Edinburgh Book Festival
"Is blogging an art?" was the question this reviewer was asked as he picked up his ticket for what turned out…
William McIlvanney remains one of Scotland's best-loved and widely read authors, testified by the near-full…
We westerners have trouble with Russians. Watching the wealthy elite acquiring voraciously over here we…
Henning Mankell is a prime example of ‘homo narrans’, the
storytelling animal. With a totally sold out RBS…
This reviewer has sometimes imagined a memoir of his time with this website, its title? "Scribbling In The…
Margaret Drabble is one of Britain's most celebrated novelists and biographers, whose first novel was the…
In similar vein to J K Rowling, best selling novelist Kate Atkinson is an adopted Scottish writer, having…
The Scottish Power Studio Theatre in Charlotte Square Garden was almost full for this event, with a largely…
A couple or so Book Festivals ago, A. L Kennedy (about to come out as a stand-up comic) bemoaned the lives of…
David Reynolds, writer and BBC radio presenter, gave a fascinating preview of his book, America, Empire of…
Magnus Mills is quite a character. Quite a character. And a man of few words, both in terms of the length of…
Daniel Depp is on a European tour to promote his debut novel Loser’s
Town, a detective crime novel set in sun…