Festival Picks: Edinburgh International Book Festival

The International Literature ShowcaseExceptional times call for exceptional writers. International bestselling crime novelist, journalist and Man Booker judge Val McDermid will reveal her selection of the most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working in the UK today. Val McDermid presents...10 August, 3pm, National Library of Scotland. Swithun Cooper, Research and Information ManagerAlthough there are quite a few authors I'm excited about, especially ones I wouldn’t usually have the chance to see – Geovani Martins and Miriam Toews, for example, who are based in Brazil and Canada respectively – overall this year I’m most looking forward to Nadine Aisha Jassat, a young Scottish writer whose film-poem 'Hopscotch' was shortlisted for the Out-Spoken Prize in 2018. Having already published a pamphlet of poems, she has recently released her first full collection, Let Me Tell You This, full of vital, exciting and thought-provoking subjects. I can’t wait to finally see her live.Walls Turned Sideways are Bridges23 August, 7pm, Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre. Afshan D'Souza-Lodhi, Programme ManagerZeba Talkhani’s experiences of migrating and moving homes is one that resonates with so many, along with Guyana born Canadian Tessa McWatt, she investigates feminism through the lens of different identities. Anatomies of Belonging24 August, 4pm, Garden Theatre.  Harriet Williams, Programme CoordinatorI’m recommending Neu! Reekie!’s takeover of Unbound at the Spiegeltent on 24 August. Neu!... Continue reading at 'British Council global'

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