WE ARE THE WAR14:30 Keith Lowe After the War, the Vengeance Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] By the end of the Second World War, more than 35 million people had been killed and many cities flattened. Yet, according to Savage Continent, a remarkable and painstakingly researched new book by Keith Lowe, the killing didn't end there. Much of Europe was on the brink of starvation and some battles continued. In this event Lowe explains how Europe finally got to grips with the new world order. Chaired by Allan Little.15:00 THE MURRAY BEITH MURRAY EVENT Clive Stafford Smith Courting the Favour of No One RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] The bane of Western tyranny and advocates of capital punishment everywhere, Clive Stafford Smith returns with Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America. When a man is wrongly condemned to death for murder, a crusading lawyer is determined to free him and his investigation reveals corruption at every turn. It may sound like a page-turning crime noir fiction, but it's all horribly true.ANOBII FIRST BOOK AWARD NOMINEE15:00 Kerry Hudson & Lisa O'Donnell Scottish Childhoods with a Dark Twist Writers' Retreat, £7 [£5] Does a mix of Morvern Callar and Shameless sound good? Then check out Kerry Hudson's beautifully named Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma. With an Orange Screenwriting Prize under her belt, Lisa O'Donnell moves into novels with The Death of Bees featuring Glasgow sisters trying to dispose of their parents under the close eye of some not-so trustworthy neighbours.16:00 Nick Coleman When Sensory Deprivation Hits Hardest Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] In this hymn to sound, Nick Coleman's story really starts the morning he awoke with Sudden Neurosensory Hearing Loss. The Train in the Night tells how this passionate music critic sought to restore his ability not only to fully hear again but to feel the music. Our relationship with music is a complex, emotionally-charged beast and Coleman explores this connection via psalms, symphonies and love songs.SCIENCE MEETS FICTION16:30 The Wellcome Trust Event Val McDermid & Sue Black Crime Fiction on the Dissection Table RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] Television has thrust forensic science into popular culture and made it sexy. But as DNA developments revolutionize criminal cases, what is the reality of a crime scene? How do crime writers keep up without losing the plot? Val McDermid is joined by Professor Sue Black, director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) at Dundee University and champion of the 'Million for a Morgue' campaign. ODYSSEYS17:00 Sven Lindqvist Can Art be the Answer to Life? ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Sven Lindqvist is one of Sweden's greatest living authors. Over the past 30 years he has published more than 40 books. His insightful travelogues have brought him huge acclaim, and now, for the first time, his classic of modern literature The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu is published in English. Lindqvist shares his work - a book that has never been out of print since it was first published in Sweden in 1967. THE ART OF TRANSLATION17:00 David Bellos Getting Lost in Translation RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] David Bellos is a member of an extraordinary club: he and his fellow translators take other people's writing and render it in a new language. Bellos' past achievements include the English re-translations (from French) of the Albanian genius Ismail Kadare. In this event the genial Scotsman discusses his masterful new book on the art of translation, Is That a Fish in Your Ear? 17:30- Amnesty International 18:15 Imprisoned Writers Series Ethnic Persecution and Discrimination Peppers Theatre, Free: Tickets available from the box office on the day of the event All around the world, people have been and are persecuted and discriminated against for who they are - in Rwanda, South Sudan, Bosnia and even here in Scotland. Our daily series today features works by writers from Gypsy, Roma and other Traveller communities who are marginalised because of their culture and way of life. Reading today: Gillian Slovo, Patrick Gale, Monique Roffey, Lisa O'Donnell.18:30 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD EVENT Hilary Mantel Where Fact and Fiction Overlap RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] Wolf Hall was one of the most remarkable novels of recent years and it became the best selling Man Booker Prize winner to date. Now Hilary Mantel joins us to discuss its much anticipated sequel, Bring up the Bodies, which imagines Anne Boleyn's downfall at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. She discusses her work with James Runcie, director of a stunning BBC2 documentary about Mantel.18:45 Jon Gray & Jamie Keenan Judging a Book by its Cover Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] Paper books are battling for survival against the rise of the ebook but new technology is opening up the creative potential of book design. Book jacket designers Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan have developed 'The Twenty Irrefutable Theories of Book Cover Design' which explain how great design sells books and how our connection to a book goes beyond the words inside. In association with Publishing Scotland.ODYSSEYS19:00 Philip Hughes & Kathleen Jamie Wild and Wonderful ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie describes landscapes as varied as a gannetry in Shetland and the lining of a stomach. She achieves what one reviewer described as 'an exact transcription of the deep unsettling weirdness of the wild.' Philip Hughes' Tracks describes his many walks through British landscapes, featuring exquisite drawings of places such as Assynt, Islay and Orkney. Both ask powerful questions about what we mean by the 'natural' world. Chaired by Sarah Crown.Tue 14 August (continued)Tickled by translation? Love.Translation Duel (20 Aug, p36 + 21 AUG, P39)Geoff Dyer recommends Sven Lindqvist: 'Sven Lindqvist is a brilliant and original writer as well as a fierce polemicist. Exterminate all the Brutes is required reading for anyone interested in Conrad or colonialism, and A History of Bombing is among the most innovative works of twentieth century non-fiction.' It was the one thing I hadn't considered: he didn't want me at all. He wanted Nelly, malleable and afraid. Lisa O'Donnell, The Death of Bees, 15:0018

THE PRICE OF PROFIT19:00- THE GUARDIAN DEBATE20:15 Rethinking Growth Are There Any Alternatives to Market Forces? The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8] The idea that the market is the best means to regulate society has been the dominant ideology of British life for 30 years. But if the banking crisis has put paid to the idea that 'the market knows best', is the only alternative a return to widespread nationalisation and the domination of the state? Or are new forms of local governance possible? Margaret Thatcher's former speechwriter Ferdinand Mount joins Jules Goddard, author of Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense, to take up the debate.19:00 Masterclass with Lisa O'Donnell Unlocking a Career in Screenwriting RBS Corner Theatre, £10 [£8] Lisa O'Donnell is author of the remarkable debut novel The Death of Bees. Before turning to novel writing she wrote for film and television, winning the Orange Screenwriting Prize in 2000 for her screenplay The Wedding Gift. In this special masterclass, O'Donnell gives a unique insight into the screenwriting process, from the practicalities of writing to understanding the business.GUEST SELECTOR: JAMES NAUGHTIE20:00 THE BAKER TILLY EVENT Paddy Ashdown Why the World Will Never be the Same Again RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] Over a decade after he stood down as leader of the Lib Dems, Lord Ashdown remains one of the best respected and most perceptive voices in British political life. In this entertaining, inspiring keynote event Ashdown outlines the urgent need for new forms of governance at a time of unique and epoch-defining shifts in global power. He shares his passionate views with BBC Today presenter James Naughtie.20:30- Alice Oswald 22:00 Death Was Already Walking to Meet Them ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Alice Oswald re-imagines the world of Homer's The Iliad in her heartbreaking new book-length oral poem, Memorial, and here she performs the piece in its entirety. Oswald explains that her modern translation treats The Iliad as 'an attempt - in the aftermath of the Trojan War - to remember people's names and lives without the use of writing.' This is a poem that speaks of the human tragedy of all wars.Supported by the Hawthornden Literary Retreat20:30 Tony Black & Gordon Ferris Rising Stars of Crime Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] The immense success of The Hanging Shed has put Gordon Ferris firmly in the minds of the crime fiction fraternity. His next tale with former soldier Douglas Brodie is Bitter Water in which a tarring and feathering triggers a trail of violence. Tony Black's central figure is Rob Brennan and in Murder Mile the DI wonders whether an Edinburgh Ripper is on the loose.20:30 Andrew Williams & Edward Wilson The Spying Game RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] Andrew Williams' The Poison Tide is set in 1915 with German guns heading to Ireland as the British government faces insurrection at home. British spy Sebastian Wolff is tasked with hunting down his country's enemies. The secret agent in Edward Wilson's The Midnight Swimmer has an almighty anti-establishment chip on his shoulder as he is sent to Havana to make some contacts.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.Who is the real Aung San Suu Kyi? Peter Popham on his 'warts and all' biography. (12 Aug, p11)Kerry Hudson, 15:00Paddy Ashdown, 20:00See page 83 for booking detailsBook now: www.edbookfest.co.uk 0845 373 588819