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The 20th Edinburgh Independent and Radical Book Fair  takes place at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall between 26 and 30 October.

The hall becomes a mecca for all forms of literature and is supported by a programme of authors talks and events. All organised by Word Power Books the alternative book festival also has film screenings and books for sale.

James Kelman opens the Book Fair on 26 October at 19:00.

The Full programme is below :

 

JAMES KELMAN opens the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair and reads from Dirt Road with live music from the The Dirt Roadsters
26/10/2016 19:00

Loud Poets present Rhyme Minister’s Questions at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 
26/10/2016 21:00

ROB SEWELL discusses the latest edition of Leon Trotsky’s Stalin at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
27/10/2016 16:45

SHIRLEY YOUNG and NATHAN GALE launch and discuss She, He, They: Families, Gender and Coping with Transition, at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
27/10/2016 18:00

YAKOV M. RABKIN discusses What is Modern Israel? at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 
27/10/2016 19:00

ROBIN McALPINE discusses Determination: How Scotland Can Become Iindependent by 2021, at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair 
27/10/2016 20:30

Teen Titles event with LARI DON at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
28/10/2016 11:00

FILM SCREENING – Every Cook Can Govern: The life, impact & works of C.L.R. James, at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
28/10/2016 15:00

Writing Politics: An Event with IRISH PAGES at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
28/10/2016 18:00

CONOR McCARTHY and KIRSTY LUSK discuss James Connolly: Revolutionary and Anti-imperialist, at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
28/10/2016 20:00

RICHARD MURPHY, LESLEY RIDDOCH and ANDY WIGHTMAN discuss Creating a Just Scotland: Transforming Our Land and Taxation Policies, at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
29/10/2016 10:00

LUKE HARDING discusses Putin’s Polonium Plot at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
29/10/2016 12:30

KAT BANYARD discusses Pimp State: Sex, Money and the Future of Equality, at the 20th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
29/10/2016 14:00

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