Edinburgh Book Festival
This was bound to be an interesting event when Ruth Wishart who was in the Chair found that she had left herā¦
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone as the author of some thirty four novels which had soldā¦
Whether or not the demise of the book as weāve known it is in sight, itās clear there are a lot ofā¦
Whither the future? A question many of us ask, especially when weāve no idea what the answer may be.
Maggie OāFarrell is a remarkable novelist with a fresh, distinctive voice and visual imagination. Sheā¦
Paddy Ashdown spoke at the Baker Tilly Event which was chaired by the BBC "Today" presenter James Naughtie.
On the evening of Sunday 14th August, the small Peppers Theatre stage was packed with poets ā notā¦
If he were still among us, Czeslaw Milosz would have celebrated his hundredth birthday this year.
The āBosco Theatreā, one of the Edinburgh International Book Festivalās satellite venues on George Street,ā¦
Jeremy Paxman was introduced by his fellow BBC colleague, Allan Little, for this Open University Event whichā¦
A long queue for the Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival attested to the interest Ianā¦
The Crimean War is somehow imagined in the British Isles to be a minor conflict against Russia and of noā¦
Bidisha introduced Ed Vulliamy, an author who has written for The Guardian and Amnesty International, whoseā¦
Kate Summerscale is renowned for her non fiction āthrillerā, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (one of theā¦
Professor Willy Maley and post-graduate student Kirsty Luck have edited one among the more valuableā¦
Archaeologist and author Max Adams is at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to promote his most recentā¦
In Charles Ferguson's excellent documentary Inside Job, Nouriel Roubini (famously dubbed Dr Doom for hisā¦
This was an imaginative and inspirational double act - an international best selling crimeā¦
Although not quite as common a surname in Scotland as it once was, Flemings can still be found in telephoneā¦
Celebrated comic book author Alan Moore makes an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.