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BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Doug Johnstone & Laura Lippman
Doug Johnstone is one of the rising stars of Scottish thriller writing, his novels characterised by their realistic, nuanced portrayals or ordinary people in... Read more »| 19 Aug 2013 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Luke Wright & Michael Pedersen
Two poets who have made the leap from stage to page, defying the bias against performance poetry which still undeniably exists in the minds of academics and ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2013 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Denise Mina
For Denise Mina, writing crime fiction has always been a political choice. Her novels are deeply suffused with a yearning for social justice; her characters ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2013 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Neil Forsyth
Although he gained national fame in a recent TV adaptation (starring the actor Brian Cox, who also voiced the radio incarnation of Neil Forsyth's character),... Read more »| 19 Aug 2013 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Ian Rankin
After the release last year of Standing in Another Man's Grave, Rebus fans were thrilled to see the curmudgeonly detective back on the trail of killers, gang... Read more »| 19 Aug 2013 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Alasdair Gray
Predictably, the newspaper coverage of Alasdair Gray's talk at Edinburgh International Book Festival focuses on just a single word in a far-reaching and... Read more »| 19 Aug 2013
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Muriel Spark, 50 years on
A mostly silver-haired audience was in attendance at the Baillie Gifford Main Theatre on Tuesday evening for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Muriel ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2013 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: AL Kennedy, Toby Litt & Rachel Cusk
Hosted by Ian Jack, the chair of the Granta Best of Young British Novelists panel in 2003, the year AL Kennedy, Toby Litt and Rachel Cusk were all featured, ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2013 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Adam Marek & Rodge Glass
Adam Marek's second volume of short stories, Stone Thrower, has recently been published by Comma Press. Rodge Glass has recently written LoveSexTravelMusik, ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2013 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Mukesh Kapila
In recent years efforts have been made to bring to light the ongoing ethnic cleansing that has ravaged Sudan. Dave Eggers’ biographical novel of Valent... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Patrick Flanery & Philipp Meyer
The cult of Philipp Meyer has not quite made it across the pond yet at tonight’s two-thirds full Peppers Theatre. In the US Meyer has been making waves... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013 -
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Songs in the Key of Fife: Vic Galloway presents his love letter to the East Neuk
As he prepares to launch his insider's history of Fife's rich alternative musical history, we ask Vic Galloway why he wanted to tell this story, what makes The Fence Collective so special, and what he has planned for the Book Festival Read more »| 12 Aug 2013 -
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The Good Word: Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013
Edinburgh International Book Festival has grown to gargantuan proportions, showcasing hundreds of authors over sixteen days. Having thoroughly digested what’s on offer, we present to you our pick of the bunch Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
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Chris Ware: Building Worlds
Widely recognised as one of the most important voices in comics, Chris Ware will be at the Book Festival discussing his conceptually ambitious graphic novel Building Stories, as well as appearing in conversation with Joe Sacco Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
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Trollsong: Ljodahått
This group take their name from a verse form in Old Norse poetry. ‘Ljodahått’ can be roughly translated as ‘magic song’ or even... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013