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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
    48:01
    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  2. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  3. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  4. Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
    02:48
    Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone
  5. Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
    03:49
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
  6. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
    03:40
    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  7. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  8. Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
    03:03
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
  9. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
    20:24
    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  10. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    02:06
    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  11. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  12. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  13. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
    00:45
    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
  14. The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical
    10:08
    The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical
  15. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  16. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  17. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  18. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
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