Edinburgh Book Festival
It is now fifty years since the tragic death of Sylvia Plath who committed suicide aged just 30.
Given the popularity of these two British actresses, it was understandable that Helen Lederer and Celia Imrie…
One might expect a good-sized audience for any event with 'Independence' and 'Scotland' in the title, and…
Something rather cheerful appears to have
happened to A.L. Kennedy of late - she fair bounced into the RBS…
Late in the seventeenth century, an as yet independent Scotland sought to catch up in the fast-paced race for…
There was a full house in the Baillie Gifford Main Theatre, where Alfred Brendel was joined by his co-author…
Alex Salmond has been appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival since 2006.
Melvyn Bragg had a sell-out audience as one might expect for such a well known radio and television presenter.
How can you describe such a literary phenomenon as Alexander McCall Smith?
This annual presentation to recognise excellence in fiction and biography are the oldest literary awards in…
It isn’t every book which has an introduction by Dolly Parton, and the very thought might put some off…
The 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival launched the “most international programme in its history”…
Delegates to the Edinburgh International Book Festival bring their fair share of mysteries: whether it be the…
As tickets go on sale, a quick look at some of the highlights of the Edinburgh Book Festival which in 2012…
We're around about the half-way mark of the Edinburgh Fringe (if you include preview dates), and I thought it…
The Fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival are already in full swing and veterans of thrifty…
This morning there was a less-than-bloody pitched battle between Richard Holloway, Richard Harries and author…
With over a week of the Edinburgh International Book Festival behind us I feel like it’s time to reflect.
This year, the charity-run initiative Death on the Fringe, that aims to get us talking about the one thing…
Dilip Hiro’s ‘The Longest August; The Unflinching Rivalry of India and Pakistan’ examines one of the most…