What would you do if you were given a second chance? An opportunity to start again and do things differently? Leila Aboulela’s A New Year and Karen Campbell’s This Bright Life explore what happens when we are forced to rebuild our lives. Join us for this heartwarming event celebrating the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s theme of Repair. Chaired by Claire […]
Mahmoud Munaand Matthew Teller join the Edinburgh International Book Festival to discuss Daybreak in Gaza, an anthology they have co-edited which illuminates in vivid detail the extraordinary individuals, meaningful places and incredible richness of a people, culture and heritage undergoing traumatic devastation. Through vignettes of writers and artists, but also farmers, doctors, students, athletes, shopkeepers […]
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The freedom to write and sell books is fundamental to a democracy, so in these censorious times how best can we disagree without silencing? To talk it out robustly are Audition author Katie Kitamura, who’s spoken out against Trump’s attacks on language; novelist Yiyun Li, who’s written about self-censorship in China and online; and bookseller Mahmoud Muna, whose Educational […]
