Deborah Levy

Lyceum Theatre and playwright Linda McLean. Charlotte Square Gardens, 24 Aug, 6pm, £15 (£12).

DEBORAH LEVY Join Deborah Levy on the day her Booker Prize-shortlisted new novel

is launched. The Man Who Saw Everything follows a historian named Saul Adler to communist East Berlin in 1989 to witness events that are painfully unearthed 27 years later. Charlotte Square Gardens, 26 Aug, 3.30pm, £12 (£10).

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RACHEL LONG, TANIA

NWACHUKWU & HIBAQ OSMAN Prepare yourself for an hour of unforgettable words hosted by Octavia, a poetry collective for women of colour who write themselves on their own terms. Look forward to poetry from Rachel Long, Tania Nwachukwu and Hibaq Osman. Charlotte Square Gardens, 18 Aug, 4pm, £12 (£10).

LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, ROGER ROBINSON & ANTHONY

WALL

Special event honouring Jamaican dub-poet Mikey Smith nearly four decades after his death. Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is joined by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Anthony Wall, poet and performer Roger Robinson, and author Leone Ross. See feature, page 34. Charlotte Square Gardens, 18 Aug, 9.45pm, £12 (£10).

TRACEY THORN The singer-songwriter behind

Everything but the Girl follows up her bestselling Bedsit Disco Queen with Another Planet, a witty walk through the maligned suburbia of her youth. Thorn shares hilarious recollections of the physical and emotional cul- de-sacs of her green belt upbringing and its lasting impact. Charlotte Square Gardens, 19 Aug, 8.30pm, £12 (£10).

KATE CHARLESWORTH & LUKE

TURNER History and sexuality are discussed with sensitivity and humour in an event about Luke Turner’s visceral blend of memoir and nature writing, Out of the Woods, and cartoonist Kate Charlesworth’s illustrated lesbian history, Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide. See feature, page 20. Charlotte Square Gardens, 19 Aug, 8.30pm, £8 (£6).

WOMEN TALKING BY MIRIAM TOEWS

Writer Miriam Toews has an amazingly light tough when it comes to heavy conversations and in this theatrical production of her latest book, Women Talking, her wit and compassion will come to life in partnership with Edinburgh’s Royal

EDINBURGH’S FAMOUS FOSSIL SHOP

5 Cowgatehead Grassmarket

Edinburgh, EH1 1JY 0131 220 1344

www.mrwoodsfossils.co.uk

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