Edinburgh Book Festival 2021 MOVES to the city’s College of Art
2021-01-27
Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival today confirmed that the 2021 Festival will take place from Saturday 14 toContinue Reading
Edinburgh Book Fest ONLINE Opening Weekend ATTRACTS Global Audiences
2020-08-20
The opening weekend of the Edinburgh International Book Festival online was always going to be a leap of faith –Continue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival OPENS 140 ONLINE events in August
2020-08-01
The Edinburgh International Book Festival invited authors and audiences from around the world to Keep the Conversation Going as organisersContinue Reading
REVIEW: Salman Rushdie – A Comic Writer?
2019-08-27
I’d always thought of Salman Rushdie as a rather serious writer, tackling big issues like religion and being treated withContinue Reading
REVIEW: Rory Stewart – Is Failure Liberating?
2019-08-27
In his first talk since losing the Tory leadership election, Rory Stewart seemed quite liberated. He wasn’t in the BookContinue Reading
REVIEW: China: The Land that Failed to Fail
2019-08-24
On a sweltering August day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, former China editor for BBC News Carrie Gracie chairedContinue Reading
PETER HITCHENS @ THE EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL
2019-08-21
Peter was in a packed New York Times Main theatre with Ruth Wishart to discuss his new book The PhoneyContinue Reading
REVIEW: Brexit: Falling Out
2019-08-21
The United Kingdom was supposed to leave the European Union almost five months ago; instead, it looks set to leaveContinue Reading
REVIEW: Jeanette Winterson – Modern monsters and mad genius
2019-08-19
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is excellent, of that there can be no doubt, but in the elegant surroundings ofContinue Reading
REVIEW: A New Classic – Mark Haddon
2019-08-18
When The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published in 2003, it quickly became a smash hit,Continue Reading
REVIEW: Bernardo Atxaga – Sin City Through Basque Eyes
2019-08-17
2019 is the year when Scotland goes Basque. Unsurprisingly, therefore, this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival features several events relatedContinue Reading
REVIEW: Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children
2019-08-15
Scottish poet Tom Leonard died last December. Among his many works is a reworking of Bertolt Brecht’s play Mother CourageContinue Reading
REVIEW: What is ‘gender’ in the 21st century?
2019-08-13
As part of the New York Times Debate Series at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, New York Times correspondentContinue Reading
365: Stories & Music @ Edinburgh Book Festival
2019-08-07
The Edinburgh International Book Festival today launched the latest chapter in the 365: Stories and Music collaboration between James RobertsonContinue Reading