Monday 26th November 2012, 6.30pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

As the 5th West Port Book Festival draws to a close, and the inaugural Book Week Scotland begins, we turn to a little future-gazing beyond the booze, bosoms and bespoke tailoring. What will the festival of the future look like?

Nick Barley of Edinburgh International Book Festival, Adrian Turpin of Wigtown Book Festival, Amanda Tyndall of Edinburgh International Science Festival & Lisa Dempster of Melbourne Writers Festival share their thoughts.

FULLY BOOKED

Friday 23rd November 2012, 7pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Taking Tea With Turing is an anthology of creative work inspired by Alan Turing, compiled and edited by the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh writer-in-residence, Viccy Adams.

Presented as an interactive iPhone/iPad app, the anthology features the work of a diverse range of writers and writing, from poems read by robots to comedy twitter-based animations.

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Saturday 24th November 2012, 7:30 for 8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Nagiko loves books. Her desire to read is insatiable. The smell of white paper to her is like "the scent of skin of a new lover who has just paid a surprise visit out of a rainy garden," or in other words... covetable and delicious.

Starring Vivian Wu, this 1996 Peter Greenaway film deploys all his signature visual devices to great effect. His focus being on the beauty of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, hand painted on the body like pages of a diary.

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Saturday 13th October 2012, 7:30 for 8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Bond is back and impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring. James soon uncovers a plot by his old nemesis Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a giant space laser.

Miss Moneypenny will make sure your Vegas bound tonight with a handful of casino chips and a bombe surprise or two from guest augmentologists Ericka Duffy, Jonathan Prior and Paul Tvaroh.

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Wednesday 17th October 2012, 7.30-10pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Sofia Härdig is a Swedish musician, composer and soundartist. She works both as a solo artist with several record releases and as a improvisation musician in noise and experimental music.

Lauren Sarah Hayes explores new strategies for live electronic performance by investigating the performer's physical relationship with the digital realm, and seeking to deepen this through the medium of touch.

Freida Abtan is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist and composer. Her music falls somewhere in between musique concrete and more modern noise and experimental audio, both genres are influential to her sound.

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Saturday 20th October 2012, 8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

This programme’s selection spans themes of estrangement, voyeurism, coveted love, the hope and despair in human life in the metropolis.

From the director’s of CATFISH and narrated by Tom Waits comes ‘A Brief History of John Baldessari’, alongside ‘Rite’ winner of Sundance’s Short Filmmaking Award.

‘The Black Balloon’, winner of Special Jury Mention at Tribeca Film Festival ‘ Café Regular’, and winner of over 50 international awards, ‘Auf Der Streke (On the Line)’.

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Friday 7th December 2012, 8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide.

It is curated in Edinburgh by Gordon Duffy, Principal of architecture practice Studio DuB. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds.

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Thursday 11th October 2012, 7-10pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

An unforgettable cabaret style cavalcade of new writing, blistering, blissful music, and infused dance performances. All scented in a beautiful space.

We’ve selected a zesty melange of talent. Those who will make you pause, ponder, dance and stomp. All specially infused - a feast for all your senses.

Hosted by Ryan Van Winkle, The bearded Master of Ceremonies and award-winning, international man of poetry and idiocy.

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Thursday 4th October 2012, 7:30pm. £6|£4
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Balanced, inspiring and beautifully filmed, Zero Silence presents portraits of six young people from Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria who have taken to the streets, airwaves and internet to fight for change in their societies.

We are delighted to welcome from Tunisia Lilia Weslaty who features in the film for discussion alongside other special guests. Zero Silence is screened as part of the Take One Action Film Festival.

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Thursday 4th October 2012, 5:30pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

The internet has changed the limits of media reporting. E-campaigning groups reach millions with quick-fire actions and debate. Governments are trying to engage with online pressure groups through ePetitions. But where’s it going?

How is it changing how we think about the world and take responsibility for the issues that effect us, and others? What are the downsides? And what support and resource is there in Scotland to go further?

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