{"id":19672,"date":"2018-07-24T17:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19672"},"modified":"2018-07-24T17:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:09:45","slug":"befs-suggestions-for-edinburgh-international-book-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19672","title":{"rendered":"BEFS suggestions for Edinburgh International Book Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BEFS_website_logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19595\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BEFS_website_logo-300x205.png\" alt=\"BEFS logo on website\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>Once again Scotland\u2019s built environment link body BEFS has offered its suggestions for the Edinburgh International book festival, which this year range from early history to high rise and urban landscapes to bogs, so there\u2019s something for everyone.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BEFS writes:<\/p>\n<p>Suggestions for the Edinburgh International book festival include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sat 11 Aug 17:45 \u2013 18:45 Garden Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Meet two women with big ideas about the future of our cities:<\/strong>Roma Agrawal is a structural engineer who helped design The Shard. She\u2019s passionate about the power of engineering to improve lives and shares her enthusiasm in Built. Curator and author Anna Yudina has a different perspective: in Garden City she argues that our urban spaces must incorporate more nature, more greenery, more biodiversity. Chaired by Andrew Franklin.<\/li>\n<li>Sun 12 Aug 15:45 \u2013 16:45 Spark Theatre on George Street\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>The rhyme of the expert mariner<\/strong>:<br \/>\nIn On the Ocean, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology Barry Cunliffe turns his attention to the history of man and the sea, asking what inspired early man to voyage out into the great blue unknown. From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, from the simple first vessels to the sailors of the 16th century, he documents our restless quest that has been a driving force of human history. Chaired by Andrew Franklin.<\/li>\n<li>Sun 12 Aug 19:30 \u2013 21:00 Garden Theatre \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00. <strong>ReimagiNation Debate: Housing: How do we provide a home for everyone:<\/strong> Scotland\u2019s 5 New Towns were built to alleviate urban overcrowding and poverty. Just over 70 years later, we have similarly pressing problems: housing shortages, a privately-owned rental market, and widely unaffordable house prices. Examine the future of housing with our panel: Roma Agrawal, structural engineer and author of Built, and John Boughton, author of Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing. Chaired by architectural historian Diane Watters.<\/li>\n<li>Mon 13 Aug 10:00 \u2013 11:00 Baillie Gifford Main Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Macintosh and the Glasgow style<\/strong>: Best known for his architecture and furniture design, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was also an accomplished artist who along with three friends from the Glasgow School of Art were \u2018The Four\u2019 at the centre of the Glasgow Style of the late 19th century. In his beautifully illustrated new book Roger Billcliffe maps the graphic language of this illustrious group. Chaired by Susan Mansfield.<\/li>\n<li>Mon 13 Aug 11:00 \u2013 12:00 Garden Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00. <strong>Home is where the hurt is<\/strong>: The Grenfell Tower disaster brought home to many how dire our housing has become, fuelling the the housing crisis debate. The rise and fall of council accommodation is the theme of John Boughton\u2019s book Municipal Dreams. The author and housing campaigner has closely examined council estates across the UK and is certain that regeneration and Right to Buy have created more problems than solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mon 13 Aug 14:00 \u2013 15:00 Spark Theatre on George Street\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>This is highrise<\/strong>: Colourful architectural historian Dan Cruickshank returns with his book about a building form, Skyscraper, that in fact originated in Edinburgh. Cruickshank\u2019s focus is on the innovative 1890s, the era not only of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Otto Wagner but of Gilded Age Chicago. He charts the development of the high-rise; a symbol of modernity that\u2019s now tainted by controversy and tragedy. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.<\/li>\n<li>Mon 13 Aug 17:45 \u2013 18:45 Garden Theatre \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00 <strong>Singing the praises of urban landscapes<\/strong>: The development of Scotland\u2019s urban landscapes links the latest works from historians Kirsten Carter McKee and E Patricia Dennison. Edinburgh\u2019s \u2018Third New Town\u2019 (aka Calton Hill and the surrounding area) is the focus for Carter McKee who finds that the architecture and design on the hill is a vivid demonstration of Scotland\u2019s cultural identity. Dennison\u2019s The Evolution of Scotland\u2019s Towns considers urban heritage over 1,000 years, asking what we have lost and may continue to lose through neglect and fragmentation. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.<\/li>\n<li>Tue 14 Aug 18:30 \u2013 19:30 The Bookshop on George Street\u00a0\u00a0 Free: Book in advance.<br \/>\n<strong>Music Room Favourites: <\/strong>From Jane Austen to P G Wodehouse, music rooms have been the setting for the blossoming of partnerships and the thickening of plots. But in the memoirs of William Fiennes and Namita Devidayal the music room is a place of calm. Join Ruthanne Baxter, Museums Services Manager at the University of Edinburgh for an exploration of music rooms between book covers and across centuries.<\/li>\n<li>Wed 15 Aug 17:00 \u2013 18:00 Baillie Gifford Main Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00<br \/>\n<strong>Picturing Victorian Scotland<\/strong>: In the 19th century, Scotland was a pioneer of photography. A leading practitioner was George Washington Wilson, whose innovations in stereoscopic photography created some of the most captivating 3D images. Join photographic historians Dr Brian May (also the lead guitarist of Queen) and Professor Roger Taylor as they trace Wilson\u2019s career, show key examples of his work using a stunning new 3D projection system and present their accompanying book, George Washington Wilson, Artist and Photographer, published by the London Stereoscopic Company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fri 17 Aug 10:30 \u2013 11:30 Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a38.00, \u00a36.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Scotland\u2019s early history<\/strong>: The period between 0 and 900AD is often dismissed as the Dark Ages but Gilbert M\u00e1rkus has another view, and uses what he calls \u2018luminous debris\u2019 \u2013 bits and pieces of literary and material culture from the period \u2013 to shed light on the reality. In Conceiving a Nation, the Glasgow University researcher provides an entertaining introduction to Pictish kings, Norse settlements and Scotland\u2019s early days. Chaired by Sheena McDonald.<\/li>\n<li>Fri 17 Aug 12:15 \u2013 13:15 Spark Theatre on George Street\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Scotland from above<\/strong>: Few of us experience Scotland\u2019s majesty from above. In his book Scotland from the Sky, based on the BBC Scotland series, aerial photography buff James Crawford gives us a bird\u2019s eye view of our nation in both space and time, starting with what an early aviator saw from the cockpit and building up to the present day. What he finds is a story of conflict, countryside, innovation and people.<\/li>\n<li>Sun 19 Aug 11:00 \u2013 12:00 Garden Theatre \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Moors and bogs deserve another chance<\/strong>: The moorlands of Scotland and beyond fascinate art historian Robin Crawford and playwright-poet Donald S Murray. Crawford discusses what he found after evaluating the peat areas of the Outer Hebrides for a year, documented in Into the Peatlands, while Murray extends his reach from Lewis and the Highlands to the Netherlands and Australia in The Dark Stuff, unpicking why these landscapes have been represented unfairly in folklore.<\/li>\n<li>Sun 19 Aug 19:30 \u2013 21:00 Garden Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Freedom Debate &#8211; Collective Care: Can we design a new system?: <\/strong>In today\u2019s world of individual freedoms and polarising beliefs, can we conceive of a structure of shared social responsibility and be sure it will work for the most vulnerable, those who find themselves at the edges of society? Using our prison and healthcare systems as models, the social activist and author of Radical Help, Hilary Cottam, examines the question with philosopher Edith Hall, designer Alice Rawsthorn, New Zealand artist and Professor Nancy Loucks, Chief Executive of the charity Families Outside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tue 21 Aug 19:15 \u2013 20:15 Spark Theatre on George Street\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Opencity<\/strong>: Richard Sennett has spent his career thinking about how to create environments in which people can live good lives. Building and Dwelling is the distillation of a lifetime\u2019s work on a topic which has taken Sennett from New York and London to Medellin and Mumbai. Should urbanism represent society as it is or should it seek to change it? Have your say as Sennett discusses his ideas with Glasgow-based architect Jude Barber.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wed 22 Aug 16:15 \u2013 17:45 The Spiegeltent\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00.<br \/>\n<strong>ReimagiNation: Scotland\u2019s New Towns: Sharing new town stories:<\/strong> For the last two years, social historian Daniel Gray has been searching for utopia. Appointed by the Book Festival as lead writer on our ReimagiNation project, Gray has gathered the stories of communities across Scotland\u2019s five New Towns. Join him and a cast of local residents from Cumbernauld, Irvine, East Kilbride, Glenrothes and Livingston as they tell Scotland\u2019s New Town story, 70 years after they were created.<\/li>\n<li>Wed 22 Aug 19:30 \u2013 21:00 Garden Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a312.00, \u00a310.00 <strong>ReimagiNation Debate: Environment : Nature towns and us: How does our environment impact on our everyday lives?:<\/strong> Just over 70 years ago, Scotland\u2019s New Towns were designed to incorporate green space. Today, novelist and architect David F Ross joins author and nature writer Karen Lloyd whose latest book is The Blackbird Diaries, to discuss the interaction of nature and the built environment with social historian Daniel Gray, who has been chronicling the voices of Scotland\u2019s New Town residents throughout the Book Festival\u2019s ReimagiNation touring programme.<\/li>\n<li>Mon 27 Aug 14:00 \u2013 15:00 Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre \u00a38.00, \u00a36.00.<br \/>\n<strong>Mapping Scotland\u2019s History<\/strong>: Archaeologist Piers Dixon and medieval historian Fiona Watson have teamed up to produce A History of Scotland\u2019s Landscapes. In this stunning book they present maps and photographs showing patterns and markings in fields, forests, mountains and roads. In doing so, they reveal the myriad ways that land use has changed over the centuries, from the passing of the Romans to the decline of heavy industry. Chaired by Rosemary Burnet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.befs.org.uk\/latest\/befs-suggestions-for-the-edinburgh-international-book-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again Scotland\u2019s built environment link body BEFS has offered its suggestions for the Edinburgh International book festival, which this year range from early history to high rise and urban landscapes to bogs, so there\u2019s something for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19673,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19672\/revisions\/19673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}