Scribe UK at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018

Join us at Edinburgh International Book Festival this year, where 10 of our authors are appearing at fourteen events. Take a look at what's coming up:

August 11, 5.30pm, Spark Theatre on George Street
The Liberation of Libraries
In celebration of the 50th birthday of the University of Edinburgh Library building, this panel, including The Art of Reading author Damon Young, discusses the role of libraries in our lives.

August 12, 1pm, Writer's Retreat
Damon Young on Conan the Barbarian
A reading workshop exploring Robert E Howard’s lovingly crafted sword and sorcery hero.

August 12, 2pm, Spark Theatre on George Street
Elisabeth Åsbrink & Jonathan Fenby
The 1947 author and Fenby discuss the dawn of the modern era.

August 12, 5.30pm, Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre
Amnesty International Imprisoned Writers Series
Elisabeth Åsbrink joins a free panel discussing immigration detainees.

August 13, 12.30pm, Garden Theatre
Shaun Bythell and Damon Young SOLD OUT!
Bythell and Young muse over the power of books.

August 14, 3.45pm, Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre
Jeremy Gavron
Join Gavron and discover his singular work of fiction, Felix Culpa.

August 16, 10am, Writer's Retreat
Ten at Ten
Bruce Pascoe reads from his book Dark Emu.

August 16, 11am, Garden Theatre
Christopher Hope & Bruce Pascoe
Hope and Pascoe search for the souls of their respective nations in their work.

August 16, 5.30pm, Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre
Amnesty Imprisoned Writers Series
Bruce Pascoe joins a free panel discussing the legacy of Martin Luther King and the impact of Black Lives Matter.

August 17, 10.15am, The Spiegeltent
Heidi Sopinka and Ottessa Moshfegh
The author of The Dictionary of Animal Languages and Moshfegh discuss their work.

August 20, 3.45pm, Spark Theatre on George Street
Michael Brooks and Tim Radford
The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook author and Radford discuss the sunny side of physics.

August 22, 2.15pm, Garden Theatre
Martin Goodman & James Thornton
Part of the 'Our Planet and Us' event series, the Client Earth authors discuss standing up for the planet.

August 24, 3.45pm, Spark Theatre on George Street
Nigel Shadbolt
Meet Professor Nigel Shadbolt, whose The Digital Ape assures us that computers won't kill us anytime soon.

August 24, 4.30pm, The Spiegeltent
Charles Cumming & Nadia Dalbuono
The author of The Extremist discusses 'impossible situations' in crime fiction with Charles Cumming.

The Art of Reading

Damon Young

RRP: £9.99 Pub date: 10 Aug 2017 Category: Popular philosophy Cover view

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1947

Elisabeth Åsbrink

RRP: £8.99 Pub date: 29 Nov 2018 Category: History Cover view

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1947

Elisabeth Åsbrink

RRP: £12.99 Pub date: 20 Oct 2017 Category: History Cover view

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Dark Emu

Bruce Pascoe

RRP: £12.99 Pub date: 10 May 2018 Category: Social & cultural history Cover view

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The Dictionary of Animal Languages

Heidi Sopinka

RRP: £12.99 Pub date: 12 Apr 2018 Category: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Cover view

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The Quantum Astrologer’s Handbook

Michael Brooks

RRP: £16.99 Pub date: 12 Oct 2017 Category: Biography: science, technology & medicine Cover view

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The Quantum Astrologer’s Handbook

Michael Brooks

RRP: £9.99 Pub date: 13 Sep 2018 Category: Biography: science, technology & medicine Cover view

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Client Earth

James Thornton Martin Goodman

RRP: £12.99 Pub date: 10 May 2018 Category: International environmental law Cover view

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Client Earth

James Thornton Martin Goodman

RRP: £20.00 Pub date: 11 May 2017 Category: International environmental law Cover view

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The Extremist

Nadia Dalbuono

RRP: £8.99 Pub date: 8 Feb 2018 Category: Crime & mystery Cover view

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