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The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…
Celebrated comic book author Alan Moore makes an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
This Edinburgh International Book Festival event was chaired by, and part of a series of events chosen by,…
This was an introduction to the two authors as a part of the Newton First Book Award and was chaired by…
On the evening of Sunday 14th August, the small Peppers Theatre stage was packed with poets – not…
Sheena McDonald greeted us all and emphasised that this was The Dickson Minto event and that for their…
I finally managed to catch Sandy McCall Smith on Friday, 19th August having tried to book a session with him…
This year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has been privileged to welcome two of the United States…
Duncan Hamilton has won the 'William Hill Sports Book writer of the Year Award' twice.
This was a politician at his best! Malcolm Rifkind was in ebullient mood when he spoke to a full house at…
Ruth Wishart in the Chair, introduced Harriet Harman as someone who had her own set of rules; she was a…
The Peppers Theatre tent in Charlotte Square Garden isn’t the largest venue at the Edinburgh International…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
The Speigeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was near stowed for what promised to be a lively…
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone as the author of some thirty four novels which had sold…
There are few speakers who attend the Edinburgh Book Festival who can command an audience the way Roy…
Margaret Rutherford was an extraordinary English character actress, renowned for energetic, feisty roles,…
Sheena McDonald introduced this session about The Third Reich's Celluloid War by Ian Garden who confessed…
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival started with a bang!