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UnboundEdinburgh International Book Festival 2012 – An Introduction
Last year at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, James Robertson aired his Megrahi conspiracy, former CIA officer Michael Scheuer was heckled by a pro... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
BooksCurmudgeonly Critic: Mark Kermode @ The Edinburgh Book Festival 2011
The good doctor, Mark Kermode, entertains his devoted fans at the launch of his new book, The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex, at the closing weekend of Edinburgh Book Festival 2011 Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
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Literary Death Match: Let's Get Ready To, Um, Read!
Fancy a bit of Literary Death Match? Read more »| 09 Aug 2011 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Yorkston vs Rankin!
Singer, songwriter and Fence Collective member James Yorkston will be interviewed by Ian Rankin. Need we say more? Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Mr Gray, His Life and His Play
Artist, novelist and playwright (amongst many other things) Alasdair Gray has two events at the Book Festival this year. We caught up with the man himself for a quiet word about what to expect Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
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Unbound: Kristin Hersh
The American singer/songwriter and guitarist — best known as the leading light behind alternative rock group Throwing Muses, as well as hardcore punk-i... Read more »| 03 Aug 2011
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Lots To Do and See
Perhaps too much to do and see? Want to see something at the Book Festival, but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, we’ve broken it all down into event types to make it easier to digest. That’s the theory, anyway Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
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The Ways of Richard Wiseman
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” Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
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Sleepers – Word Wizards From Oz
Sleepers is an independent Australian publishing house formed in 2003, who have gained a reputation for quality writing, and quality events, specifically the... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Des Dillon Goes Eclectic
Novels, Poetry, Theatre, Television, Screenplays... what else can Des Dillon do? Stand-up comedy, that's what! Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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James Yorkston – It's Lovely To Be Here
Fans of singer-songwriter James Yorkston won’t have been too surprised to hear that the Fife dweller and sometime Fence Collective dabbler had become a... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
UnboundThe Paris Review, Interviewed
The Paris Review is perhaps the best of all literary journals, and almost certainly the most reader-friendly (yes Granta, even including you) due to its emph... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Unbound 2011: What's On
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 FREE and unticketed. To get in, simply turn up and walk in. All events start at 9pm so arrive early to get a seat and the bar will be open until 1am. The Unbound section of the Book Festivals is kindly supported by the Scottish Government's Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Welcome to Unbound 2011
Unbound is back at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for 2011, offering up another free programme of late night performance, music and literature in the Charlotte Square Spiegeltent. Programme Manager Roland Gulliver introduces the guide to this year's line-up Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Love's Rebellious Joy – A Tribute to Paul Reekie
Irvine Welsh and the Subway Sect's Vic Godard pay tribute to the memory of Paul Reekie, while Gordon Legge shares a new piece of writing in honour of Scotland's most maverick man of letters Read more »| 30 Jun 2011