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BooksEdinburgh 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 -
BooksEdinburgh 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 -
BooksEdinburgh 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 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Val McDermid
Val McDermid is one of the most successful crime writers in Scotland with 25 best selling novels and several literary rewards – she even has a stand at... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Hilary Mantel
The chair of this event, James Runcie, remarked at the start that Hilary Mantel had long been a literary secret, admired by writers and journalists but somew... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh’s event at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival was a variety box of delights, featuring readings from her latest book, a mini-masterclass ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Charles Fernyhough and Ben Marcus
An interesting discussion chaired by psychologist Jennifer Wild which considered the interplay between science and literature and their influences on each ot... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell
It’s a difficult proposition to ask the writer and illustrator of a children’s book to discuss their work in front of the kind of mixed-age audie... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: James Gleick
The first piece of information the audience learned at this event was that James Gleick’s surname is pronounced ‘Glick’. This was an event ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: David Bellos
For some reason, David Bellos has been listed as a Scot in the programme, but this is not the case, as he pointed out. He’s actually from England, but ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: David Lammy
Right from the start, David Lammy’s event at the Edinburgh Book Festival was a very personal affair. The MP for Tottenham, tipped by some as a future p... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Frank Cottrell Boyce & Andrew Motion
This event saw two ‘giants of the literary world’ discussing their latest works and their origins in two classic pieces of literature. Their &lsq... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Ned Beauman & Nick Harkaway
Free coffee was included in the price of seeing Ned Beauman and Nick Harkaway discuss their recently released sophomore novels and this was a welcome additio... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Alice Oswald
The poet Alice Oswald’s event was a real set piece, as she read out her book length poem Memorial in its entirety. This took around an hour and a ... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: John Crace and John Sutherland
'The Two Johnnies', as John Sutherland explained they call themselves, appear regularly as a sort of literary double act. John Sutherland is a respected acad... Read more »| 17 Aug 2012