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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival<\/a> begins tomorrow. To deter the flyer-foisting thespians, performance artists and cursed jugglers, swamping the Royal Mile like bubonic vermin, we suggest handing out your own flyers emblazoned perhaps with the message, “I will take all of your lives.” Alternatively, follow 3:AM<\/em>‘s brief guide to this year’s choice literary events (all free and @ Charlotte Square Gardens unless stated):<\/p>\n Tom Leonard<\/a>, poet, essayist and radical launches the Edinburgh Book Fringe, reading from his collected poems Outside the Narrative<\/em>. Unbound: A Night in the Gutter<\/a> DiScomBoBuLaTe<\/a> Willy Vlautin<\/a> (Richmond Fontaine) reads from new book Lean On Pete<\/em><\/a> “in an informal evening of storytelling and music.” Alasdair Gray<\/a> presents Fleck<\/em>, his comic modern-day adaptation of Goethe’s Faust<\/em>. Chris<\/a> Killen<\/a> (The Bird Room<\/em>) & John<\/a> Wray<\/a> (Lowboy<\/em>, The Right Hand of Sleep<\/em>) talk about the “dark side of desire.” Or cats. Subways. Rafts. Hatstands. Or none of these. Alan Warner<\/strong> reads from The Stars in the Bright Sky<\/em> the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed The Sopranos<\/em>. Organised by the publishers Canongate<\/a>, Irregular<\/strong> is a literary cabaret night featuring Dan<\/a> Rhodes<\/a> (Gold<\/em>, Little Hands Clapping<\/em>) and John Wray. Stewart<\/a> Lee<\/a> discusses his latest book, How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian<\/em> McSweeneys<\/a><\/em> editor Eli Horowitz “takes the audience through the history of the pioneering literary magazine, exploring the tales, faces, designs and adventures that make up the world view of Timothy McSweeney.” Year of Open Doors: New Writing <\/strong> Max Schaefer<\/a> delves into the “political and sexual subcultures of inner-city London” following his book Children of the Sun<\/em>. Black Flag<\/strong> (and solo) punk legend, raconteur and man with a neck like a tree trunk, Henry Rollins<\/a> brings his new show Frequent Flyer<\/em> to the Fringe. The launch party for the latest edition of online literary mag Five Dials<\/a><\/em>. Tom McCarthy<\/a> reads from and discusses his new novel C<\/em><\/a>. Unbound Closing Night<\/strong> Special mention to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins tomorrow. To deter the flyer-foisting thespians, performance artists and cursed jugglers, swamping the Royal Mile like bubonic vermin, we suggest handing out your own flyers emblazoned perhaps with the message, “I will take all of your lives.” Alternatively, follow 3:AM‘s brief guide to this year’s choice literary events (all free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buzzwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe event will be followed by Kevin Williamson<\/a><\/strong> (Rebel Inc, In A Room Darkened<\/em>) who will be reading from his new poetry collection 374 Leith Walk<\/em> and his forthcoming one-man Robert Burns show A Radical Voice In Dangerous Times<\/em> alongside 3:AM<\/em>‘s own Joseph Merrick Darran Anderson<\/strong>.
\nWord Power<\/a>, 43-45 West Nicolson Street
\nWednesday 11th August, 1 & 5pm<\/p>\n
\nEwan<\/a> Morrison<\/a>, Zo\u00c3\u00ab Strachan<\/a> and Gutter Mag<\/a><\/em> editor Adrian Searle “examine whether there’s such a thing as an erotic tradition in Scottish literature.”
\nSunday 15th, 9-11pm <\/p>\n
\nAlan Bissett<\/a> and host Ian Macpherson<\/a> bring the regular Glasgow night<\/a> to the capital, featuring poet Magi Gibson and the comedians Simon Munnery<\/a> (The League Against Tedium) and Arnold Brown<\/a>.
\nMonday 16th, 9-11pm<\/p>\n
\nTuesday 17th, 9-10.30pm<\/p>\n
\n@RBS Main Theatre \u00a310
\nWednesday 18th, 3-4pm<\/p>\n
\nThursday 19th, 4:30-5:30pm \u00a37<\/p>\n
\nScottishPower Studio Theatre \u00a310
\nFriday 20th, 8:30-9:30pm<\/p>\n
\nFriday 20th, 9-11pm <\/p>\n
\n@Word Power
\nSaturday 21st, 1pm<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 21st, 9-11pm<\/p>\n
\nEditors Rodge Glass<\/a> and Mark Buckland <\/strong>have put together a collection of new Scottish writing for Cargo<\/a> entitled The Year of Open Doors<\/em>. The event will feature stories from the book, including authors Kapka Kassabova, Daibidh Martin, Allan Wilson, Sophie Cooke, Helen Lynch and Anneliese Mackintosh.
\nSunday 22nd, 9-11pm <\/p>\n
\n@Word Power
\nMon 23rd, 2.30pm<\/p>\n
\nUdderBELLY’s Pasture \u00a310- \u00a315
\nMon 23rd-Sun 29th, 8:50pm<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 28th, 9-11pm<\/p>\n
\nSunday 29th, 6-7pm – \u00a37<\/p>\n
\nA set from Chemikal Underground<\/a>, Burnt Island, Adrian Crowley, and Ryan Van Winkle, Alan Bissett and more in a night of bands and books.
\nMonday 30th, 7-11pm<\/p>\n
\nThe last ever Headspin<\/a> with DJ Yoda<\/a>
\n@The Bongo Club \u00a312
\nSaturday 7th Aug, Midnight-5am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"