17 August - Sunday

Allan Burnett is a children’s author whose series of And All That books bring to life the adventures of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mary Queen of Scots, William Wallace, Macbeth and more. If you want to know how giant hedgehogs helped the Scottish army win their battles, or discover where the Loch Ness Monster came from, then reserve your place now. Allan’s books are aimed at children aged 8-12 years.

Novelist and Edinburgh academic Rajorshi Charkraborti’s first novel, Or the Day Seizes You, portrays humans on the run because time has become meaningless. With his most recent novel, Derangements nearly published, be prepared for strange tales of metamorphoses.

Kapka Kassabova is a wonderfully lyrical poet and travel writer, whose recent memoir Street Without a Name has received rave reviews. A winning combination, Raj and Kapka will set your Sunday off on the right foot.

Concise Ceilidh at Main Point Books. Games maestro and Lewis Chessmen sceptic Geoff Chandler with Shetlandic poet Robert Alan Jamieson, queen of the open mic Anita Govan and poetical taxi-driver Daryoush Momenpour.

Andy Drummond is the author of three novels, An Abridged History, A Hand-book of Volapük, Elephantina, a number of short stories, and a scattering of translations from German. A native of Edinburgh, and of a ‘whimsical age,’ Andy currently cuts his time between software engineering and writing.

Writer, standup comic, creative writing teacher and ordained minister: her most recent book is the Costa Award-winning Day. She will not be speaking about that because she is sick to death of speaking about that. AL Kennedy has sold brushes from door to door and would rather be someone else. She plans to read a story.