Books
Edinburgh and Scotland books
A celebration of artists’ books and small presses with stalls, displays, workshops and talks throughout the…
An award-winning Edinburgh novelist and Japanese POW camp survivor is the latest author to be commemorated at…
The Edinburgh Book Festival closed with a moving tribute to Scotland’s first national poet, Edwin Morgan who…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…
This was an inspiring and engaging discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival about the rising popularity and…
Amartya Sen wished to reassure us he was not ‘The Mother Theresa of Economics’.
What could some artsy-fartsy novelist possibly know about banking? – One can almost hear the roars from the…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…
On balance, Adam Phillips may have one of the sharpest, penetrating and prescient minds in Britain today.
Will Self was all alone on the stage at the Edinburgh Book Festival’s main venue, with a bitterly cold…
Nicholas Carr came prominently to public attention with his article ‘Is Google making Us Stupid?’ He has, in…
Tariq Ramadan is no stranger to controversy. The Swiss born and based academic has been on the receiving end…