Edinburgh Book Festival
There is happy buzzing chatter from the capacity audience in the Main Theatre.
Misha Glenny was introduced by Douglas Fraser, the BBC News Scotland business and economy editor, who noted…
One of the most respected economic commentators of our times, Joseph Stiglitz made a clearly welcome return…
"The Wealth of Nations" has never been out of publication since it first appeared some two hundred and thirty…
It was a delight to see Joan Bakewell back in Edinburgh - as she put it herself, "the time seems to have…
Absurdism and satire have been healthy strands in Russian literature for a very long time.
Giving his personal experience of working in Communist Eastern Europe, former Foreign Correspondent Peter…
Author and journalist Magnus Linklater was in the Chair, to introduce Max Hastings as someone who has a…
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
Jeremy Paxman was introduced by his fellow BBC colleague, Allan Little, for this Open University Event which…
Sheena McDonald greeted us all and emphasised that this was The Dickson Minto event and that for their…
Maggie O’Farrell is a remarkable novelist with a fresh, distinctive voice and visual imagination. She…
Steven Gale introduced Peter Englund as a best selling historian who had completed his PhD in 1989 and then…
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…
This year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has been privileged to welcome two of the United States…
Anthony Beevor introduced Anna Reid, having given a somewhat lengthy introduction himself!
On the evening of Sunday 14th August, the small Peppers Theatre stage was packed with poets – not…
Although not quite as common a surname in Scotland as it once was, Flemings can still be found in telephone…
Paddy Ashdown took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for the second time in twenty…
Ruby Wax came into the auditorium to resounding applause and clearly revelled in the very supportive welcome…