Edinburgh Book Festival

The recently appointed Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson is this year's Guest Selector at the Edinburgh…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2011 will see 17 days of book readings, discussions, and events…
Edinburgh's Festivals will share £2 million from the Scottish Government to showcase Scottish cultural and…
A new exhibition inspired by imprisoned writers and banned publications joins the permanent exhibition…
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…
The Scottish Power theatre in Charlotte Square Gardens is fit to busting with gentlemen of a c
Giving his personal experience of working in Communist Eastern Europe, former Foreign Correspondent Peter…
The private lives and published work of ten of the best known 20th century women writers was the topic of…
Following the death of Edwin Morgan last week, The Edinburgh International Book Festival has confirmed that a…
There can be no doubt that publishing is undergoing significant and long-lasting change.
Celebrated comic book author Alan Moore makes an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.