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Lauren Groff FRANK QUITELY
With a career spanning 30 years an a whole host of huge titles, from Batman and Superman to the recent Jupiter’s Legacy, comic book artist Quitely has amassed a huge body of work and plenty of fascinating
experiences. He’ll be chatting about a few highlights as well as his new book, Frank Quitely: Drawings + Sketches at this conversation-driven event. See feature, list.co.uk/festival Charlotte Square Gardens, 25 Aug, 8.45pm, £12 (£10).
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SALENA GODDEN & MOLLY NAYLOR If you like your poetry sharp, loud and insightful, then this duo is sure to please. Poet, memoirist and broadcaster Salena Godden is an electrifying performer who’ll be sharing highlights from her spoken word album LIVEWire while poet and theatre-maker Molly Naylor brings deep, confessional poetry from her debut collection, Badminton. Charlotte Square Gardens, 18 Aug, 6.45pm, £12 (£10).
SUSIE ORBACH Therapy can be a mystifying subject from the outside but the talking cure can be massively powerful in the right circumstances. Join Susie Orbach, a psychotherapist for over 40 years and author of In Therapy: The Unfolding Story, for a peek behind the closed door. See feature, list.co.uk/festival Charlotte Square Gardens, 24 Aug, 11.45am, £12 (£10).
AKALA Rapper, writer and social entrepreneur Akala set out to write a politics book
and ended up with a passionate, polemic memoir. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire draws on his own experiences, as well as academic studies, as it examines class, race and Britain’s imperial past. See feature, page 33. Charlotte Square Gardens, 24 Aug, 8.30pm, £12 (£10).
LAUREN GROFF Get a taste of Florida’s sinkholes, snakes and powerful storms through a fictional lens with Groff’s powerful collection of short stories. Florida is the follow up to her much-feted Fates and Furies. Hear Groff speak about the emotional insights that make her book so compelling. Charlotte Square Gardens, 26 Aug, 10.15am, £12 (£10).
GAËL FAYE Blending music and spoken word, this lively event brings Small Country, Gaël Faye’s prize-winning novel, to life. The rapper and composer is joined by Samuel Kamanzi, actor Thierry Lawson and translator Sarah Ardizzon for what promises to be a big performance. See preview, page 31. Charlotte Square Gardens, 26 Aug, 7pm, £15 (£12).
Including: Rose McGowan Zindzi Mandela Ali Smith Ngugi Wa h iong’o Chelsea Clinton Maria Alyokhina Louis de Bernières Karl Ove Knausgaard Jim Broadbent DJ Semtex Laura Bates Frank Quitely Akala Gaël Faye 100 Years of Muriel Spark Yanis Varoufakis Jackie Kay A L Kennedy Philip Pullman Rachel Kushner Luke Wright Val McDermid Brett Anderson Afua Hirsch Mark Beaumont Chitra Nagarajan Mark Cousins h e Last Poets
11 — 27 August 2018
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