Borders Book Festival

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Gordon Brown

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Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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The Walter Scott Prize 2026

Alice Jolly, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Benjamin Wood, Rachel Seiffert, Jo Harkin, Richard Scott - Duke of Buccleuch (chair), Matthew Maxwell Scott (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Eve Muirhead: Ice Queen

Eve Muirhead, Eric Nicolson (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Helen Watson: Tea and Grit – a Bicycle Journey Along the Silk Road

Helen Watson, Vivian French (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Neil Francis: Resilience, Reinvention & the Writing Life

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Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Build Britain Better

Chris O'Shea, Tom Hunter, Stephen Jardine (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Stuart Maconie: With a Little Help from their Friends

Stuart Maconie, Billy Sloan (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Live Music

Anne Sebba: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

JRW Hogg & Thorburn Marquee

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Theatre

Firebrand Theatre: Ungetatable

Ellie Zeegen, Janet Coulson

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Borders Writers’ Forum: New Beginnings - Fresh Writing from The Scottish Borders

Something's afoot at Borders Book Festival and it goes by the name of Borders Writers’ Forum: New Beginnings - Fresh Writing from The Scottish Borders. Their site has the particulars.

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes, Michael Moore (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Talks & Lectures

Jamie Bartlett: How to Talk to AI (and How Not To)

Jamie Bartlett, Malcolm Borthwick (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Horse - Trio

JRW Hogg & Thorburn Marquee

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Dan Richards: Journeys, Conversations & Stories After Dark

Dan Richards, David Chipakupaku (chair)

Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Around £16

Thursday

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Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Around £16

Thursday 11 June

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Thu 11 JunBorders Book Festival

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Around £6

Friday

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Fri 12 JunBorders Book Festival

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