Edinburgh Book Festival

To live in central Edinburgh is to continually walk through history.
Kate Summerscale became a best selling author with ā€œThe Suspicions of Mr Whicherā€, about the scandalous real…
Serena Scott began by asking Rhidan Brook to describe the background to his book, "The Aftermath".
It is now fifty years since the tragic death of Sylvia Plath who committed suicide aged just 30.
Anna Day, founder and director of the Dundee Literary Festival introduced this event entitled Killer Queen -…
This was billed as "The Baker Tilly Event" and was another packed, sell-out for the Book Festival indicating…
Andrej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal offer a unique perspective on Poland under communist rule in their…
Andy Wightman’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, like that of many another author,…
Whether Steve Bell can be described as ā€˜Britain’s best loved cartoonist’ is possibly a matter for debate.
The title of the event, ā€œFirst New Novel for Seven Yearsā€ certainly drew a huge appreciative audience to the…
Anyone passing by the Baillie Gifford Main Tent at the Book Festival on Thursday lunchtime could be forgiven…
Melvyn Bragg had a sell-out audience as one might expect for such a well known radio and television presenter.
This event brought together two global best-selling writers specialising in suspense, intrigue and murder.
There are not too many occasions when the speaker is already on stage as the audience come in.
The National Theatre of Scotland has the ironically inclusive slogan of ā€˜theatre without walls’ having in…
This event, offered by Publishing Scotland, and chaired by Jenny Brown, attempted to look at the…
Kirsty Wark is a highly respected television presenter, best known for fronting the BBC 2 current affairs…
Roland Glover ably filled in for Alan Little, "away" doing more pressing work than interviewing Misha Glenny…
This entertaining discussion about F. Scott Fitzgerald was like eavesdropping on an animated, cultural…
This Edinburgh Book Festival session in the Peppers Theatre with Laurie Penny and Chaired by Faisal…