01 Feb 2020: Hafsa Lodi has covered fashion in the region for a decade, and is a seamstress and designer herself. Her non-fiction book Modesty: A Fashion Paradox is an in-depth look into a multi billion dollar retail sector that is no stranger to controversy.

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08 Feb 2020: Montegrappa Writing Prize winner Stacey Siebritz explains what the prize means to her, and UK literary agent Luigi Bonomi explains the role he'll play mentoring her and helping take her manuscript 'The Leap' to publication.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Stacey Siebritz & Luigi Bonomi

08 Feb 2020: Tayari Jones shares the sofa with Annabelle Corton on Talking of Books live at the Emirates Festival of Literature 2020 to discuss her novel 'An American Marriage’ which traces the lives of Roy, a man wrongly convicted of a crime, and his wife Celestial. 

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Tayari Jones

08 Feb 2020: The man behind the scenes of 17 of Sir David Attenborough’s nature documentaries, award-winning cameraman Gavin Thurston, shares his secrets on how to capture cheeky monkeys at their cheekiest and chats about his book 'Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman’.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Gavin Thurston

08 Feb 2020: Scottish artist Ross Collins has illustrated over 100 books for children and written a few too. He shares his insights on drawing for children in favourites like ’There’s a Bear on My Chair’ and 'This Zoo Is Not for You’.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Ross Collins

08 Feb 2020: Sara-Jane Arbury and Fiona Ross are the wordsmiths behind 'Roald Dahl’s Rotsome and Repulsant Words’. They explain to Annabelle Corton how their lively lexicon lets children discover etymologies, definitions and fascinating language facts along the way.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Sara Jane Arbury & Fiona Ross

08 Feb 2020: Poet Kevin Crossley-Holland met Syrian refugee Nujeen Mustafa here in Dubai at the 2017 Litfest which resulted in him writing her story 'Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo’. They discuss their collaboration on the eve of a multinational choir performing their work at the Festival Finale.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Kevin Crossley-Holland & Nujeen Mustafa

08 Feb 2020: The former foreign minister of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail, joins Annabelle Corton live at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature to discuss her work reducing maternal mortality.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Edna Adnan Ismail

08 Feb 2020: Historical fiction writer, Esi Edugyan, explains to Annabelle Corton the ideas and process behind ‘Washington Black’ the story of an eleven-year-old slave who finds himself pursuing a promise of freedom.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Esi Edugyan

08 Feb 2020: Bestselling Australian author Markus Zusak explains to the Talking of Books team the pressure of finishing a book that was 13 years in the making, and why his daughter is perhaps the sharpest critic of his productivity.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Markus Zusak

07 Feb 2020: Sustainability campaigner Tony Juniper asks ‘What has Nature Ever Done for Us?’ in his new book and explains to Sonal Rupani that 100% of our economic development comes from what nature provides yet still, we take most of it for granted.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Tony Juniper

07 Feb 2020: Henry Firth and Ian Theasby are the boys from Bosh! and they’re here to help everyone eat more plants. They’re the most popular vegans on YouTube, reaching more than half a billion people in their first year alone. They chat with us about how and why they gave up meat and what it means to live life on the veg.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Henry Firth and Ian Theasby

07 Feb 2020: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock overcame a challenging childhood to pursue a career as a space scientist. She discusses the role that 'The Clangers' played in inspiring her to look to the skies as a very young child and everywhere that’s taken her since, including writing ‘Dr Maggie’s Grand Tour of the Solar System’.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock

07 Feb 2020: Roma Agrawal is an award-winning structural engineer who builds really big things. She chats about why she promotes engineering careers to kids and about her first book, ‘Built'.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Roma Agrawal

08 Feb 2020: UAE astronauts Hazzaa al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi chat about life on a space station and training with world-record breaking female NASA astronaut Christina Koch.

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature: Hazza al Mansoori & Sultan Al Neyadi

Talking of Books is a weekly review show which showcases some of Dubai’s most intrepid readers. From new releases to chats with local and international authors, this is a must-listen for any bibliophile.

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