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Jonathan Steele is a journalist with The Guardian and has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1981.
The Morton Fraser Event, billed as "a man whose love of theatre and actors knows no bounds", featured Simon…
Steven Gale introduced Peter Englund as a best selling historian who had completed his PhD in 1989 and then…
Tax may not sound like the most exciting subject but the Studio Theatre was packed with around 275 of us to…
Iain Martin is a current columnist for "The Times" and a former editor of "The Scotsman" as well as being the…
A long queue for the Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival attested to the interest Ian…
If you have been interested in anything, ever, you will find it here.
Kate Summerscale is renowned for her non fiction ā€œthrillerā€, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (one of the…
This special event, in the Charlotte Square Garden Spiegeltent, was preceded by an excellent afternoon with…
Duncan Hamilton has won the 'William Hill Sports Book writer of the Year Award' twice.
The 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival launched the ā€œmost international programme in its historyā€ā€¦
This morning there was a less-than-bloody pitched battle between Richard Holloway, Richard Harries and author…
With over a week of the Edinburgh International Book Festival behind us I feel like it’s time to reflect.
Seven years after its original inception, Donald Smith’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic…
First Reading of a new play about the life of Belle Stewart, a cultural icon, and Scottish Traditional…
As tickets go on sale, a quick look at some of the highlights of the Edinburgh Book Festival which in 2012…
A book by a North-east novelist, which was once banned in her home town, is set to tour Scotland
Inspired by St Andrew himself, ā€˜Fisherman’s Feast’ has received support through Scotland’s Winter Festivals…
A bit sick of Christmas? Come indulge your dark side with a modern dramatisation of RL Stevenson’s 'The…