Edinburgh Book Festival

After Covid-19 struck in 2020, the Edinburgh Internati
From Nordic Noir to Tartan Noir, crime writing is a brutal, grisly business across Scandinavia and Scotland
Journalist, critic and broadcaster, Mariella Frostrup was born in Norway, brought up in Ireland and now liv
2019 marks the centenary of the inaugural James Tait Black Prizes founded by Janet Tait Black nƩe Coats, in
ā€œOnce across the Equator and into the South East trade winds ...
The director and staff at the EIBF should be congratulated on the creative pairing of these two writers who
This sell out event in the New York Times Theatre, Kate Atkinson was in conversation with Lee Randall.
Obviously well known to British audiences, Erica Jong was joined stage by Ruth Wishart who acted as chair for…
This was bound to be an interesting event when Ruth Wishart who was in the Chair found that she had left her…
The session with Anjan Sundaram with Jenny Niven in the Chair deserved to be better attended - the…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…
Panic among the publishers? Whinging writers? Wither the book as we know it?
Nicholas Carr came prominently to public attention with his article ā€˜Is Google making Us Stupid?’ He has, in…
There was again an absolutely full house for this British Academy sponsored event featuring Sir Tom Devine,…
This Edinburgh International Book Festival event was chaired by, and part of a series of events chosen by,…
Superlatives are weak and ineffective when in presence of a true master in his field: the newspaper comic…
A long queue for the Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival attested to the interest Ian…
Tax may not sound like the most exciting subject but the Studio Theatre was packed with around 275 of us to…
Phillipe Sands’ event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival proved to be one of the most genuinely…
Kate Summerscale is renowned for her non fiction ā€œthrillerā€, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (one of the…