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The director and staff at the EIBF should be congratulated on the creative pairing of these two writers who
This sell out event in the New York Times Theatre, Kate Atkinson was in conversation with Lee Randall.
Two characters, separated by time and space meet for the first time in the world-wide premiere of Alice
“Maker, ye maun sing them…
Tomorrow, songs
Will flow free again, and new voices
Be borne on the carrying…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…
There was a packed house for the Baillie Gifford event with hostage survivor Ingrid Betancourt and Kirsty…
The Morton Fraser Event, billed as "a man whose love of theatre and actors knows no bounds", featured Simon…
This was an introduction to the two authors as a part of the Newton First Book Award and was chaired by…
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was…
There are few speakers who attend the Edinburgh Book Festival who can command an audience the way Roy…
Melvyn Bragg was introduced to the audience as someone who was well known as a broadcaster - working both for…
If you have been interested in anything, ever, you will find it here.
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!
In his introductory discussion of ‘A Military History of Scotland’ Edward Spiers was careful to point out…
Alan Taylor has a long history as a journalist with The Scotsman, where he rose to be the deputy and then…
Birmingham is famous for its ‘Curry Mile’ but cosmopolitan as that city is, Bradford continues to be…
Sheena McDonald introduced Malloch-Brown as someone with huge experience of international affairs having…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…