Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Method in the Madness

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In this series, we welcome authors who have penned their personal mental health journeys, as well as those who offer refreshing solutions to some of the issues affecting our wellbeing today.

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Humans are under pressure. We live in a world of paradoxes: where consumerism goes hand in hand with concern over the environment; and pressure to live well and look good contends with our ability to pay for the basics of food, heat and shelter. During the pandemic, many of us sacrificed our mental health to safeguard our physical health, and levels of anxiety and depression have never been greater. In this series, we welcome authors who have penned their personal mental health journeys, as well as those who offer refreshing solutions to some of the issues affecting our wellbeing today.

Georgia Pritchett: Thriving With Anxiety
Saturday 13 August 16:15 - 17:15

Nihal Arthanayake: A Little More Conversation
Saturday 13 August 19:30 - 20:30

Meg Mason: Femme Fatalistic
Sunday 14 August 15:45 - 16:45

Patricia Lockwood: Postmodernism for the Internet Generation
Sunday 14 August 19:30 - 20:30

Amy Bloom: Till Death Us Do Part
Monday 15 August 16:30 - 17:30

Sam Knight: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Wednesday 17 August 16:30 - 17:30

Andy West: Freedom of Thought
Wednesday 17 August 18:30 - 19:30

Sidarta Ribeiro: Why Do We Dream?
Thursday 18 August 14:15 - 15:15

Georgi Gospodinov: Time is Out to Get Us
Friday 19 August 10:30 - 11:30

Clive Stafford Smith with Frankie Boyle: Eternal Clouds of the Troubled Mind
Friday 19 August 11:30 - 12:30

Geoff Dyer: The Sense of an Ending
Friday 19 August 19:30 - 20:30

Richard Holloway with Alison Watt: This One’s From the Heart
Saturday 20 August 14:30 - 15:30

Amy Liptrot: Traffic Islands Are for Lovers
Monday 22 August 19:00 - 20:00

Will Ashon & Will Buckingham: Only Connect
Tuesday 23 August 14:15 - 15:15

David Whitehouse: Portrait of a Father’s Loss
Wednesday 24 August 18:30 - 19:30

Michael Pedersen: Boy Friends Forever
Wednesday 24 August 19:00 - 20:00

Jack Monroe: On Self-Care and Social Change
Thursday 25 August 14:30 - 15:30

Maddie Mortimer, Tanya Shadrick & Catherine Simpson: Our Bodies, Ourselves
Friday 26 August 10:15 - 11:15

Gemma Cairney & Michael Pedersen: Good Grief!
Friday 26 August 19:00 - 20:00

Lucy Easthope & Gavin Francis: Coming Back to Ourselves After Disaster
Saturday 27 August 17:30 - 18:30

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