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

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. WE ARE THE WAR 10:00 Paddy Ashdown The Most Courageous Raid of the Second World War RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] Before embarking on his career as a diplomat and politician, Paddy Ashdown served in the Royal Marines' elite Special Boat Section. In this event, he reveals the true story of a daring top secret commando raid in 1942 by his hero 'Blondie' Hasler. Paddling tiny canoes into Bordeaux harbour to mine German ships as they lay at anchor, just two of Hasler's twelve heroic men survived. Chaired by Allan Little.10:15 Morag Joss & Monique Roffey After Disaster Strikes The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8] Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger Award-winner Morag Joss presents Across the Bridge, in which a collapsed structure in the Highlands results in the vanishing of dozens. One survivor starts her life over but keeping her secret is harder than she hoped. It's a flood which changes lives in Monique Roffey's Archipelago, with Gavin Weald unwisely bringing his family back to their Caribbean home. Free coffee, courtesy of Heritage Portfolio.10:30 Charles Nicholl Tracing a Diverse Path ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] In a stylish and eclectic essay collection, historian, biographer and travel writer Charles Nicholl pursues the fugitive traces of the past with skill and relish. The subjects of Traces Remain range from a murder case in Renaissance Rome to the disappearance of Jim Thompson in 1960s Malaya, from Christopher Marlowe to Jack the Ripper, from Shakespeare to the last days of the poet and boxer Arthur Cravan. Chaired by Stuart Kelly.DRAWING ON OUR RESOURCES11:00 THE SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST EVENT Bill McGuire & Fred Pearce Land Loss and Climate Change Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] In The Land Grabbers, Fred Pearce explores the countries which are buying up vast swathes of foreign soil as fears of future food shortages rise to frenzied levels. Along the way, he encounters a larger than life cast of Wall Street speculators, Gulf oil sheikhs and Chinese entrepreneurs. Bill McGuire's concern in Waking the Giant is climate change and that we may be creating a far hotter and geologically fractious world.11:00- Writing Workshop 12:30 The Art of Adaptation Writers' Retreat, £15 [£12] The dramatisation of Montmorency, Eleanor Updale's classic tale of double identity, is the prime time attraction at the Fringe's C venues on Chambers Street this year. Director Chris Snow and his co-writer Matthew Hopkinson (who plays both lead roles) join Updale to reveal the inside story of the transformation, and to discuss the reshaping of favourite books for the stage.Chris Mullin recommends Fred Pearce: '[The Land Grabbers is] brilliant: Fred Pearce has lifted the lid on an issue that has yet to register with most people. Anyone who cares about the fate of the planet should read this.' Peter Ackroyd recommends Charles Nicholl: 'The participants in this story [Traces Remain] might be in the next room. The detail is delicious. a triumph.' Tam Dalyell, 16:30Rachel Cusk, 17:00Monique Roffey, 10:1520Wed 15 August