SPORT: MIND GAMES18:45 Ronald Reng Tragic Tale of a German Goalkeeper Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] Ronald Reng's A Life Too Short scooped the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize with its moving portrayal of Robert Enke, the German goalkeeper who took his own life. TV summariser and former footballer Pat Nevin chairs the event which offers an insight into a man and an illness, in a sport that often dismisses depression out of hand.SCOTLAND'S RICH HISTORY19:00 THE ARTS JOURNAL EVENT Christopher Fleet & Magnus Linklater Going Deep into the Soul of Scotland ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Christopher Fleet is one of three writers behind Scotland: Mapping the Nation which opines that the study of maps is just as crucial in shaping our view of the past as looking at texts. Magnus Linklater has contributed to the revised edition of Fitzroy Maclean's classic Scotland: A Concise History, with the former Scotsman editor examining the ups and downs of the current Scottish Parliament.DRAWING ON OUR RESOURCES19:00- THE ESRC GENOMICS POLICY 20:15 AND RESEARCH FORUM EVENT DIY-bio: Empowerment or Anarchy? Rethinking our Relationship with Science The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8]We are in a new age of biohackers and citizen-scientists. With materials for home experimenting readily available, are individuals being empowered or is this deregulation dangerous? Synthetic biology and aesthetics are changing our relationship with the natural objects we take for granted. What are the innovative advances and ethical challenges behind this revolution? Internet technologist, Ben Hammersley, Dr Alessandro Delfanti, author of Biohackers, and synthetic aesthetics researcher Jane Calvert discuss the implications, chaired by Dr Pippa Goldschmidt.ANOBII FIRST BOOK AWARD NOMINEE19:00 Jess Richards & Sjón Island Stories RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] The relationships between people, islands and the sea are explored in two new books. Jess Richards describes herself as having grown up 'too fast' in Stranraer, and Snake Ropes is set on an island off the Scottish coast. Sjón is an enormously gifted Icelandic author whose last novel was shortlisted for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Here he presents his newly-translated novel, The Whispering Muse. Chaired by Sarah Crown.ILLUSTRATOR IN RESIDENCE: CHRIS RIDDELL20:00 Coraline with Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell A Magical Pairing Sewn Up RBS Main Theatre, £7 [£5]To mark the 10th anniversary of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, Chris Riddell has created beautiful, atmospheric and unsettling illustrations for a new edition. The tale of the lonely girl who discovers an alternate world where her 'other mother and father' live has been turned into a graphic novel and a film. Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell discuss their inspiration for the words and the pictures and, of course, those button eyes...20:30 THE SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST EVENT Richard Sennett There is Such a Thing as Society ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] How can we live and work successfully together? That is the simple question posed by one of the world's most celebrated commentators on society and urbanism, Richard Sennett. Together is his second book in a major trilogy which explores ways in which humans can cooperate in an increasingly atomised society. Living with people who differ from ourselves is, he argues, the most urgent challenge facing civil society today.20:30 Geoff Dyer An Event About a Book About a Film. Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] If nothing else, Geoff Dyer is a polymath who likes to challenge himself. What other conclusion can you arrive at when he subtitles his latest book, Zona, as 'A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room'? The film in question is Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker which Dyer uses as the starting point for a meditation on cinema, love, life, a missing bag and, um, Jeremy Clarkson.ANOBII FIRST BOOK AWARD NOMINEE20:30 Zoë Strachan & Benjamin Wood Page-Turning Fiction from Britain's Future Stars RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] Two young authors have created very different, but equally page-turning stories of intrigue and coming into self-knowledge as a young adult. Acclaimed Scottish author Zoë Strachan has produced Ever Fallen In Love, her most compelling novel to date. She is joined by English novelist Benjamin Wood, whose debut The Bellwether Revivals was the subject of frenzied competition among editors keen to publish it.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.Mon 13 August (continued) So. What's yours?My what? Your condition.He smiled at her.I want you all the time. Even right afterwards. I want to break you. It's a sickness. She laughed. Sadist.Sarah Hall, The Beautiful Indifference, 10:15Like science stories? Love.Frank Close (13 Aug, p14)MORE ABOUT: SjónThe celebrated Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón has been on the literary and music scene since the late 1970s. From writing song lyrics for Björk and playing air guitar for the Sugarcubes to winning the Nordic Council Literary Prize and Best Icelandic Novel for his works, Sjón has earned international recognition as a master wordsmith. Now his new novel, From the Mouth of the Whale, has been shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Writers don't get much better than this.16

10:00- Paterson Arran 10:10 Ten at Ten Writers' Retreat, Free: Book in Advance A delicious morning reading from one of our Festival authors to set you up for the day. Check the screen in the Entrance Tent to see who's reading each day.10:15 Ned Beauman & Nick Harkaway Fiction for When You're Feeling Sinister The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8] After his heavily acclaimed debut Boxer, Beetle, Ned Beauman recounts The Teleportation Accident. In this 1930s tale Egon Loeser seeks pleasure in Berlin's experimental theatres, the absinthe bars of Paris and physics labs of LA. Nick Harkaway's Angelmaker features Joe Spork who sidestepped his criminal ancestry to enjoy a quiet life repairing clockwork. But why is he receiving visits from sinister cultists and dastardly lawyers? Free coffee, courtesy of Heritage Portfolio. SCOTLAND'S RICH HISTORY11:00 Caroline McCracken-Flesher But An' Ben Wi' Burke and Hare Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] The story of the notorious Edinburgh murderers Burke and Hare two centuries ago has provided fodder for literature and theatre ever since. Caroline McCracken-Flesher's captivating study asks why the case has continued to resonate with writers from Walter Scott (who refused publicly to comment on the scandal) and Robert Louis Stevenson, to Alasdair Gray and Ian Rankin today.11:00- Writing Workshop 12:30 The Power and the Story Writers' Retreat, £15 [£12] The first need for writing fiction is to understand where the nub of your tale lies. Then you can structure it. Award-winning novelist Jonathan Falla is teaching director of the St Andrews Creative Writing Summer School, and has long experience of teasing out the beating heart of stories. This workshop is based on his book The Craft of Fiction. In association with the Society of Authors.SCOTLAND'S RICH HISTORY11:30 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY EVENT Alistair Moffat Looking Inside Scotland's Genes RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] Since Alistair Moffat launched his Scotland's DNA project, more than 2,000 Scots have taken part in a genetic tracking experiment that could revolutionise the way the country's history is understood. Here, Moffat discusses his results, recreating 'a people's history rather than a recital of the doings of the great and the notorious.' Piecing together a vivid mosaic, Moffat promises to reveal who the Scots really are. Chaired by Magnus Linklater.12:00 Charles Allen Ashoka: A Great Name in World History ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Two centuries before the birth of Christ, one man was known and revered across the Asian continent. Ashoka is the subject of Charles Allen's impressively wide-ranging and entertaining study, and he re-introduces a major historical figure who deserves to be better known. Ashoka was the only ruler to preside over the entire Asian subcontinent; he also preached non-violence and introduced a welfare state.THE PRICE OF PROFIT12:30 Stuart Sim We Profit; The Planet Loses Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] According to critical theorist Stuart Sim, an addiction to profit has become the dominant motive for Western society's existence. But could the fetishisation of economic growth eventually destroy the world we live in? 'Fracking' to extract natural gas from deep within the earth, and drilling under the Arctic Ocean: these are among the dangerous options being considered in the global race for riches. Sim says we need a radical rethink. 13:00 Nothing but the Poem Poetry as Prayer Writers' Retreat, £10 [£8] Reignite your love of poetry with an in-depth approach to reading with our friends from the Scottish Poetry Library. This year sees the 450th anniversary of The Book of Common Prayer. In this discussion discover the importance and power of poetry in providing meaning and solace to our lives. No background knowledge is required and poems will be provided. Today's event is led by Robyn Marsack.In association with the Scottish Poetry Library. DEMOCRACY MATTERS13:30 Roy Hattersley In Praise of Ideological Politics RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] When Tony Blair swept to power, conceptions of 'left' and 'right' seemed destined to be replaced by a centrist politics that transcended ideology. Since then, political ideas have taken second place to a technocratic approach to government in Britain. But in this explosive lecture by Roy Hattersley, he argues that ideology is the lifeblood of democratic politics and we should embrace it passionately again.INFORMATION IS POWER14:00 THE SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST EVENT James Gleick Creatures of the Information ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Having previously penned Chaos and Genius, science and technology guru James Gleick pored over The Information for years. In it are portraits of Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Samuel Morse as well as an analysis of how we came to be drenched in a world of tweets, blogs, signs and images. Information, argues Gleick, is 'the blood and the fuel, the vital principle' of the world.Five great events about. ScotlandHenry McLeish & Paul Henderson Scott (12 Aug, p11)Should the Scottish go independent? Two opposing views.Christopher Fleet & Magnus Linklater (13 Aug, p16)Fleet unlocks Scotland's past through its maps, whilst Linklater examines its current state through its parliament.Alistair Moffat (14 Aug, p17)Are the Scots a nation of immigrants? Our genetic heritage is revealed.Stuart McHardy & Gary West (16 Aug, p23)Scotland's history, beliefs and ideas examined through Pictish symbols and Scottish folk music.David Torrance (20 Aug, p36)The great Scottish speeches which have shaped our nation.Morvern Callar spliced with Shameless. Really?Kerry Hudson on her deliciously titled debut... (14 Aug, p18)Ned Beauman, 10:15Latecomers 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.17Tue 14 August