Edinburgh Book Festival

Andrew Franklin in the Chair introduced author Antony Beevor as someone who had become one of the leading…
“Mary Livingstone was not only neglected by her husband David but airbrushed out of history.”
For someone who was born on 10th October 1923 - and still broadcasting actively, one must assume that this…
This event brought together two global best-selling writers specialising in suspense, intrigue and murder.
Another hugely popular event arranged by the Edinburgh International Book Festival with almost every single…
Leading us away from our laptops, manicured lawns and comfy sofas as well as our fear of things that might…
The winner of numerous literary prizes for previous anthologies, Kathleen Jamie received the prestigious…
The Scottish independence issue and next year's referendum is creeping into many of the events at the…
This was one of the first events of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and featured Tariq Ali with…
An audience with A L Kennedy is never less than an interesting pleasure.
Chef Mark Greenaway strides on to the platform as if ready to give us a cookery demonstration but he is here…
Published alongside the exhibition ‘Photography; A Victorian Sensation’ presented at the National Museum of…
Three acknowledged experts on China took a capacity audience at the Edinburgh Book Festival's Studio Theatre…
Iain Overton’s book ‘Gun, Baby, Gun’ investigates one of the most disturbing and frequently overlooked crisis…
Mark Urban, the Diplomatic Editor of BBC 2 Newsnight was welcomed back to Edinburgh by Al Senter who was…
Nick Davies is an impressive individual who has rightly been named as the Journalist of the Year and also…
Late in the seventeenth century, an as yet independent Scotland sought to catch up in the fast-paced race for…
They were ordinary soldiers with dodgy equipment and often poor leadership.
Anna Day, founder and director of the Dundee Literary Festival introduced this event entitled Killer Queen -…
For over thirty years, Alastair Reid has deserved five stars.