Najwan Darwish: Poems for Palestine
Courtyard Theatre, 10 Aug, 4pm
Amidst Israel’s devastating genocide on Gaza, Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish reads English translations of his Arabic poems from the essential collection No One Will Know You Tomorrow, alongside new pieces, that defy the erasure of the land and its people. Marjorie Lotfi chairs the event.
1995: Grrrls Aloud
Spiegeltent, 10 Aug, 9pm
Broadcaster Nicola Meighan looks back in anger at the pervading, nostalgia-fuelled Britpop narrative of 90s Britain and offers up an alternative history through the eyes of the underground feminist movement. With Emma Pollock, Cora Bissett, Carrie Marshall, and Chitra Ramaswamy, plus a live set from Hen Hoose Collective’s Cariss Crosbie.
Caroline O’Donoghue: Sentimental Garbage – Live
Spiegeltent, 16 Aug, 3pm
A live recording of the phenomenally successful podcast of the same name, Caroline O’Donoghue’s show celebrates the ‘basic’ delights we hold dear, from blockbuster Austen adaptations or stadium-filling musicians. Special guest Cat Cohen joins for this particular celebration of (not so) guilty pleasures.
Michael Pedersen, Hollie McNish, Gordon Buchanan & Lomond Campbell: Dynamic Earth
Dynamic Earth, 11 Aug, 8.30pm
Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen hosts an interstellar event featuring poet Hollie McNish, wildlife photographer Gordon Buchanan, and BAFTA winning musician Lomond Campbell, whose lenses are turned upwards towards the vastness of space. Through challenging our perception of our significance, they aim to allow room for hope amongst the new perspectives on offer.
The Front List: Ta-Nehisi Coates
McEwan Hall, 16 Aug, 1.30pm
Best-selling author of Between the World and Me, social and political commentator Ta-Nehisi Coates believes that only truth can counter injustice. His new book, The Message, calls for the busting of colonial myths that uphold racist power structures from the US to the West Bank.
Frankenstein Cabaret: It’s Alive!
Spiegeltent, 23 Aug, 9pm
Our continuing fascination with Frankenstein’s monster has never been more apparent than in our current moment. With two films and a reissue of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic on the way, Jenni Fagan’s assortment of writers, musicians and artists dissect our enduring obsession with the tale. Featuring Mystika Glamoor, Ever Dundas, Janette Ayachi, Harry Josephine Giles and Kirstin Innes.