THE Borders Book Festival continues today at its spiritual home at Harmony Garden Melrose.

And there are a host of great shows to see including One Button Benny, Joanna Lumley and Sorry I Haven’t a Buccleuch.

Tickets for most shows are still available and you can book online or at the venue.

Today’s shows are as follows.

10am Storytelling the Super Power Agency Way! In the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £6

10.15am Bookbug Rhyme Session in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent FREE - No ticket required

10.15am Fly the Flag with Abbotsford in the Abbotsford Teepee FREE - No ticket required

10:30am One Button Benny in the BSW Group Big Top – Tickets £6

11am Storytime in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent - FREE - No ticket required

11:45 Bookbug Rhyme Session in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent FREE - No ticket required

12 noon Alexander McCall Smith in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £15 | £13

12 noon It’s Up to Us – A Children’s Terra Carta for Nature, People and Planet in the BSW Group Big Top – Tickets £6

12.15pm FT DEBATE: The Cost of Living Crisis in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

12:15pm Tolá Okogwu: Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun in the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £6

12.45pm Lego Club in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent - FREE - No ticket required

1.30pm Ed Balls in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £15 | £13

1.30pm Pamela Butchart in the BSW Group Big Top – Tickets £6

1.45pm Miles Jupp in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

1.45pm The Great BBF Scribble & Scrawl Challenge! In the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £6

2pm Caroline Lawrence in the Trimontium Marquee – Tickets £6

2.15pm Stir it Up and Shake it Out: Interactive Tales for Everyone in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent – Tickets £6

3pm Chae Strathie: So You Think You’ve Got it Bad? A Kid’s Life in Prehistoric Times in the BSW Group Big Top – Tickets £6

3pm Val McDermid in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £15 | £13

3.15pm Chitra Ramaswamy: Homelands in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

3.15pm Jonathan Meres: Scaredy Bat in the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £6

3.15pm Vivian French: The Wizards’ Banquet in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent – Tickets £6

4pm Lindsey Davis in the Trimontium Marquee – Tickets £8 | £6

4.30pm Andrew Marr: The BBC Years in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £15 | £13

4.30pm Pippa Evans & Tony Hawks in the BSW Group Big Top – Tickets £11 | £9

4.45pm Darren McGarvey in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

4.45pm A Beginner’s Guide to Publishing in the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £8 | £6

6pm Julian Clary in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £15 | £13

6pm Walter Scott Prize Shortlist BSW Group Big Top Tickets £11 | £9

6.15pm Devi Sridhar: How Global Politics Shape Our Health in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

6.15pm The Politics of Gaelic in the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £8 | £6

7.30pm Joanna Lumley in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £15 | £13

7.30pm Meriel Schindler: The Lost Café Schindler in the BSW Group Big Top - £11 | £9

7.45pm Ben West: This Book Could Save Your Life in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

7.45pm Sarah Smith: Hear No Evil in the CSY Architects Marquee – Tickets £8 | £6

9.15pm I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Buccleuch in the Baillie Gifford Marquee – Tickets £20

9.15pm Billingham & Brookmyre in the Cullen Kilshaw Marquee – Tickets £13 | £11

Tickets now available at www.bordersbookfestival.org  or by calling 0131 290 2112.