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There can be no doubt that publishing is undergoing significant and long-lasting change.
Leading up to 14 April, 2012, a plethora of TV documentaries, drama series and books have commemorated the…
I finally managed to catch Sandy McCall Smith on Friday, 19th August having tried to book a session with him…
Maggie O’Farrell is a remarkable novelist with a fresh, distinctive voice and visual imagination. She…
Celebrated comic book author Alan Moore makes an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The sight of the Inverbeg Recycling Unit and its hard-hatted and fluorescent-jacketed workers roaming the…
This book by Alistair Kerr, "Betrayal: The Murder of Robert Nairac GC", is a disappointment.
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
The session ("Telling Tales: The Vital Important of Stories") was chaired by Claire Armistead, who caught our…
What could some artsy-fartsy novelist possibly know about banking? – One can almost hear the roars from the…
In his introductory discussion of ‘A Military History of Scotland’ Edward Spiers was careful to point out…
Although not quite as common a surname in Scotland as it once was, Flemings can still be found in telephone…
There is happy buzzing chatter from the capacity audience in the Main Theatre.
With a hearty Edinburgh reception, Sir Vincent (Vince) Cable took his seat with Phil Harding who was in the…
Roy Hattersley appeared with a beard which he assured the audience was not to be seen as being in sympathy…
The e-book, along with content-containing apps and an increasing range of electronic and digital methods of…
Absurdism and satire have been healthy strands in Russian literature for a very long time.
The ‘Bosco Theatre’, one of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s satellite venues on George Street,…
Anthony Beevor introduced Anna Reid, having given a somewhat lengthy introduction himself!
Paddy Ashdown spoke at the Baker Tilly Event which was chaired by the BBC "Today" presenter James Naughtie.