Edinburgh Book Festival
There is happy buzzing chatter from the capacity audience in the Main Theatre.
Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Balancing Acts’ is the latest in a considerable line of memoirs produced by former…
The ‘Bosco Theatre’, one of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s satellite venues on George Street,…
David Mitchell started by explaining that he was the author and not the comedian!
This event proved one of the most stimulating and thought provoking this reviewer has thus far attended at…
Sheena McDonald greeted us all and emphasised that this was The Dickson Minto event and that for their…
Ruth Wishart had a quick barbed comment when she saw that Jeremy Paxman had brought in a glass of wine: "…
This was one of the most disappointing sessions I have been to in the Book Festival.
Publishing Scotland’s event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, was entitled ‘Culture Versus…
The Bosco Theatre is like a vintage circus tent, where writers, not animals and clowns, will entertain and…
‘You Know What You Could Be’ is the kind of phrase that echoes the hopes, dreams and downright fantasies of…
The James Tait Black Prizes were founded in 1919 by Janet Coats, the widow of publisher James Tait Black, to…
Andy Hamilton, probably best known for appearances on ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘QI’ and rather less so…
What a splendid event with Judy Murray. Her two sons, Andy and Jamie, would have been very proud of her! It…
Iain Martin is a current columnist for "The Times" and a former editor of "The Scotsman" as well as being the…
Dilip Hiro’s ‘The Longest August; The Unflinching Rivalry of India and Pakistan’ examines one of the most…
This was bound to be an interesting event when Ruth Wishart who was in the Chair found that she had left her…
This was a splendid 'tour de force' by Paddy Ashdown which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
This was one of the first events of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and featured Tariq Ali with…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2017 programme, was launched today – a truly impressive,…