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Sheena McDonald introduced Malloch-Brown as someone with huge experience of international affairs having…
This event proved one of the most stimulating and thought provoking this reviewer has thus far attended at…
This year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has been privileged to welcome two of the United States…
Ruth Wishart in the Chair, introduced Harriet Harman as someone who had her own set of rules; she was a…
Paul Mason, appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to promote the paperback edition of his…
Ian Rankin introduced Frederick Forsyth to the packed house by wondering if his new book 'The Outsider' was…
Robert Crawford took the concept of the poet as bearer of tradition for the theme of his Saltire Society…
The worldwide launch of "The Cat's Table" by Michael Ondaatje was supported by the Hawthornden Literary…
Wilbur Smith was introduced by Jackie McGlone as the author of some thirty four novels which had sold…
While it may have been natural for the Edinburgh International Book Festival to commence its ‘Re-Thinking The…
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
This Edinburgh International Book Festival event was chaired by, and part of a series of events chosen by,…
I finally managed to catch Sandy McCall Smith on Friday, 19th August having tried to book a session with him…
Roy Hattersley appeared with a beard which he assured the audience was not to be seen as being in sympathy…
Tom Devine, doyen of Scottish historians, was at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about his…
Ruby Wax came into the auditorium to resounding applause and clearly revelled in the very supportive welcome…
The sight of the Inverbeg Recycling Unit and its hard-hatted and fluorescent-jacketed workers roaming the…
The session ("Telling Tales: The Vital Important of Stories") was chaired by Claire Armistead, who caught our…
With a title like this and her recent wide appeal as a contestant in "Strictly Come Dancing" this show was…
Panic among the publishers? Whinging writers? Wither the book as we know it?