Authors David Gaffney and Nicholas Royle appear at Didsbury Arts Festival this month. Gaffney's sometime collaborator Sarah-Clare Conlon chairs a discussion between the two as they debate long versus micro...
Between World Book Night and the reopening of the city's Central Library, Liverpool celebrates all things literary with a new festival, In Other Words
Now in its third year, World Book Night returns on 23 April with a whole host of nationwide events designed to celebrate reading and encourage those who do not regularly...
This April sees Aye Write! return to the Mitchell Library for its eighth year, supplying Glasgow with a wealth of literary talent
StAnza poetry festival director Eleanor Livingstone tells us what attendees can expect this year, what not to miss, and how the recent closure of The Byre Theatre has impacted the...
Cabaret, in case you ever wondered, refers to an intimate night spot where audiences enjoy alcoholic drinks while listening to short programmes of entertainment. It naturally entails then, as you...
LDM pitches poets, authors and the literati against each other on a stage: a battleshow of words and talent, a global event on a local stage celebrating the best of...
Here’s the first question to ask Nathan Jones, compere of Electronic Voice Phenomena: When you say your event draws on the work of Konstantin Raudive, what does that actually mean?...
Comic book writer, film-maker, magazine publisher and festival curator Mark Millar is to the comic book world what Rupert Murdoch is to the media (only less evil). We speak to...
Artists & Designers: Fruit Tree Foundation Needs You! You may recall that last year the Fruit Tree Foundation brought together a stellar array of Scottish songwriting and recording talent to make an...
Fancy a bit of Literary Death Match?
The American singer/songwriter and guitarist — best known as the leading light behind alternative rock group Throwing Muses, as well as hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave — comes...
Literary Death Match is a concept that combines literature with a gameshow element and somehow manages to make the end result something other than appalling – in fact, it makes...
Richard Wiseman is Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at University of Hertfordshire. But before that, he was a professional magician. He describes this transition as “pretty straightforward”
Sleepers is an independent Australian publishing house formed in 2003, who have gained a reputation for quality writing, and quality events, specifically their Sleepers Salon nights. Coming to the other...
Novels, Poetry, Theatre, Television, Screenplays... what else can Des Dillon do? Stand-up comedy, that's what!
Unbound events happen every night between 14 to 29 August in the Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square Gardens as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. All events listed below are...
The Book Festival might finally worked out how to keep audiences at Charlotte square past teatime
Jeanette Winterson Adopted by Pentecostal working-class parents, Winterson claims that she was “not encouraged to be clever.” Contrary to all expectations, she left home at 16 after falling in love...
Richard McGregor Richard McGregor states that a major theme of his latest book is “secrecy”. Having spent two decades reporting in Asia, the Financial Times’ China bureau chief has teased...
