Sunday Adult Programme
Great writing and great writers rightly feature in the programmes of Scotland’s 40 book festivals; they are the shop windows of our vibrant literary culture. > MORE
Jack Straw - Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor
Festival Marquee / 1.30PM / £13, £11(C) / Buy tickets
At the heart of government as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw never imagined what lay in store as he grew up in Epping Forest, one of five children of divorced parents... > MORE
Roger McGough is the patron saint of poetry, according to Carol Anne Duffy, the Poet Laureate. His latest collection, As Far As I Know, only adds lustre to his halo... > MORE
James Owen - Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines - WW2 Event
Hamilton Marquee / 4.45PM / £9, £7(C) / Buy tickets
This is a masterful account of the creation of an elite force. Led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, the Commandos rewrote the rules of warfare. > MORE
The award-winning journalist, Julie Davidson, has traced the African footsteps of Mary Livingstone, wife of the great explorer and missionary, and tells her own enthralling tale... > MORE
Ray Perman and Alistair Darling will discuss HUBRIS: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain. Ray’s new book (with a foreword by Alistair) is the story of a stunning fall from grace... > MORE
This is a superb biography and the first in-depth portrait of our future king...
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The archaeologist, historian and broadcaster has written Vikings, a scintillating new treatment of the extraordinary period from c800AD to 1100AD when these Scandinavian sea-warriors made empires stretching from Russia to Italy, France and Britain... > MORE
Christy Campbell - Target London: Under Attack from the V-Weapons - WW2 Event
Hamilton Marquee / 7.45PM / £9, £7(C) / Buy tickets
As part of our season on World War Two, Christy Campbell’s compelling tale of the V1 and V2 wonder weapons shows how false information and mistakes in intelligence gathering have altered the accepted wisdom that these rockets almost won the war for Germany... > MORE
Kate Adie, replacing cancelled Richard Wilson event
Festival Marquee / 8.00PM / £13, £11(C) / Buy ticketsIn a brilliant literary substitution Kate Adie comes off the bench to replace Richard Wilson, temporarily sidelined, and instead of the reflections of a grumpy old man, we will be treated to the meditations of one of the most dynamic journalists ever to grace Britain’s airwaves. Go Kate!
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