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The following events are taking place on Sunday 14 April 2013:

  • Simon Rogers

    Time: 10:00

    Guardian news editor Simon Rogers shares his eye-catching graphics from the Guardian multi-award winning datablog Facts are Sacred.

  • Publishing Industry Panel up Close

    Time: 10:00

    Two of our finestindependent publishers, Jenny Parrott and Leo Hollis, will share their insight experience and struggles.

  • Beast Quest and Sea Quest

    Time: 10:00

    The popular Beast Quest event is back and with it a sneak preview of Adam Blade's new series, Sea Quest. Book early.

  • Guardian Science Book Club with Tim Radford

    Time: 11:30

    The Guardian Science Book Club relocates to Cambridge for a special one-off event. Tim Radford is joined by star palaeontologist Richard Fortey for a celebration of Richard's sensational book The Earth.

  • Debut Writers

    Time: 11:30

    Three of the most exciting new voices writing today. Jack Wolf, Melissa Harrison and Kevin Maher talk to Ali Smith and share their debut novels.

  • Bookmaking Workshop

    Time: 11:30

    Back by popular demand Yurong who grew up in a bamboo forest in China helps children make their own book and draw a panda story.

  • John Mullan & Paula Byrne

    Time: 13:00

    A conversation between John Mullan and Paula Byrne, two Jane Austen aficianados, to celebrate the fact that this year it is 200 years since the publication of Pride and Prejudice.

  • Seumas Milne

    Time: 13:00

    Associate Editor and columnist of The Guardian, Seumas Milne talks about his latest book Revenge of History which is his powerful corrective to the discredited dominant account of the first decade of the 21st century.

  • Refugee Diaries Workshop

    Time: 13:30

    An engaging and moving workshop exploring what life is like for refugee children.

  • Stephen Grosz

    Time: 14:30

    Stephen Grosz talks about his stunning writing debut The Examined Life which distills 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight.

  • Deborah Levy & Alison Moore

    Time: 14:30

    A fascinating conversation between Deborah Levy and Alison Moore who were both shorlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012.

  • Douglas Alexander MP

    Time: 16:00

    Douglas Alexander MP gives his view on the politics of the day at the halfway point in the coalition government's term in office.

  • Christobel Kent & Louise Welsh

    Time: 16:00

    A conversation between accomplished crime and thriller writers Christobel Kent and Louise Welsh.

  • Sandi Toksvig

    Time: 17:30

    A wonderful opportunity to hear the divine Sandi Toksvig in conversation about her latest novel, Valentine Grey.

  • Rowan Moore

    Time: 17:30

    Observer architect critic, Rowan Moore, considers why we build and whether architecture matters.

  • Andrew Wilson

    Time: 19:00

    .An intimate portrait of Sylvia Plath, a brilliant and tragic literary enigma.

  • Frances Harrison

    Time: 19:00

    Frances Harrison gives her shattering and sobering report from the Sri Lankan Civil War.

  • Simon Hoggart

    Time: 20:30

    Join Simon Hoggart, the sharpest, wisest and wittiest of all parliamentary sketch-writers talking about his latest book House of Fun.

  • Dear World & Everyone In It

    Time: 20:30

    Dear World & Everyone In It is a groundbreaking new poetry anthology presenting the work of the most talented and interesting young poets currently writing in the UK. Come and hear a selection of them read.

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