TalksTalks
Venue
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date
Mon 24 Aug 2026
Time
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Edinburgh International Book Festival

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Åsne Seierstad: Russian Lives at War image
Synopsis:

In an at-war nation which has shut down dissent and reportage, how can we glimpse behind the curtain? Discussing Unpeace: Russian Lives at War, Åsne Seierstad (author of The Bookseller of Kabul and called ‘the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation’) draws upon the testimony of Wagner Group defector Andrey Medvedev and her own time living in Russia to craft an intimate yet far-reaching, unflinching portrait of Russian life in the Putin age. Chaired by Isabel Hilton.