Books

Edinburgh and Scotland books

The ā€˜Bosco Theatre’, one of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s satellite venues on George Street,…
EdinburghGuide recently received a copy of "The Hungover Cookbook" by Milton Crawford. An interesting quirk…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone  as the author of some thirty four novels which had sold…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
There are few speakers who attend the Edinburgh Book Festival who can command an audience the way Roy…
ā€˜Doctor Johnson Goes to Scotland’ is a fairly self-explanatory piece of titling, and, as they say, it does…
Joe Simpson, the author of Touching the Void was introduced by Alan Morrison, the Group Arts Editor of The…
Paul Mason, appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to promote the paperback edition of his…
Saul David seems to have undergone an alarming make-over since the earlier days of his writing career.
On balance, Adam Phillips may have one of the sharpest, penetrating and prescient minds in Britain today.
This was an imaginative and inspirational double act - an international best selling crime…
Described as one of Scotland’s beloved literary sons and as the ā€œSage of North Queensferryā€, Iain Banks has…
The session ("Telling Tales: The Vital Important of Stories") was chaired by Claire Armistead, who caught our…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
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 sight of the Inverbeg Recycling Unit and its hard-hatted and fluorescent-jacketed workers roaming the…
What could some artsy-fartsy novelist possibly know about banking? – One can almost hear the roars from the…
With a title like this and her recent wide appeal as a contestant in "Strictly Come Dancing" this show was…
Kate Summerscale is renowned for her non fiction ā€œthrillerā€, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (one of the…