Edinburgh Book Festival
Leading up to 14 April, 2012, a plethora of TV documentaries, drama series and books have commemorated the…
This was an imaginative and inspirational double act - an international best selling crime…
Giving his personal experience of working in Communist Eastern Europe, former Foreign Correspondent Peter…
Saul David seems to have undergone an alarming make-over since the earlier days of his writing career.
What a splendid event with Judy Murray. Her two sons, Andy and Jamie, would have been very proud of her! It…
Peter Hart is the Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum and an internationally recognised expert on…
Frank Westerman is a Dutch journalist who grew up amongst horses and has now written a history of the…
Professor Murray Pittock’s new work on Culloden seeks to scotch (pun partly intended) three principal myths…
Tariq Ramadan is no stranger to controversy. The Swiss born and based academic has been on the receiving end…
This event proved one of the most stimulating and thought provoking this reviewer has thus far attended at…
Whether or not the demise of the book as we’ve known it is in sight, it’s clear there are a lot of…
The Peppers Theatre tent in Charlotte Square Garden isn’t the largest venue at the Edinburgh International…
Will Self was all alone on the stage at the Edinburgh Book Festival’s main venue, with a bitterly cold…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
Gregor Fisher wheeled in Melanie Reid who was in a wheelchair following a riding accident some years ago and…
Described as one of Scotland’s beloved literary sons and as the “Sage of North Queensferry”, Iain Banks has…
This Edinburgh International Book Festival event was chaired by, and part of a series of events chosen by,…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…
Alan Taylor has a long history as a journalist with The Scotsman, where he rose to be the deputy and then…
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone as the author of some thirty four novels which had sold…