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Open Rhodes: Dan Rhodes in Interview
Dan Rhodes chats with us about mainstream acceptance, mellowing with age, and what to expect from his Jura Unbound event Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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Super-Powered: Comics and Graphic Novels at Jura Unbound
The debate about the legitimacy of comics as an art form is over. As Literary Death Match and Illicit Ink prepare comics-themed events for Jura Unbound, we celebrate the rise and rise of sequential art Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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Three Decades of Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival is celebrating its 30 year anniversary and Jura Unbound is getting in on the action. We spoke to the organisers of three events reflecting upon a specific decade and one that encompasses all three Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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Jura Unbound 2013: An Introduction
It is 2013 and the Edinburgh International Book Festival is celebrating its 30th birthday. If the Book Festival is the respectable adult of Charlotte Square ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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Unbound 2013: Events Listings
Be Unbound every night of the Edinburgh International Book Festival in the Guardian Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens. Events start at 9pm, and are free and unticketed. Best get there early if you want a seat Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
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Discover a World, in Words: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 10-26 Aug
Every August the Edinburgh International Book Festival takes place in Charlotte Square Gardens, a leafy green space just a stone’s throw from views of ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Irvine Welsh
When Doug Johnstone opened Irvine Welsh's talk he acknowledged the difficulty of introducing an author that needs no introduction. And he doesn't - whil... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: John Burnside
John Burnside's appearance at The Edinburgh International Book Festival was instantly noteworthy for the fact that he was not here to discuss new or pas... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin’s work has kept the lives of many of the greatest writers in the public eye of the contemporary world. Her bestseller status is unusual ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Stuart McHardy and Gary West
When two authors are billed together there is, generally speaking, an obvious common factor in their work. Stuart McHardy's The Pagan Symbols of the Picts an... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: A National Literature?
Outside, the rain was hammering onto the big tent; inside, things were getting pretty stormy too. The theme was national literature, and Irvine Welsh kicked ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: James Kelman with Liz Lochhead
At times, James Kelman and Liz Lochead’s contribution at the Book Festival wasn’t so much a performance as a fireside chat. Kelman read a mesmeri... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Carol Ann Duffy
Amid soggy cagoules and banjaxed brollies, Carol Ann Duffy warmed up a driech morning in Auld Reekie. The event began with music from John Sampson, who perfo... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman is like the teacher you didn’t want to mess with at school. His audience sat up straight and paid attention as he delivered a lesson on t... Read more »| 30 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Luke Harding
Luke Harding had been working as the Guardian’s Moscow correspondent for four years when Russia refused to renew his press credentials. Stopped at Mo... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012