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T C Boyle cuts a figure that is more rock star than Distinguished Professor – tall, extravagantly quiffed and…
It was a delight to see Joan Bakewell back in Edinburgh - as she put it herself, "the time seems to have…
Ian Rankin introduced Frederick Forsyth to the packed house by wondering if his new book 'The Outsider' was…
Whether or not the demise of the book as we’ve known it is in sight, it’s clear there are a lot of…
This was bound to be an interesting event when Ruth Wishart who was in the Chair found that she had left her…
Nicholas Carr came prominently to public attention with his article ‘Is Google making Us Stupid?’ He has, in…
Joan Bakewell belied her age, which apparently is eighty three, and looked stunning in an orange coat with…
This event proved one of the most stimulating and thought provoking this reviewer has thus far attended at…
For some people their careers are defined by a single issue, so said Ruth Wishart who was chairing the…
Frank Westerman is a Dutch journalist who grew up amongst horses and has now written a history of the…
This special event, in the Charlotte Square Garden Spiegeltent, was preceded by an excellent afternoon with…
Tom McGrath, playwright, poet, translator and musician, died in April 2009 and tonight’s event comprised a…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…
Professor Willy Maley and post-graduate student Kirsty Luck have edited one among the more valuable…
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…
The first debate on ‘Would Culture Lose its Shine in an Independent Scotland?’ promised we
Tam Dalyell, Paul Rogers and Ruth Wishart came into the RBS Main Theatre well before the start of the session…
This was one of the most disappointing sessions I have been to in the Book Festival.
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
David Mitchell started by explaining that he was the author and not the comedian!