Edinburgh Book Festival
It's always interesting to watch idealism encounter pragmatism - especially when one considers "pragmatism"…
Generation X author Douglas Coupland was last in Scotland for the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2004, and this…
In 1978 Susie Orbach, a psychotherapist, wrote her first book "Fat is a Feminist Issue," (FIFI), a self help…
Ruth Wishart is undoubtedly A Good Thing (to borrow Sellers and Yeatman's phrase of approval), and it was…
Keith Charteris. speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival, has considerable experience in self-publishing -…
The death of Robin Jenkins robbed us of a highly distinctive voice in Scottish literature, one whose…
As Political Editor for BBC Scotland, Brian Taylor is probably used to a bit of crowd-control. Not that his…
Paddy Ashdown fair packed them in to the RBS Main Theatre at Charlotte Square Gardens, cheering possibly for…
During this year's Edinburgh Book Festival, Alexander McCall Smith is taking part in no less than four events…
"Is blogging an art?" was the question this reviewer was asked as he picked up his ticket for what turned out…
William McIlvanney remains one of Scotland's best-loved and widely read authors, testified by the near-full…
We westerners have trouble with Russians. Watching the wealthy elite acquiring voraciously over here we…
Henning Mankell is a prime example of ‘homo narrans’, the
storytelling animal. With a totally sold out RBS…
This reviewer has sometimes imagined a memoir of his time with this website, its title? "Scribbling In The…
Margaret Drabble is one of Britain's most celebrated novelists and biographers, whose first novel was the…
In similar vein to J K Rowling, best selling novelist Kate Atkinson is an adopted Scottish writer, having…
The Scottish Power Studio Theatre in Charlotte Square Garden was almost full for this event, with a largely…
A couple or so Book Festivals ago, A. L Kennedy (about to come out as a stand-up comic) bemoaned the lives of…
David Reynolds, writer and BBC radio presenter, gave a fascinating preview of his book, America, Empire of…
Magnus Mills is quite a character. Quite a character. And a man of few words, both in terms of the length of…