SPORT: MIND GAMES16:00 Ben Beattie & Geoffrey Beattie Running into Father-Son Issues Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] Geoffrey Beattie is a successful academic and TV presenter with a passion for running, but his hectic schedule almost destroyed his relationship with his son Ben. Fortunately it was running that brought the two men back together and they join us today to share an emotional journey into the highs and lows of family relationships and the unique pleasures of running.GUEST SELECTOR: SUE MACGREGOR16:30 Prue Leith Relishing Life and Work in the Information Age RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] She may be best known for her career as a restaurateur and food writer, but Prue Leith has enjoyed a varied life beyond the kitchen, applying her business skills on the boards of Safeway and Orient Express Hotels among many others. In this event she discusses her book, Relish, and her recipe for survival in life and business, with BBC journalist Sue MacGregor.THE PRICE OF PROFIT17:00 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY EVENT The Value of Wellbeing Rethinking Our Public Services ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] The seductive idea that the market is more intelligent than the 'nanny state' has left Britain in a state of conflict. With public infrastructure shrinking in favour of privatised services what values should delivery be based upon? How can we ensure that everyone has access to a reasonable quality of life? Carol Craig, Chief Executive of the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing, joins Iain Macwhirter to discuss the issues.17:30- Amnesty International 18:15 Imprisoned Writers Series Freedom from Torture Peppers Theatre, Free: Tickets available from the box office on the day of the event All over the world people are imprisoned for writing critically about their government or country. Each day we pay tribute to writers who have been persecuted for their words, thoughts and opinions. Today we hear the work of the writers group from Freedom from Torture. Reading today: Toni Davidson.18:30 Alasdair Gray A Landmark Collection of Stories RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] His Lanark may be 40 years old now, but Alasdair Gray has been busy writing stories and plays ever since and we are proud to launch the complete collection. Featuring 75 short stories - 12 of them brand new - this imposing new book celebrates the astonishing breadth of Gray's style. Full of imagination, sometimes caustic and often very funny, this is a landmark publication for Scottish literature.Chaired by Brian Taylor. Science meets fiction18:45 Ben Marcus & Colson Whitehead Unspeakable Horror with Satirical Tales Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] Humans are fighting back against a zombie outbreak in Colson Whitehead's Zone One with ordinary guy Mark Spitz part of an armed unit patrolling the New York streets. As we dip into Spitz's past life, he wonders whether a doomsday scenario is about to unfold. Ben Marcus' innovative The Flame Alphabet zooms in on a virus which originates in the speech of children and kills their parents. Chaired by Stuart Kelly.19:00 Louise Welsh A Haunting Scottish Noir Thriller ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Ever since The Cutting Room was published back in 2002, Louise Welsh has been hailed as one of the most promising thriller writers in Scotland. Today she launches her brand new novel, The Girl on the Stairs, a Berlin-based mystery loosely based on The Turn of the Screw. When a couple expecting a baby begin to suspect sinister goings on in the flat next door, tension mounts...THE STATE OF BRITAIN19:00- THE GUARDIAN DEBATE 20:15 Debate: Rethinking the Union (part 1) Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland? The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8] Scotland's resurgence as a confident 21st century nation has, without any doubt, been driven by its cultural success stories. Could it continue to thrive if Scotland breaks its bonds with Britain? This debate is not about funding - culture has been a devolved issue since 1997 - but about the country's ability to succeed internationally, and to retain the international diversity so vital to cultural production here. Join our panal including Labour MP and former UK Minister for Culture, David Lammy, and Falkirk-based author, Alan Bissett. Chaired by Libby Brooks.ILLUSTRATOR IN RESIDENCE: CHRIS RIDDELL19:00 Masterclass with Chris Riddell Political Cartooning Exposed RBS Corner Theatre, £10 [£8] We are thrilled to welcome Chris Riddell as our Illustrator in Residence this year. An accomplished and award-winning book illustrator, Riddell is also the acclaimed political cartoonist for the Observer newspaper. His weekly satirical cartoons are pitch-perfect, balancing the humour of caricaturing high-profile figures with incisive political comment. In this special masterclass, he reveals his techniques and inspiration.GUEST SELECTOR: SUE MACGREGOR20:00 THE SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST EVENT Charles Ferguson Nightmare on Wall Street RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] Dubbed scarier than anything John Carpenter or Wes Craven have given the world of film, Charles Ferguson's Inside Job was a searing Oscar-winning documentary about the financial meltdown of 2008. Narrated by Matt Damon, it pointed angry fingers at the systemic corruption in the financial services industry. Sue MacGregor chairs as part of her series entitled 'A survival kit for the information age'.Like Scottish fiction? YOU'LL LOVE...Louise Welsh (12 Aug, p12)A L Kennedy (13 Aug, p14)Kerry Hudson & Lisa O'Donnell (14 Aug, p18)Neil Forsyth (15 Aug, p22)Jackie Kay (17 Aug, p28)Irvine Welsh (18 Aug, p31)James Kelman with Liz Lochhead (19 Aug, p34)Iain Banks (22 Aug, p43)Alan Warner (23 Aug, p46)Robert Douglas & Cynthia Rogerson (26 Aug, p54)John Gordon Sinclair (26 Aug, p54)Traitors? Or preventers of nuclear war? Paul Broda introduces us to his family. (23 Aug, p45)12Sun 12 August (continued)

INFORMATION IS POWER20:30 Andrew Keen with Ewan Morrison The Revolution will be Digitised ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] In an event chaired by Ewan Morrison, Andrew Keen presents today's social media revolution as the most wrenching cultural transformation since the Industrial Revolution. The author of Digital Vertigo isn't wholly upbeat about this seismic shift, arguing that the more electronically connected we have become, the lonelier and less powerful we are ending up.20:30 Frances Wilson The Sinking of One Man's Reputation Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] Of the many anniversaries in 2012, the centenary of the Titanic's sinking remains the most poignant. Frances Wilson's How to Survive the Titanic turns the spotlight onto J Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner, who jumped into a lifeboat and rowed to safety. Accused of cowardice, Ismay became the victim of a press hate campaign, and here Wilson explores the reasons behind his actions. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.20:30 Toni Davidson & Madeleine Thien South-East Asian Concerns RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] The author of the late 1990s cult classic Scar Culture has been rather quiet of late (his last book was 2007), but Ayr-born Toni Davidson strikes back with the Vietnam-set My Gun Was As Tall As Me. In Madeleine Thien's Dogs at the Perimeter, a Canada-residing Cambodian woman known as Janie separates from her family as memories of her childhood living with the brutal Khmer Rouge regime flare up.21:00- Unbound 23:00 Stories, Music and Literary High Jinks The Guardian Spiegeltent, Free & Drop-In A literary experience like no other. Anything goes: storytelling, music, performance, poetry, stand-up - it's a raw, surprising, sometimes emotional ride. Come with an open mind! The line-up will be announced in July in The Skinny magazine and on our website at www.edbookfest.co.uk..even the author of Newspeak and the Ministry of Truth never imagined the new language of Facebook. Andrew Keen, Digital Vertigo, 20:30'The greatest living British novelist' says Amit Chaudhuri James Kelman is BACK IN TOWN. (19 Aug, p34)Prue Leith, 16:30Maajid Nawaz, 12:30Louise Welsh, 19:00Latecomers will not be admitted after the start of events and no refunds will be given.Events are 1 hour long unless otherwise stated and take place in Charlotte Square Gardens.13