The 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair – the alternative international book festival – organized by Word Power Books (http://www.word-power.co.uk), will take place from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 October 2014 in Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30-38 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG, Scotland, UK. Doors open on Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 6.00pm. There will be at least 70 publishers displaying their books for you to purchase and many events for you to attend. There will be a cafe and a bar open during course the five days of the Book Fair. Admission is free but a monetary donation would be appreciated!
Writers and activists coming to the Book Fair include:
OWEN JONES, CATRIONA MACIVER, OLIVER MAYES, NINA FEDENCZUK, JULIA MACINTOSH, ROB SEWELL, MURRAY ARMSTRONG, CAT BOYD, ALASTAIR MCINTOSH, LESLEY RIDDOCH, CATRIONA MACIVER, OLIVER MAYES, PENNY COLE, LEE BUNCE, JAMIE MCKENZIE HAMILTON, DAVE SHERRY, RYAN RODRICK BEILER, DERVLA MURPHY, RAJA SHEHADEH, IAN CROFTON, SARAH BROWNE, ESTHER BREITENBACH, RYAN NICODEMUS, JOSHUA FIELDS MILLBURN, JAMES MEEK, ROBIN MCALPINE, DOMINIC HINDE, VONNY MOYES, CHRISTOPHER SILVER, JOHN BARKER, MIKE SMALL, SATNAM VIRDEE, NEIL DAVIDSON, JOANNA DOBSON, JENNY MOLLISON, JUDY WILKINSON, RONA WILKINSON, KATHLEEN JAMIE, MANDY HAGGITH, ESTHER WOOLFSON, and others. Further, two films will be shown: Scotland Yet: A Film About Independence by JACK FOSTER and CHRISTOPHER SILVER, and The Anarchist Rabbi by ADAM KOSSOFF. Scroll down to see details of individual events.
Photographic Exhibition
There will be a photographic exhibition by ActiveStills, Shooting the Occupation: The Palestinian Villages of Popular Resistance, throughout the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair.
Events
22/10/2014 19:00
CATRIONA MACIVER and OLIVER MAYES of Tara Books present a Visit the Bhil Carnival Pop-Up Workshop for School Pupils, at at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
23/10/2014 10:30
NINA FEDENCZUK and JULIA MACINTOSH of Personal Wealth discuss Conversations That Matter in Workplace Unions, at at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
23/10/2014 14:30
ROB SEWELL discusses his latest book, Germany: From Revolution to Counter Revolution, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
23/10/2014 17:30
MURRAY ARMSTRONG launches his book, The Liberty Tree: The Stirring Story of Thomas Muir and Scotland’s First Fight for Democracy, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
23/10/2014 18:30
23/10/2014 19:30
CATRIONA MACIVER and OLIVER MAYES of Tara Books present a Visit the Bhil Carnival Pop-Up Workshop for School Pupils, at at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
24/10/2014 10:30
PENNY COLE, LEE BUNCE and JAMIE MCKENZIE HAMILTON discuss the dangers of fracking in Scotland and beyond, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
24/10/2014 12:30
Film screening of Scotland Yet: A Film About Independence by Jack Foster and Christopher Silver, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
24/10/2014 15:30
DAVE SHERRY discusses his latest book, Empire and Revolution: A Socialist History of the First World War, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
24/10/2014 17:30
RYAN RODRICK BEILER discusses the exhibition, Shooting the Occupation: The Palestinian Villages of Popular Resistance, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
24/10/2014 18:30
DERVLA MURPHY, author of A Month by the Sea, and RAJA SHEHADEH, author of Occupation Diaries, discuss Palestine, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
24/10/2014 19:30
IAN CROFTON discusses his latest book, Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 10:30
SARAH BROWNE launches her book, The Women’s Liberation Movement in Scotland, in discussion with ESTHER BREITENBACH, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 11:45
RYAN NICODEMUS and JOSHUA FIELDS MILLBURN, the Minimalists, discuss Everything That Remains, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 13:00
JAMES MEEK discusses his latest book, Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 14:30
ROBIN MCALPINE, DOMINIC HINDE, VONNY MOYES, and CHRISTOPHER SILVER discuss Changing Scotland’s Media, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 16:15
JOHN BARKER launches his new novel, Futures, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 17:30
Film Screening of The Anarchist Rabbi at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 18:30
MIKE SMALL, editor of Bella Caledonia, showcases the best of media in a multimedia talk, followed by Indy cabaret, song, poetry and music, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
25/10/2014 20:00
SATNAM VIRDEE and NEIL DAVIDSON launch their latest books and discuss Race and Nation in Scotland and England, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
26/10/2014 10:45
JOANNA DOBSON, JENNY MOLLISON, JUDY WILKINSON and RONA WILKINSON discuss Raising Spirits: Allotments, Well-Being and Community, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
26/10/2014 12:00
KATHLEEN JAMIE, MANDY HAGGITH and ESTHER WOOLFSON discuss Women, Nature and Wilderness, at the 18th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
26/10/2014 15:30