EIBF Events on Saturday 18th August

• Wake Up To Words - Highland Park Spiegeltent

Two of the finest poets writing anywhere, both Scots, and who have between them gathered most major poetry awards in the UK. Robin Robertson's haunting Swithering and Don Paterson's masterly new versions of Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus will awake and inhabit your mind.

• Fine Fiction - Peppers Theatre

One of the writers Ali Smith most loves is Tove Jansson, the Finnish creator of the Moomins who also wrote limpid and beautiful work for adults. The Summer Book and A Winter Book were huge hits; now Ali introduces Jansson's wonderful last novel Fair Play, translated into English for the first time, and explains what we have been missing until now.

• Scottish Literature - ScottishPower Studio Theatre

Alan Warner and Janice Galloway are not only two of Scotland's most startlingly gifted writers, they are also generous enablers and encouragers of others. A wonderful new venture, the Long Lunch Press publishes new work from both little known and well established writers. Come along and uncover some surprises.

• Nations Unlimited: The Union - Peppers Theatre

Flags and football can be powerful symbols of the relations between nations. Nick Groom gives a masterly study of the Union Jack, its historical genesis and its iconic status. Leading Scottish journalist Aidan Smith's Union Jock: Sleeping With the Auld Enemy wittily explores the long-standing rivalry between Scotland and England.

• Scottish Literature - RBS Main Theatre

We are delighted to host Scotland's most lucrative book awards, live and in public, so you, the readers passionate about the work, can join in the pleasure of the prize. Chaired by Richard Holloway, the panel of shortlisted authors is Kirsty Gunn, John Burnside, Robin Robertson and Maggie Fergusson. It is a stunning line-up of fiction, memoir, poetry and biography. Who will be the winner? Come along and find out!