Edinburgh Book Festival

O'Hagan made a confession at his London Review of Books event held on Sunday 12 August (8.30pm). After…
Tax may not sound like the most exciting subject but the Studio Theatre was packed with around 275 of us to…
Ruth Wishart had a quick barbed comment when she saw that Jeremy Paxman had brought in a glass of wine: "…
As part of the Muriel Spark 100 celebrations, Alan Taylor, literary critic, writer and close friend of the…
Jeremy Paxman was introduced by his fellow BBC colleague, Allan Little, for this Open University Event which…
These two speakers, both acknowledged experts on their subjects, gave a succinct analysis of the current…
Described as one of Scotland’s beloved literary sons and as the ā€œSage of North Queensferryā€, Iain Banks has…
Andy Hamilton, probably best known for appearances on ā€˜Have I Got News For You’ and ā€˜QI’ and rather less so…
Leading up to 14 April, 2012, a plethora of TV documentaries, drama series and books have commemorated the…
This session entitled, "Searching for Mary Queen of Scots" drew a full house to the Scottish Power Studio.
The winner of numerous literary prizes for previous anthologies, Kathleen Jamie received the prestigious…
Delving into the intimate lives of real women has taken Paula McLain and Priya Parmar on extensive travel…
As part of the series Muriel Spark 100, Val McDermid introduced Ali Smith as Scotland’s greatest living…
Andrew Franklin in the Chair introduced author Antony Beevor as someone who had become one of the leading…
Iain Overton’s book ā€˜Gun, Baby, Gun’ investigates one of the most disturbing and frequently overlooked crisis…
An audience with A L Kennedy is never less than an interesting pleasure.
Stuart McHardy and Gary West made something of an odd couple in their joint appearance in Pepper’s Theatre at…
We're weel kent for pithiness in this part of the world. For summing up our fellows, often to their detriment…
Something rather cheerful appears to have happened to A.L. Kennedy of late - she fair bounced into the RBS…
Murder is murder whether in Oslo or Glasgow.