Pregnant with the thrill of storytelling, full of surprises, calm, jarring, momentous or direct, the first lines of a writer’s work take us to exactly where they want us to be. Come and meet our Festival guests as they unfold their beginnings in five-minute readings. In just 30 minutes, hear from Brigid Delaney, Osman Faruqi, Simon Holmes à Court, Ben Newell and Margot Saville as they share excerpts from their new books.