Edinburgh Book Festival

There can’t be many people who have not heard of the phenomenal success of ā€œThe Girl on the Trainā€ a…
Comedian Sue Perkins was appearing ostensibly to promote her autobiographical, debut book "Spectacles" which…
The first debate on ā€˜Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
Author and journalist Magnus Linklater was in the Chair, to introduce Max Hastings as someone who has a…
There was a packed house for the Baillie Gifford event with hostage survivor Ingrid Betancourt and Kirsty…
Kirsty Wark, introducing Tom Kitchin, the "superstar chef", said we were in for a great culinary treat - and…
Giving his personal experience of working in Communist Eastern Europe, former Foreign Correspondent Peter…
Professor Willy Maley and post-graduate student Kirsty Luck have edited one among the more valuable…
Celebrated comic book author Alan Moore makes an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
On the evening of Sunday 14th August, the small Peppers Theatre stage was packed with poets – not…
Sheena McDonald greeted us all and emphasised that this was The Dickson Minto event and that for their…
Paddy Ashdown spoke at the Baker Tilly Event which was chaired by the BBC "Today" presenter James Naughtie.
BBC reporter Peter Taylor's new book "Talking to Terrorists" sets out what it was like to come face to face…
Alan Taylor has a long history as a journalist with The Scotsman, where he rose to be the deputy and then…
Although the run-up to the 2014 Independence Referendum has barely begun, the length of the queue for this…
Tax may not sound like the most exciting subject but the Studio Theatre was packed with around 275 of us to…
Roy Hattersley is a regular visitor to the Edinburgh Book Festival and a prolific author in his own right, so…
This was a politician at his best! Malcolm Rifkind was in ebullient mood when he spoke to a full house at…
Paul Mason, appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to promote the paperback edition of his…
One of the most respected economic commentators of our times, Joseph Stiglitz made a clearly welcome return…