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Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
From Canada and New Zealand respectively, two debut novelists to keep an eye on.
  1. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell
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  4. Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
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  5. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
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  6. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story
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  7. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
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    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
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    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
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