The website for the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2011 has just been launched. Tickets are on sale from today 26 June 2011.
Highlights include:
Vintage and Second Hand: Creating Cool Looks on a Budget Age 10+
Sophia Bennett of The Threads and Lynne McCrossan author of The Girl's Guide to Vintage reveal how to pick up cool vintage clothing and jewellery. Sunday 14 August 5 - 6 p.m.
I recall when my nieces were teenagers they raided my wardrobe of all things seventies (all my party stuff) and went home with a sack full of 'vintage' cool stuff. Suggest this is the way to go! Go visit your cool (but now possibly not quite so slim) Auntie.
Thursday 18 August 4 - 5 p.m. Robert Aldrich discusses Cracking the Code of GCHQ.
Robert Coover, giant of American literary post-modernism talks about myth and metafiction on Saturday 20 August 5 - 6:00 p.m.
Niall Ferguson considers whether we are living through the dying embers of Western ascendancy. Perhaps he will consider whether 'ascendancy' should be in the vocabulary of politicians in a global village. Hear him on the subject Friday 26 August 6:30 - 7:30 pm.
All sounds very interesting and Edinburgh is a great city to visit. Also you might just catch the tail end of the Fringe.
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