Edinburgh Book Festival

Andrew Franklin in the Chair introduced author Antony Beevor as someone who had become one of the leading…
This event had the added enticement of free morning coffee (courtesy of Prestige Venues), which we could…
These are the UK’s oldest Literary Awards, founded in 1919 by Janet Coats, the widow of the publisher, James…
Nick Davies is an impressive individual who has rightly been named as the Journalist of the Year and also…
Who runs Iran? Is its military still powerful? What is the legacy of the 1979 revolution that produced an…
Kate Summerscale became a best selling author with ā€œThe Suspicions of Mr Whicherā€, about the scandalous real…
The winner of numerous literary prizes for previous anthologies, Kathleen Jamie received the prestigious…
Kirsty Wark is a highly respected television presenter, best known for fronting the BBC 2 current affairs…
Although Poland disappeared from the map of Europe in 1939, her people did not. Halik Kochanski’s book, The…
This was quite simply pure entertainment and an hour of brilliant humour!
Andy Wightman’s appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, like that of many another author,…
Roy Hattersley came to the first Edinburgh Book Festival in 1983 and has appeared in every year since then -…
One might expect a good-sized audience for any event with 'Independence' and 'Scotland' in the title, and…
Even in douce Edinburgh, it is still possible to encounter those with a more than slight sympathy for far…
An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is always a delight and this event, chaired by Jamie Jauncey and…
Billed as considering ā€˜The Emotional Arguments', the final debate of three sponsored by The Guardian…
Melvyn Bragg had a sell-out audience as one might expect for such a well known radio and television presenter.
Whether you're a writer, involved in the "industry" or a mere humble book purchaser, you likely have your own…
Jeremy Paxman was at his absolute best for this Open University event which was entitled, "War. Germany.
On the first wet evening in several weeks, a thunderstorm cracked the skies just as Maggie O’Farrell began to…