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The West Port Book Festival – Emily Dodd
Emily Dodd is an Edinburgh poet and published author who is quietly gaining an appreciative following in the capital and beyond. She is appearing...
Five things to see at the West Port Book Festival 2011
The West Port Book Festival is running from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 October 2011. Boasting a range of interesting venues and events, the...
Edinburgh Author Shortlisted for Scottish Children’s Book Awards
Local writer Nicola Morgan is one of 9 authors to be shortlisted for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2011, the Scottish Book Trust announced...
Green Pencil Award launched
The City of Edinburgh Council has launched the fourth Green Pencil Award, a creative writing competition with an environmental theme open to all P4-7...
Jackie Kay wins Scottish Book of the Year
Creative Scotland is delighted to announce that award winning poet and author, Jackie Kay, has been awarded the 2011 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book...
Five things to see at The Edinburgh International Book Festival
It may be that some events are already sold out, although you can queue for returns, but in any event here is our choice...
Focus on Piershill Library
It’s summertime and the reading is easy... I went on a visit to Piershill Library to hear about the latest offers from Edinburgh City...
Kelpies Prize 2011 shortlist announced
A golem on Corstorphine Hill, mermaids lost in the Clyde and demons on the loose in Edinburgh Parallel are just some of the problems...
Book of the Year candidates now available to blind
Creative Scotland, the national body for the arts, screen and creative industries, is delighted to announce that this year’s Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book...
2011 Book of the Year Shortlist includes Edinburgh-based Stewart Conn
Four talented authors, including one who is Edinburgh-based, have been shortlisted for Scotland’s largest literary prize, the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the...
Never Give Up! – Social History Group launches book on North Edinburgh activism
by Dave Pickering
For some, the names Muirhouse, Drylaw and Pilton conjure up images of run-down housing schemes, drugs and violence but a group of...
National Library Puts Banned Books in the Spotlight
The National Library of Scotland hopes to provide a revealing insight into some of the most controversial material ever written by displaying a series...
Luke Williams – The Echo Chamber
34-year-old Scottish author Luke Williams launched his debut novel “The Echo Chamber” last month. He chose the Word Power Bookshop on West Nicholson Street...
Gaelic gone digital at the National Library
An online collection of Gaelic literature is proving to be a big hit, clocking up hundreds of thousands of downloads since its launch.
The National...
Getting out of Edinburgh – Borders Book Festival
The Borders Book Festival runs from 16-19 June 2011 in the Harmony Garden in Melrose. A day pass for 2 adults and up to...
Chris Brookmyre Book Launch
Scottish author Chris Brookmyre launched his new book at The Caves in Edinburgh on Wednesday night.
Almost a decade and a half has gone by...
Consultation on Draft Gaelic Language plan
The National Library of Scotland has put its draft Gaelic Language Plan out for consultation prior to its submission to Bòrd na Gàidhlig at...
“David Hume: Philosopher and Historian” – talk on 25 May
"Hume's contemporaries knew him as a historian as well as a philosopher. His massive History of England was and remained a best-seller for half...
Edinburgh Reporter chats – Nicola Morgan
The Reporter met up with Edinburgh author, Nicola Morgan at the home of writing and writers, The Elephant House for an early coffee. But...
300th birthday celebrated in Edinburgh
Books and papers relating to Scotland’s most celebrated philosopher, David Hume, go on display today at the National Library of Scotland, 300 years after...
Happy Birthday David Hume – 300 years old today….
The 300th anniversary of the birth of the revered Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume is being marked by a fascinating new...
Edinburgh Reporter in conversation with Ali George
We caught up again with Edinburgh novelist and blogger, as well as Edinburgh Reporter contributor, Ali George. Ali is currently coming towards the end...
New developments at Central Library
Edinburgh's Central Library is embarking upon a brand new chapter this week as work begins to adapt the building to fit 21st century needs...
Edinburgh Reporter in conversation with Ali George
We caught up with Edinburgh novelist and blogger, as well as Edinburgh Reporter contributor, Ali George. Ali is currently coming towards the end of...
Morningside Library set for refurbishment
Morningside Library will close its doors this weekend to allow an exciting renovation programme to get under way.
The revamp was shaped by the views...
Alice in Wonderland Treasures at the National Library of Scotland
A rare first issue of the first edition of the children’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and original costume visuals from a new Scottish...
Secret of the Sands inspired by John Murray Archive
Visiting the National Library of Scotland's John Murray Archive gave Scottish writer Sara Sheridan a novel idea for a new book.
Sara was inspired to...
The 2010 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s Books
Glasgow’s Tramway Theatre underwent a transformation yesterday. The metamorphosis saw the state-of-the-art venue in the city’s South side become a virtual circus, complete with...
Restaurant review: Cruising along at Ratho
by Nigel Duncan
It was a bitter night. The thermometer had plunged to minus 7C. It had been snowing and the roads were treacherous. Not...
My Life in Books – BBC Two programme in run up to World Book...
In the two week run-up to World Book Night, Anne Robinson will be hosting a daily new chat show for BBC Two Daytime –...
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