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Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
The pair speak about their moving memoirs which challenge the meaning of home.
  1. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  2. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
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    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
  3. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  4. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
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    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  5. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  6. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
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    Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
  7. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  9. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
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    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  10. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
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