17th Edinburgh Radical Book Fair – October 23rd-27th

THE 17TH EDINBURGH INDEPENDENT RADICAL BOOK FAIR – THE ALTERNATIVE BOOK FESTIVAL – will take place from Wednesday 23rd October to Sunday 27th October, 2013 in Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30-38 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG.
 

23.10.13

ALASDAIR GRAY and JAMES KELMAN in discussion at the opening of the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 19:00

24.10.13

Edinburgh City Libraries brings the BOOKBUG session (Ages 0 to 4 and their grown-ups), with rhymes and songs, to the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 14:30

DR BOOK from the Edinburgh City Libraries lends a helping hand to everyone, from babies to teens, to find the perfect book, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 15:00

CHRISTOPHER KENT launches his latest graphic novel, The Golem, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 18:00

PETER BERESFORD introduces Mad Matters at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 19:00

JOHN HEGLEY reads from his latest collection of poems, New & Selected Potatoes, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 20:45

25.10.13

JOHN HEGLEY, author of New & Selected Potatoes, facilitates a School Students’ Workshop, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 10:15

ROSEMARY MANDER and the BIRTH PROJECT GROUP discuss the Politics of Maternity at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 14:00

LESLEY RIDDOCH, author of Blossom, and RICHARD HOLLOWAY, author of A Plea for a Secular Scotland, in discussion, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 18:30

MAT CALLAHAN performs Songs of Freedom from The James Connolly Songbook at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 20:15

26.10.13

ALEXANDER MOFFAT and ALAN RIACH discuss Arts of Independence at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 10:30

VICTORIA BRITTAIN, author of Shadow Lives, JO METSON SCOTT, author of The Grey Line, and BEN GRIFFIN, a former SAS discharged soldier, lead a discussion on War: The Unheard and Forgotten Voices, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 11:45

LYNNE SEGAL discusses Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Ageing, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 13:15

GREG PHILO discusses Bad News for Refugees at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 14:45

IMOGEN TYLER discusses Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain, and ANNA FEIGENBAUM and FABIAN FRENZEL discuss Protest Camps, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 16:15

HILLEL TICKTIN and CLIFF SLAUGHTER speak on Making Marxism Matter in an Age of Global Crisis, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 18:00

THE BADWILLS bring the Sounds of a Thousand Tongues to the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 20:30

27.10.13

DAVID CONVERY and AARON KELLY discuss Nationalism and the Irish Working Class at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 11:00

IAIN MACWHIRTER, author of Road to Referendum, and GERRY HASSAN, co-editor of After Independence, in conversation, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 12:15

BRADLEY GARRETT, author of Explore Everything, and EDWARD HOLLIS, author of The Secret Lives of Buildings, in conversation, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 14:00

BRETT SCOTT discusses The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 15:15

MUSHEIR El-FARRA discusses Gaza: When the Sky Rained White Fire, at the 17th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 16:15

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