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Purvai: From Lahore to Lewis and Harris – Trading Stories

Presented in partnership by Edinburgh International Book Festival & Highlight Arts.

In a recent collaborative project organised by Highlight Arts, poets from Pakistan and Scotland came together to create new poetry, stories and music in Glasgow and Lahore. Building on this exchange, the Edinburgh International Book Festival invited illustrators and storytellers from both countries to the Lahore Literary Festival in February of this year.

Their tour and creative exchange continues for these special events, in which storytellers Shazea Quraishi and Ian Stephen and illustrators Mehreen Fatima and Kate Leiper are joined by musicians Sara Kasmi and Sarah Hayes to present the results of this collaboration.The first event will take place at An Lanntair on the 23rd of August with the Mission House Studio in Harris hosting the second event on the 24th. For more details on the Mission House please click here.These events are presented as part of Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Booked! programme, which takes the energy and excitement of the Book Festival on the road around Scotland, throughout the year. Booked! is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

These events are supported by the British Council.

Tuesday Aug 23
An Lanntair
Isle of Lewis, Stornoway
8pm, £7/5, Advance Tickets

Wednesday Aug 24
The Mission House
Isle of Harris, Finsbay
8pm, £7/5, Advance Tickets
Box Office: 01851 708 480

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