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Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
From Canada and New Zealand respectively, two debut novelists to keep an eye on.
  1. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  2. Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
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    Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
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  3. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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  4. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
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  5. Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
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    Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
  6. The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
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    The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
  7. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  8. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
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    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  9. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
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    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  10. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
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    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  11. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
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    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
  12. Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
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    Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
  13. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
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    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
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