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The Dorchester Literary Festival will return with a compelling autumn programme, running from October 18 to October 25. The festival promises a diverse range of events, featuring renowned authors, including Martin Clunes, Raynor Winn, Gyles Brandreth, Jeremy Vine, and Jonathan Sumption. Highlights of the programme include talks on animal intelligence,
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The BriBooks Summer Book Writing Festival 2025 is underway, and it's shining a spotlight on India's most proactive young minds who are taking the initiative to become published authors. The Legacy Authors League, the first chapter of this flagship festival, celebrates students who have already made
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Rachel Hazell, known as The Travelling Bookbinder, has spent nearly 30 years conducting workshops around the world, from expedition ships in Antarctica to literary festivals in Paris, Venice, and Amsterdam. This year, she brings her craft to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, where she will lead workshops that explore the
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The Music, Poetry and Performance strand of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025 is a celebration of the intersection of music, poetry, and performance. The strand features a diverse range of events, from concerts to spoken word performances, and brings together artists from various backgrounds and disciplines. Among the highlights
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Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister of Scotland, was confronted at a Witches Of Scotland event at Dundee Book Festival by campaigner Bryndis Blackadder over her stance on controversial trans laws. The audience at the Steps Theatre event reacted with jeers as Ms Blackadder accused Ms Sturgeon of trying to
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AL Kennedy's novel, Alive in the Merciful Country, delves into the complexities of Britain in the spring of 2020, a time of lockdown and the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by her own experiences as a child of a primary school teacher and her work with
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The Bloody Scotland crime-writing festival is set to feature a diverse and impressive lineup of authors, including bestselling writer Kate Atkinson, making her first appearance at the festival. The event, which takes place in Stirling from September 12 to 14, will also feature Horrible Histories author Terry Deary, broadcasters Steph
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The three-day Books by the Beach Festival, held from June 6 to June 8, brought together best-selling authors, historians, and experts in literature, politics, and music to the Queen Street Methodist Central Hall in Scarborough. The event featured a lineup of engaging talks, readings, and book signings, showcasing the works
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival, born in 1983 in a single tent in Charlotte Square, has grown exponentially over the years, expanding beyond its historic home. As the festival returns in August 2025, it will unfold its nearly 700 events across the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Edinburgh University'
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This summer, the Edinburgh International Book Festival will play host to a star-studded lineup of authors, actors, musicians, and comedians. The festival will feature almost 700 events, including discussions, performances, and interviews at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the McEwan Hall. The lineup includes writers and actors from popular TV
Books
This summer's book releases bring a diverse array of tales, from crime capers and romance to non-fiction exposes and children's stories. Stephen King's "Never Flinch" weaves together two dramatic storylines, while Taylor Jenkins Reid's "Atmosphere" explores female empowerment
College faculty
Academic heavyweights, Dan Healey, 68, and Mark Cornwall, 67, embarked on an extraordinary journey to simplify their lives by parting with 9,000 books. The double professors, who have collectively taught at the University of Southampton and the University of Oxford, realized they had accumulated an excessive collection in their
