Edinburgh Book Festival
In his introductory discussion of āA Military History of Scotlandā Edward Spiers was careful to point outā¦
This was the second debate in the Edinburgh International Book Festivalās trilogy of events under the title āā¦
What could some artsy-fartsy novelist possibly know about banking? ā One can almost hear the roars from theā¦
O'Hagan
made a confession at his London Review of Books event held on Sunday 12 August (8.30pm). Afterā¦
Superlatives are weak and ineffective when in presence of a true master in his field: the newspaper comicā¦
Political scientist Matthew Goodwin introduced his book "UKIP" by explaining that the book really came aboutā¦
This was one of the most disappointing sessions I have been to in the Book Festival.
There can be no doubt that publishing is undergoing significant and long-lasting change.
On balance, Adam Phillips may have one of the sharpest, penetrating and prescient minds in Britain today.
With Al Senter as chair, Bath described the astonishing story of Tommy Macpherson's very full life.
As part of the Muriel Spark 100 celebrations, Alan Taylor, literary critic, writer and close friend of theā¦
There canāt be many people who have not heard of the phenomenal success of āThe Girl on the Trainā aā¦
David Mitchellās got it. He has moved from relative obscurity among mainstream book readers to being one ofā¦
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
The session ("Telling Tales: The Vital Important of Stories") was chaired by Claire Armistead, who caught ourā¦
Duncan Hamilton has won the 'William Hill Sports Book writer of the Year Award' twice.
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone as the author of some thirty four novels which had soldā¦
The appearance of Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, produced a predictably veryā¦
Joan Bakewell belied her age, which apparently is eighty three, and looked stunning in an orange coat withā¦
Ian Rankin introduced Frederick Forsyth to the packed house by wondering if his new book 'The Outsider' wasā¦