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Paddy Ashdown took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for the second time in twentyā¦
This reviewerās previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowedā¦
This was an introduction to the two authors as a part of the Newton First Book Award and was chaired byā¦
Professor Willy Maley and post-graduate student Kirsty Luck have edited one among the more valuableā¦
This special event, in the Charlotte Square Garden Spiegeltent, was preceded by an excellent afternoon withā¦
First launched in 1972, the annual Scottish Book Awards have developed into a major prize for writersā¦
These two speakers, both acknowledged experts on their subjects, gave a succinct analysis of the currentā¦
Kate Summerscale is renowned for her non fiction āthrillerā, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (one of theā¦
Alan Taylor has a long history as a journalist with The Scotsman, where he rose to be the deputy and thenā¦
Tam Dalyell, Paul Rogers and Ruth Wishart came into the RBS Main Theatre well before the start of the sessionā¦
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - theā¦
Matthew Ovortrup's book on Angela Merkel was hugely popular and the Studio Theatre in Charlotte Square Gardenā¦
For some people their careers are defined by a single issue, so said Ruth Wishart who was chairing theā¦
Anthony Beevor introduced Anna Reid, having given a somewhat lengthy introduction himself!
There canāt be many people who have not heard of the phenomenal success of āThe Girl on the Trainā aā¦
Nicholas Hytnerās āBalancing Actsā is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by formerā¦
This was one of the most disappointing sessions I have been to in the Book Festival.
The Crimean War is somehow imagined in the British Isles to be a minor conflict against Russia and of noā¦
Misha Glenny was introduced by Douglas Fraser, the BBC News Scotland business and economy editor, who notedā¦
With a hearty Edinburgh reception, Sir Vincent (Vince) Cable took his seat with Phil Harding who was in theā¦