EIBF 2012 Sunday 19 August

11:30 Ali Smith
Seriously Playful
Smith discusses her writing, reads a brand new short story and offers a glimpse at her new book coming in the Autumn.

15:00-17:00 A National Literature?
Nationality and Identity in the Novel Today.
Part of the Edinburgh Writers’ Conference.

19:00 Don Paterson
‘Say This To The Quick Stream: I Am’
Don Paterson reads some of his all-time favourite poems.

20:00 James Kelman & Liz Lochead
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Voices
Liz Lochead discusses Kelman’s latest novel, Mo Said She Was Quirky, with the author.

20:30 G J Moffat & Jake Wallis Simons
Averaging More Than a Thrill a Minute.
Two exciting thrillers in Moffat’s Protection and Wallis Simons’ The Pure