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The World, in Words Press Pack THE WORLD, IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS PRESS PACK EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 – 26 AUGUST 2013 Contents: 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 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 EDINBURGH Media Release www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 26 AUGUST 2013 ± Thursday 20 June 2013 For Immediate Release 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. 1LFN %DUOH\ 'LUHFWRU RI WKH (GLQEXUJK ,QWHUQDWLRQDO %RRN )HVWLYDO VDLG ³7KLV LV QRW MXVW D ELUWKGD\ EXW D celebration of an extraordinary generation of talent. The explosion of Scottish culture over the last 30 years has reverberated around the world and our writers, artists and performers have influenced all aspects of our lives. While we have prematurely lost one of our greatest authors just last week, we must also celebrate the next generation of writers who are distilling the woUOGDURXQGXV´ 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. 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 EDINBURGH Media Release www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 26 AUGUST 2013 ± 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. ,DQ 5DQNLQ ZLOO EH MRLQHG E\ WZR RI ,DLQ %DQNV¶ RWKHU FORVHIULHQGV 9DO 0F'HUPLG DQG .en MacLeod, who come together on the closing Sunday of the Book Festival to discuss the work of this Scottish literary legend, whose debut novel, The Wasp Factory, was first published in 1984. 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 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 EDINBURGH Media Release www.edbookfest.co.uk 10 26 AUGUST 2013 ± 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. Stripped HYHQWV DOVR UXQ DFURVV WKH %DLOOLH *LIIRUG &KLOGUHQ¶V 3URJUDPPH ZKLFK FHOHEUDWHV WKH KXJH SUROLIHUDWLRQRIFKLOGUHQ¶VERRNVDQG\RXQJDGXOWZULWLQJRYHUWKHODVW\HDUV%RRN)HVWLYDOIDYRXULWHV-XOLD Donaldson, Theresa Breslin, 5REHUW 0XFKDPRUH DQG WKH QHZ &KLOGUHQ¶V /DXUHDWH 0DORULH %ODFNPDQ DUH joined by some new exciting writers including Adam Gidwitz, Sam Gayton and Cat Clarke. Guest Selector Neil Gaiman gives a sneak preview of his latest book, and the 2013 Illustrator in Residence is the popular French illustrator and writer Barroux. 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. -ends- For further information please contact: Frances Sutton, Press Manager 07841 578481 or 0131 718 5654 [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, ADULT IN WORDS CHARLOTTE SQUARE GARDENS PROGRAMME EDINBURGH www.edbookfest.co.uk HIGHLIGHTS 10 ± 26 AUGUST 2013 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
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