Edinburgh Book Festival
Alex Salmond has been appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival since 2006.
With Magnus Linklater in the chair the speaker, James Naughtie was introduced to a packed audience as someone…
Andy Wightman’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, like that of many another author,…
This entertaining discussion about F. Scott Fitzgerald was like eavesdropping on an animated, cultural…
Nick Davies is an impressive individual who has rightly been named as the Journalist of the Year and also…
Jenny Brown, as the founder and first Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival (as it was known before being…
Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) was remarkably proud of his Scottish ancestry, traceable to the Learmonths of…
The Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre was full for this interesting session by two men who had interesting…
This event proved one of the highlights of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival thus far, certainly…
The Scottish independence issue and next year's referendum is creeping into many of the events at the…
Francesca Martinez and Mark Thomas really ought to consider forming a double act, on the strength of their…
This annual presentation to recognise excellence in fiction and biography are the oldest literary awards in…
Chair Rosemary Burnett introduced Ma Jian's new book "The Dark Road" as being "an amazing read".
“Mary Livingstone was not only neglected by her husband David but airbrushed out of history.”
This event had the added enticement of free morning coffee (courtesy of Prestige Venues), which we could…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival marked the passing of Seamus Heaney, probably the most well known ‘…
Anyone passing by the Baillie Gifford Main Tent at the Book Festival on Thursday lunchtime could be forgiven…
Published alongside the exhibition ‘Photography; A Victorian Sensation’ presented at the National Museum of…
Melvyn Bragg had a sell-out audience as one might expect for such a well known radio and television presenter.
A great deal of ink and opinion has thus far characterised the debate on the 2014 referendum. One book, at…