Edinburgh music social networking night Born To Be Wide joins forces with the Jura Unbound programme for Edinburgh International Book Festival.

As well as live sets from Withered Hand and Jellyman’s Daughter, there’s an in conversation with Simon Napier-Bell (former manager for The Yardbirds, Japan, Wham! Ultravox, Boney M, and of course Sinitta). The music industry mogul is flying in especially from Thailand to talk about his new book and the music business in general. It’s at the Guardian Spiegel Tent on Monday 18th August, at 9pm, and it’s free to get in. More info here.