BSL Interpretation by RequestYou may request British Sign Language interpretation for any event in the programme. How it works Choose an event you would like to attend Purchase your tickets using whichever method you choose (see options across) Email bsl@edbookfest.co.uk, phone 0845 373 5888 or come in person to our counter at The Hub (from 30 June onwards) to request an interpreter for this event We will collate requests and confirm with our BSL interpreters at two points, 10 July and 27 JulyPlease note We can only fulfill a limited number of requests To allow preparation time for our interpreters, requests cannot be accepted after 27 July Tickets must be purchased in advance of any request, subject to availability If we are unable to fulfill a request we will refund your tickets or exchange to an alternative event Payment, Fees and Refund PolicyWe accept Visa / Delta / Maestro / Mastercard. Cheques should be made payable to Edinburgh International Book Festival. Bookings are subject to a £1 booking fee per transaction, except those made in person. Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded unless an event is cancelled or substantially changed. Where demand is high for sold-out events, we may offer a refund - tickets must be returned to the Box Office and refunds will only be made to the original payment method.Concession Ticket Prices [in brackets on event listing]Available to students, over 60s, under 16s, Young Scot cardholders, jobseekers and disabled visitors (carer goes free - see details below). Carer TicketsIf your disability requires that you need a carer to attend our events the carer is entitled to a free ticket, which should be booked at the same time as your own. Free tickets for carers are not available to book online. See pages 6-7 for details of our facilities for disabled visitors.Baby TicketsEveryone attending an event requires a ticket. If you are bringing a baby under 2 years, please request a free baby ticket from the Box Office before the event (unless the event is for children under 2). See page 6-7 for information about visiting with children.Events and SeatingEvents are 1 hour long unless otherwise specified. Please do not book events back-to-back (where one event finishes at the same time the other starts) as you will not get to the second event in time for the start, and we do not admit latecomers (see below). All our seating is unreserved.LatecomersLatecomers are hugely disruptive to audience members and authors and will not be admitted after the start of events. Please arrive in good time, allowing yourself time to collect tickets and get to the relevant venue. Refunds will not be given to latecomers. See page 82 for parking and public transport information.Booking InformationThe Box Office opens for booking at 8.30am on Friday 29 June.Tickets are limited to 4 per event per booking on the first day of booking. Online From 8.30am on Fri 29 Jun: www.edbookfest.co.ukBy Phone 0845 373 5888 Calls charged at the local rate from BT landlines, charges will vary from other networks.Open:Fri 29 Jun: 8.30 - 17.00Sat 30 Jun to Fri 10 Aug: 10.00 - 17.00, Mon - SatOnce the Book Festival has opened: 9.30 - 20.30 dailyWe expect the first day of booking to be extremely busy. We will do our best to deal with calls quickly however you may not get through immediately. Please note: your phone provider may charge a connection fee for each call you make.In PersonFor the first day of booking only: The Roxburghe Hotel, 38 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4HQ. Please use the entrance on George Street.Open: Fri 29 Jun, 8.30 - 17.00After the first day of booking: The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NEOpen: Sat 30 June - Thu 9 Aug 10.00 - 17.00, Mon - SatFri 10 Aug, 10.00 - 14.00Once the Book Festival has opened: On site in Charlotte Square Gardens in the Entrance Tent. Open: 9.30 - 20.30, dailyFurther information: www.edbookfest.co.ukSee page 83 for booking detailsBook now: www.edbookfest.co.uk 0845 373 588883

Use our website to search the programme by subject or theme: www.edbookfest.co.ukAckroyd, Peter 54Alderman, Naomi 22Allan, Doug 49Allen, Charles 17Applefeld, Aharon 39Ardagh, Philip 68, 69, 74Ardizzone, Sarah 57Armitage, Ronda 75Armitage, Simon 48Armstrong, Vic 43Ashdown, Paddy 19, 20Ashton, John 8Asquith, Ros 78Atxaga, Bernardo 33, 36Bahari, Maziar 24, 30Bakewell, Joan 26Bakker, Gerbrand 9, 10Balch, Oliver 30Banks, Iain 43Banks, Tony 57Banville, John 21Barber, Ros 42Barker, Pat 27, 53Barlow, Steve 73Barnard, Nick 66Barrie, Maureen 8Barry, Kevin 25Bartie, Angela 26Bartram, Simon 69Bass, Guy 74Bauer, Michael Gerard 69Baverstock, Alison 50Baxter, Greg 44Beaton, Clare 64Beattie, Ben 12Beattie, Geoffrey 12Beauman, Ned 17Beevor, Antony 38, 39Bell, Eleanor 26Bellos, David 18Benbow, Steve 42, 43Benitz, Max 26Benn, Melissa 33Benn, Tom 41Bennett, Sophia 63Bidisha 27Bilal, Parker 43, 46Billingham, Mark 49, 54Binet, Laurent 36, 39Bird, Fiona 62Bissett, Alan 12Bizot, François 30Black, Ian 8Black, Sue 18Black, Tony 19Blythman, Joanna 43Boo, Katherine 30Borodale, Sean 49Bose, Mihir 28Bourke, Joanna 22, 24Bourne, Sam 24Boyle, James 29Bradford, Chris 63Bradman, Tony 80Breslin, Theresa 63, 80Brett, Cathy 8, 63Broda, Paul 45Brodrick, William 41, 43Brooker, Will 43Brookmyre, Christopher 25, 49Brooks, Libby 12Brown, Gordon 15Brown, Jenny 15Browne, Anthony 70Brummer, Alex 21Bullough, Tom 54, 57Burgess, Melvin 74Burke, Peter 15Burkeman, Oliver 38Burnett, Allan 66Burnside, John 26Butler, Steven 64, 65Butlin, Ron 31, 48Cacho, Lydia 50Cairnie, Maria 75Calder, John 26Callow, Simon 9Calvert, Jane 16Camenisch, Arno 38Campbell, Menzies 25Campbell, Victoria 65Campbell-Smith, Duncan 35Carey, Nessa 31Carter, James 76Cartwright, Anthony 57Casely-Hayford, Gus 24Cassidy, Anne 75Cassidy, Cathy 62Catlow, Nikalas 73Ceric, Mustafa 46Challenger, Melanie 33Chase, Lil 27, 70Clapp, Susannah 53Clark, Stuart 34Clarke, Duncan 34Cleave, Chris 50Close, Frank 14Cocks, Peter 65Coggan, Philip 14Cole, Steve 72, 73Cole, Teju 55Coleman, Nick 18Colfer, Eoin 79Colgan, Jenny 73Collini, Stefan 48Collins, Ross 70Connolly, John 46Contini, Mary 8Coogan, Andy 51Cooke, Sophie 44Cookson, Paul 69Cooper, Chris 56Corderoy, Tracey 69, 70Cottrell Boyce, Frank 60Cousins, Dave 74Cowell, Cressida 66Crace, John 26Cracknell, Linda 14Craig, Carol 11, 12Craig, Maggie 14Crang, Jeremy 8Crockett, S D 71Crook, Mackenzie 72Cross, Beth 80Crown, Sarah 16, 18, 22Crystal, David 39Cunningham, Barry 63Cusk, Rachel 22Dale, Katie 76Dalton, Annie 70, 71Dalyell, Tam 21, 36, 45Darling, Alistair 49David, Keren 63David, Saul 57Davidson, Toni 12, 13Davies, Nicola 74Davies, Norman 44Davis, Lindsey 22, 24de Bellaigue, Christopher 47, 49de Botton, Alain 31Delaney, Joseph 66Delfanti, Alessandro 16di Giovanni, Janine 27Díaz, Junot 31Dickens Hawksley, Lucinda 23d'Lacey, Chris 61Dodd, Emma 70Doherty, Berlie 80Don, Lari 74Donaldson, Julia 60, 62, 66Douglas, Robert 54Dowswell, Paul 77Dueñas, María 33, 36Duffy, Carol Ann 48, 50, 77Dunbar, Polly 75Dunford, Caroline 23Dunmore, Helen 36, 73Durcan, Paul 35Dyer, Geoff 16Dymott, Elanor 21Easton, Mark 48Eaves, Will 36, 39Eccles, Tony 21Eccleshare, Julia 39Edgson, Alison 70, 72Elfick, Alistair 75Ellwood, David 37Emmett, Jonathan 67Englander, Nathan 28, 30, 31Englund, Peter 33Enright, Anne 33Erdal, Jennie 44Erskine, Kathryn 48, 76, 77Esler, Gavin 51, 54, 57Etherington Brothers 76Evans, Dylan 21Fagan, Jenni 50, 52Fairweather, Ron 69Falla, Jonathan 17Fantoni, Barry 14Fardell, John 67Farrant, Natasha 54Fearnley, Jan 68Feinstein, Andrew 14Fenby, Jonathan 47Ferguson, Charles 12Ferguson, Gillian 31Fergusson, James 26Fergusson, Maggie 29Fernyhough, Charles 9Ferraris, Zoë 43Ferris, Gordon 19Fforde, Jasper 52FitzGerald, Helen 45, 47Flanery, Patrick 39Flavin, Teresa 71Fleet, Christopher 16Fletcher, Susan 47Flinders, Matthew 23, 25Foden, Fiona 62Forrester, Margaret 64Forsyth, Neil 22Fotheringham, William 48Fowler, Alys 42Frank, Lone 57Franklin, Daniel 44Fraser, Bashabi 57Fraser, Lilias 14, 21Frayn, Michael 23Freedman, Dan 76French, Nicci 40French, Vivian 60, 65, 66, 67, 68Freudenberger, Nell 15Gaiman, Neil 16, 65Gale, Patrick 18, 21Gall, Sandy 26Galloway, Janice 11Gamerro, Carlos 37Garden, Ian 46Gardiner, Ian 57Gardner, Lyn 66Gardner, Sally 64, 65Geary, James 21Gerrard, K A 70Gessen, Masha 53, 54Gibbons, Alan 73Gillis, Alan 46Gittings, John 55Glass, Rodge 29, 37Gleick, James 17, 22Glenny, Misha 34Gliori, Debi 39Goddard, Jules 19, 21Goldschmidt, Pippa 16, 56Gooley, Tristan 22Gordon Sinclair, John 54Gower, Jon 39, 40Granström, Brita 78Grant, Michael 72Grant, Sara 39, 74Gray, Alasdair 12Gray, Alex 49Gray, Jon 18Gray, Keith 24, 68, 76Grayling, A C 11Green, Caroline 71Green, Kate 30Greenlaw, Lavinia 50Grindley, Sally 75Gunesekera, Romesh 26Gunn, Kirsty 29Haddon, Mark 45Hadley, Tessa 14, 15Hahn, Daniel 36, 38, 39, 57Haig, Matt 60Hall, Emylia 48Hall, Sarah 14Hammersley, Ben 15, 16Hammond, Andrew 77Hammond, Claudia 9Harding, Luke 25Harkaway, Nick 15, 17, 22Harris, Alexandra 24Harrison, John 36Harrison, Kate 76Harrison, Tania 22Harvey, Alyxandra 71, 72Harvey, Rosalind 36Harvey, Samantha 23Hassan, Gerry 50, 51Hatherley, Owen 53Hattersley, Roy 17Havilio, Iosi 43Haynes, Jim 26Hazell, Alastair 24Hazell, Rachel 11Heaney, Seamus 30Heap, Sue 67, 68Hearn, Lian 45, 47, 77Heath, Iona 76Heatherwick, Thomas 50Heffernan, Margaret 21Heggie, Morris 65Heim, Michael Henry 53Henderson Scott, Paul 11Hendra, Sue 73, 74Hewson, David 52Higgins, Chris 70Hill, Will 79Hind, Dan 23Hinsliff, Gaby 22Hiro, Dilip 46, 47Hodgkinson, Jo 67Hohn, Donovan 40, 43Holland, Tom 25Holloway, Richard 21, 31Hopkin, James 25Hopkinson, Matthew 20Howe, Marie 50Hudson, Kerry 15, 18Huelle, Pawel 58Hughes, Philip 18Hunter, Adriana 39Hutchison, Barry 64, 65Iggulden, Conn 24Illis, Mark 10Impey, Rose 74Iweala, Uzodinma 15Jacobson, Howard 47James, Alex 55Jamie, Kathleen 18Jamieson, Teddy 37Jardine, Quintin 41Jarvie, Frances 65Jarvie, Gordon 65Jarvis, Charlotte 38Jauncey, Jamie 8, 57Johnstone, David 38Johnstone, Doug 28Joinson, Suzanne 44Jones, Bill 27Jones, Janey Louise 74Joseph, Anjali 24Joseph, Manu 37Josipovici, Gabriel 42Joss, Morag 20Kadri, Sadakat 45Kallentoft, Mons 49Kane, Russell 27Kassabova, Kapka 28Katz, Ian 22Kay, Jackie 28Keen, Andrew 13Keenan, Jamie 18Kelly, Stuart 9, 12, 20, 25, 31, 36, 42, 48, 52, 53Kelman, James 33, 34Kelman, Stephen 30Kemp, Martin 55Kennedy, A L 14Kennen, Ally 73Keret, Etgar 25, 28Kessler, Liz 77Kilroy, Claire 41Kinloch, David 31Kirby, David 75Kitchin, Tom 37Klaussmann, Liza 8Knausgaard, Karl O 48Koch, Herman 47Köchler, Hans 8Konstam, Angus 22Krasznahorkai, László 32, 37Krznaric, Roman 38Kunzru, Hari 30Lacey, Josh 75Laird, Elizabeth 63Lake, Nick 30Lalwani, Nikita 24Lammy, David 11, 12Index84