. Intermission, based around the life of jazz pianist Bill Evans. '$:12¶3257(5 23 August 17:00 Paper Aeroplanes is a contemporary coming-of-age PIPPA GOLDSCHMIDT 20 August 15:30 story loosely based on the teenage years of journalist The Falling Sky is a dark comedy about a scientific DQGEURDGFDVWHU2¶3RUWHU discovery with tragedy at its core. HANNAH KENT 24 August 19:00 th LIZ BANKES 20 August 19:00 Set in 19 century Iceland, Burial Rites is a haunting A bad and beautiful boy proves more enticing for Mia debut from Adelaide-based Hannah Kent. than her boyfriend in Irresistible. HOLLY BOURNE 25 August 17:00 MALCOLM MACKAY 20 August 20:30 Poppy and Noah are a perfect match in Soulmates but A young freelance gunman is commissioned to kill a someone is trying to separate them to prevent the end man. The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter is a tense of the world. novel from a fearless young voice on the Scottish crime writing scene. ALEXIA CASALE 25 August 19:00 The Bone Dragon, portraying a young girl dealing with COURTNEY COLLINS 21 August 10:15 a violent and difficult past, is blend of psychological The New South Wales author tells an emotional and thriller and fairytale. elemental tale of a 26 year old woman on the run through the Australian bush in The Burial. NIALL LEONARD 25 August 20:30 The story of a young man searching for the brutal killer ABDULAZIZ AL-MAHMOUD 21 August 15:30 of his dad has an unusual twist in Crusher. The Corsair is the fictionalised story of Erhama bin Jaber, a character feared and hunted by the British in DAISY HILDYARD 26 August 10:15 the nineteenth century, remembered today in the Gulf Hunters in the Snow is built around an unfinished book as a folk hero. discovered by D \RXQJ ZRPDQ RQ KHU JUDQGIDWKHU¶V farm after his death. JACK WOLF 21 August 15:30 A treat for historical fiction fans, The Tale of Raw Head JESSICA BROCKMOLE 26 August 10:15 & Bloody Bones follows a talented 18th century science While living in Edinburgh Brockmole wrote Letters from student, madman and deviant. Skye, a heart-rending First World War love story told through letters. PATRICIO PRON 22 August 14:00 0\)DWKHU¶V*KRVWLV&OLPELQJLQWKH5DLQ is a daring SIFISO MZOBE 26 August 15:30 novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Young Blood turns crime writing conventions upside Argentine family. down, telling a tale of sex, drugs and hijacking from the point of view of a teenage boy. EUGEN RUGE 22 August 14:00 Eugen Ruge left the GDR for West Germany in 1988. In Times of Fading Light depicts life under the East German regime. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. WORDS THE WORLD, IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS MEDIA RELEASE EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 Thursday 20 June 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE USE BOOK FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP GROWS AGAIN IN 2013 The Edinburgh International Book Festival today announced a 10% increase in corporate support for 2013 and twelve new sponsors. Many have signed up for multi-year partnerships to see the Book Festival through its 30th year in 2013, and beyond. Baillie Gifford has committed its support for the next three years as lead sponsor for the Festival, becoming the title sponsor IRU WKH %DLOOLH *LIIRUG &KLOGUHQ¶V 3URJUDPPH as well as the Baillie Gifford Schools Programme, which not only brings school parties into Charlotte Square Gardens in August but also takes authors out to schools across Scotland to interact with pupils. In addition the firm will attach their name to the Baillie Gifford &KLOGUHQ¶V%RRNVKRSDQGWRWKH&KLOGUHQ¶V3URJUDPPHWKHDWUHVDQGZRUNVKRSVSDFHVDVZHOODVWRWKHODUJHVW venue on the site, the Baillie Gifford Main Theatre. The Baillie Gifford Gala Day on the final day of the Book Festival will welcome over 3,000 primary school pupils from across Scotland to a special, private day of FKLOGUHQ¶VHYHQWVDQGWDONV The Guardian newspaper, now in its third year of a media partnership, is title sponsor of The Guardian Spiegeltent. ScottishPower will continue their title sponsorship of the ScottishPower Studio Theatre and support the Story Generator and Swap Shop initiative across schools in Scotland. RBS remain committed to supporting the Book Festival and will be running a family activities programme for customers in the RBS Family Zone in Charlotte Square Gardens on the 17 & 25 August. The First Book Award, open to every invited debut author of fiction or first English translation, is VSRQVRUHG E\ H%RRNV E\ 6DLQVEXU\¶V 7KH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI (GLQEXUJK KDYH increased their support to sponsor four events in the programme in addition to the James Tait Black Prize. Other returning Major Sponsors include Experian, The Open University in Scotland, 3DWHUVRQ¶V, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Tangent Graphic and Walter Scott & Partners. The Folio Society have increased their level of sponsorship to become a Major Sponsor, and are supporting four events including Colm TóibíQ¶Vworkshop on Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence, one of a new series of Reading Workshops. Other new Major Sponsors include Jura Whisky who sponsor Jura Unbound, when alternative madcap events will light up The Guardian Spiegeltent every night from 9pm with a free dram for every customer. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. WORDS THE WORLD, IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS MEDIA RELEASE EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 Opinions of the Book Festival audiences will be captured on 30 second reviews filmed in the purpleTrails pod and in Charlotte Square Gardens, this Major Sponsorship by purpleTV has been match-funded by a New Arts Sponsorship grant supported by the Scottish Government and Arts & Business Scotland. New Sponsors for 2013 include DM Hall, The Edwin Morgan Poetry Trust, Economic & Social Research Council, European Commission Office in Scotland, Irish Pages, Scottish Council of Law Reporting, Scottish Oil Club, Totseat, V&A at Dundee and Waterstones. Returning Sponsors for 2013 include The Alwaleed Centre, Amnesty International, Baker Tilly, Bonhams, Edinburgh Gin, Edinburgh Napier University, The List, National Library of Scotland, Scottish Pen, Scott- Moncrieff, The Skinny, Society of Authors, Thomas Miller Investment, and Valvona & Crolla. Sadie McKinlay, Head of Development DW WKH (GLQEXUJK ,QWHUQDWLRQDO %RRN )HVWLYDO VDLG ³:H DUH WKULOOHG WR welcome new and returning sponsors to Charlotte Square Gardens this August for what is set to be a fabulous Festival. The generous increase in support from many businesses across Scotland and the UK allows us to FRQWLQXRXVO\JURZWKH%RRN)HVWLYDODVWKHPRVWH[FLWLQJFHOHEUDWLRQRIWKHZULWWHQZRUGLQWKHZRUOG´ -ends- For further information please contact: Frances Sutton Press Manager 07841 579481 or [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR. THE WORLD, IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS HOW TO BOOK EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 – 26 AUGUST 2013 Booking Information for the Edinburgh International Book Festival The Box Office opens for booking at 8.30am on Friday 28 June 2013 On the first day of booking, tickets are limited to 4 per event per booking Tickets are available to buy in three ways: Online 24hrs at www.edbookfest.co.uk from 08.30am on Friday 28 June By calling the Box Office on 0845 373 5888 Opening Hours: Fri 28 June: 08.30 17.00 – Sat 29 June to Fri 9 August: 10.00 17.00 Mon Sat – – Sat 10 August to Mon 26 August: 09.30 20.30 daily – Calls charged at the local rate from BT landlines Charges may vary from other networks In person at the following venues: Fri 28 June only: 08.30 – 17.00 Roxburghe Hotel, 38 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4HQ PLEASE USE GEORGE STREET ENTRANCE Sat 29 June to Thu 8 August: 10.00 – 17.00 Mon – Sat Fri 9 August 10.00 – 14.00 The Hub Castlehill Edinburgh EH1 2NE Sat 10 to Mon 26 August: 09.30 – 20.30 daily Entrance Tent Charlotte Square Gardens FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT FRANCES SUTTON, PRESS MANAGER: [email protected] / Tel: 0131 718 5654 / Mob: 07841 579481 The Edinburgh International Book Festival Ltd is a Scottish charity (SC010120) and a limited company (registered in Scotland no 79939) and has its registered office at 5A Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR.