The brochure for the Edinburgh International Book Festival is now live and within a few days the tickets will be on sale, and I am thrilled to say that I’m going to be taking part! I’ve taken part in Literary Festivals before, but nothing quite as high profile as this one.
My event will be on Monday 18th August and forms part of the Baillie Gifford Schools programme. I’ve been teamed up with the very lovely Sarah Crossan, author of the superb YA dystopian novels BREATHE and RESIST and our event is called The End Is Nigh. We’re going to be talking about our books and in particular the environmental aspects – the melting ice caps in Red Rock and the loss of the forests in Breathe.
You can download the full brochure here and find out more about the wide and varied programme of events here.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Sarah again, and I’m really looking forward to talking about Cli-Fi with the kids.
But there’s another reason I’m so excited about heading up to Edinburgh - it’s the city where I was born and whenever I go back there I have the feeling that I’m coming home. I can’t wait.
Woo - sounds cool. I'll be there for the Fringe a week or two before, but would surely have popped along otherwise...
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the Fringe, Simon. :-)
Deleteim going too with school
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