Games of Thrones and Succession stars head for book festival

The Herald Scotland

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The worlds of stand-up comedy, politics and broadcasting will also be represented in the line-up announced today.
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It encompasses almost 700 events, which will be largely staged at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, which opened last year in the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary building, and the nearby McEwan Hall.
Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones, the co-creator of the much-loved comedy series with James Corden, will be discussing her writing, including new novel By Your Side, which focuses on a woman paid to investigate the lives of people who have died alone track down their heirs.
Actor Viggo Mortensen will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August. (Image: PA) Viggo Mortensen, who is best known for his starring role in the Lord of the Rings films, and Oscar-winning Vanessa Redgrave, whose screen credits include Howards End, Atonement, Mission Impossible and Mary, Queen of Scots, will be appearing in 'The People Speak,' which will feature powerful performances of stories, speeches and protest songs from around the world.
Dundee-born stage and screen star Brian Cox, who appeared alongside Harriet Walter in Succession, will take part in a festival celebration of cinema hosted by film critic Mark Kermode, in the first edition of his MK3D events to be staged in Scotland.
Actress Vanessa Redgrave.
The magic of the movie soundtrack will be the focus of a separate event which will see Kermode and radio producer Jenny Nelson sharing some of the stories behind iconic soundtracks and exploring the connection between cinema audiences and great musical scores.
Fans of comic Tim Key will be taking a break from his latest run of Fringe shows to discuss a poetry collection he wrote while he was working in Hollywood last year on a new sitcom spin-off from the American version of The Office.
Actress Tuppence Middleton. (Image: Sub)
David Baddiel will recall his middle-classic Jewish upbringing in London, how his mother survived the Holocaust and went on to have a decades-long affair with a golf memorabilia salesman, and his father's battle with dementia.
Actress Tuppence Middleton, star of Downton Abbey, War & Peace and Black Mirror, will open up on how having obsessive compulsive disorder has impacted on her life.
Colin Greenwood, bass player with Radiohead, will recall his experiences in the rock group since it was formed in the mid-1980s and the collection of his photographs documenting the band's career.
Belle and Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch will explain how his experiences of chronic fatigue illness influenced his debut novel, Nobody's Empire.
Best known as the creator of Broadchurch and his time as a showrunner of Doctor Who, Chris Chibnall will discuss his debut novel, a murder mystery which has already been snapped up for a screen adaptation by ITV.
Broadcaster Kirsty Wark will interview former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about her long-awaited memoir.