19:00- Debate: Rethinking 20:15 Europe Do We Need a European Community Any More? The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8] Storm clouds have been gathering over Europe for some time. Yet in the past the European community came together to improve trade, and to avert war, famine and disease. Do the factors which made Europe so important after the war still matter today, or would it be better to cut its losses and break apart? David Ellwood, author of The Shock of America: Europe and the Challenge of the Century and our panel fire up the debate.19:00 Manu Joseph & David Park Love and Humanity in the City RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] Two brilliant novelists from different countries and cultures share astute observations about the nature of human relationships. Manu Joseph, shortlisted for last year's Man Asian Literary Prize, returns to launch Illicit Happiness of Other People, a darkly comic novel set in 1990s Madras, while Belfast-based writer David Park discusses his powerful and tender novel The Light of Amsterdam.20:00 Tom Kitchin with Kirsty Wark What Does a Superstar Chef Cook at Home? RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] He burst onto the Edinburgh restaurant scene just 6 years ago with The Kitchin, in Leith, and recently opened another high quality establishment, Castle Terrace. Both have already become Michelin-starred beacons of fresh, authentic culinary excellence. In this event Tom Kitchin talks with broadcaster and Celebrity Masterchef finalist Kirsty Wark about the inspiring recipes he's developed to be cooked at home.SCIENCE MEETS FICTION20:30 China Miéville Going Off the Rails ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] China Miéville is often billed as a genre-busting science fiction writer but in truth he's impossible to categorise. With Railsea, he has imagined a post-industrial landscape of small islands, where the sea is not water but a mass of criss-crossing rails. The story takes a young islander across the railsea, and Miéville has created his most enticing and compelling novel to date. Chaired by Patrick Ness.SPORT: MIND GAMES20:30 Rodge Glass & Teddy Jamieson When Sporting Dreams Turn Sour Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] Alasdair Gray's biographer Rodge Glass turns his talents to 'Mikey Wilson', a footballer who came through the ranks of Manchester United. Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs shows how some things just aren't to be. The flammable mix of sport and politics is at the heart of Teddy Jamieson's Whose Side Are You On?, a story told from the Northern Irish perspective with George Best and Alex Higgins in the cast.20:30 Carlos Gamerro & László Krasznahorkai The Anatomy of Desolation RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] Carlos Gamerro is a leading voice in Argentinian literature and his new novel The Islands recounts the surreal story of the Falklands War from one Argentinian perspective. Alongside him, László Krasznahorkai discusses his Hungarian masterpiece Satantango, which was described by Susan Sontag as 'a stirring manual of resistance to desolation'. This summer it is finally published in English - a long-awaited landmark in literature.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 was www.edbookfest.co.uk.Will Self recommends Rodge Glass: 'Rodge Glass skilfully warps sincerity with an ironist's ear - great stuff.' Unmasking the big business behind sex traffickingLydia Cacho reveals all. (25 Aug, p50)Jeanette Winterson, 18:30Latecomers 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.37

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 Aonghas MacNeacail Renaissance Man Drops By The Guardian Spiegeltent, £10 [£8] Born in Skye in 1942 Aonghas MacNeacail is a poet, journalist, librettist, broadcaster, scriptwriter and filmmaker of genuine renown. He has published collections of verse in both Gaelic and English and his writing has appeared in journals across the world. In 1997, he scooped the Scottish Writer of the Year Stakis Prize. His Collected Poems show a writer at the peak of his form. Free coffee, courtesy of Heritage Portfolio.SCOTLAND'S RICH HISTORY11:00 Richard Rodger The Story of Edinburgh's Colonies Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] 150 years ago in 1861 a group of building workers formed the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Society and proceeded to build the houses now known as The Colonies. Over thirteen sites, some 2,300 houses were built and they have remained popular with residents. Richard Rodger is Professor of Economic and Social History at Edinburgh University and tells their story in a fully illustrated book.11:00- Writing Workshop 12:30 Hook Yourself a Book Deal Writers' Retreat, £15 [£12] You may have written a good book but how will you get an agent or publisher to notice it in the slush pile? The art of writing a great pitch is more essential than ever. The award-winning writer Nicola Morgan, creator of the industry-acclaimed blog Help! I Need a Publisher!, shows you how to hone your book into a brilliant pitch of various lengths. With practical examples. In association with the Society of Authors.WE ARE THE WAR11:30 Antony Beevor A Major New History of the Second World War RBS Main Theatre, £10 [£8] His remarkable book on Stalingrad won this bestselling historian the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature. Now Antony Beevor has tackled something even more ambitious: the Second World War, which he has described as the most important - and terrible - war in history because of the effect it had on so many people's lives. Join him to hear about his masterwork. Chaired by Magnus Linklater.Supported by an anonymous Benefactor.12:00 Ben Okri The Short Story as Play ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Man Booker prize-winning novelist Ben Okri's 2009 short story The Comic Destiny has been turned into a play by Lazzi theatre company and it receives its premiere during this year's Fringe, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. In addition to reading from his new collection of poetry Wild, Ben Okri is joined by actors Charlotte Jarvis and Robert Williamson, who will present a short extract from the performance. The play's director David Johnstone will also join them to discuss why Okri's story lends itself so well to a theatre adaptation.14:00 Peter Watson How Ancient Civilisations Inform the Present ScottishPower Studio Theatre, £10 [£8] Peter Watson's The Great Divide is a blistering, speculative history of the planet from around 15000BC to 1500AD. Watson, an historian and former journalist, charts the rise and fall of the great civilisations. From the effects of the world's sea level rise of around 6000BC, through supernatural beliefs to the domestication of large mammals, he embarks on a fantastic journey through many aspects of human experience.14:00 Best of European Fiction 2012 Words Without Borders RBS Corner Theatre, £7 [£5] Aleksandar Hemon's highly-respected annual Best European Fiction project is now in its third year, and each new anthology brings together leading literary writers from across the continent. Join 2012 contributors to discuss their ideas, including the writer and translator Donal McLaughlin, who grew up in Scotland, and Swiss author Arno Camenisch, who writes poems and prose in German and in Rhaeto-Romanic. Chaired by Daniel Hahn.14:30 Oliver Burkeman & Roman Krznaric Happiness for Refuseniks Peppers Theatre, £10 [£8] How do people who can't stand self-help books and 'positive thinking', go about the search for happiness? Roman Krznaric and Oliver Burkeman, in two very different books, offer intriguing alternatives. Krznaric's The Wonderbox presents a variety of historical approaches to living better, while Burkeman's The Antidote interviews dozens of 'happy' people to find what they have in common. Prepare for a curiously uplifting hour.Patrick Flanery, 15:30FROM Excessive Britpop bassist to dignified country gent Meet Blur's Alex James. (26 Aug, p55)38Tue 21 August