Tag: Books
Forward Prize nominees appearing at Book Festival
Four of the six poets on the shortlist for The Forward Prize for Best Collection, announced this week, will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this summer. Although tickets for Nobel Laureate...
National Library of Scotland finds Flickr
The National Library of Scotland has contributed one of the biggest ever collections of photographs and images to Flickr's ‘The Commons’ – ensuring over 2000 of its archived
images become available world-wide.
The first collections released...
Library scheme at Saughton Prison wins Award
A library for prisoners was opened at HMP Saughton, Edinburgh, in November 2008, with the aim of enhancing prisoners’ lives, both as prisoners and on release. The results speak for themselves: just 18 months...
UNESCO City of Literature
Along with Melbourne and Iowa City the capital has been chosen for this honour. An independent charity has been set up to administer the project and you can find out more by...
Gliterary Lunches in the autumn
If you are looking for an enjoyable and stimulating event at which to entertain clients, or to get together with like minded friends, save the following dates in your diary. The girls will...
David Nicholls
The first few lines refer to Rankeillor Street in Edinburgh - which somehow smacks a little of Rebus.....
Anyway the NYT is kind enough to give you the first chapter which may be enough to...
Gliterary Lunches
There may still be some tickets left if you hurry.
What is a Gliterary Lunch? It is a good lunch with authors, books and friends.
You can learn more at www.gliterarylunches.com
The Edinburgh International Book Festival
Many world famous authors including our own coterie of revered Edinburgh-based writers will be at the event, reading from their books, signing copies and speaking to their fans.
Recommend a book!
It doesn’t have to be the best book you have ever read, but there should be something in it which you liked and which makes it one to pass on to your friends -...
Win a Sony E-Reader!
Then all you have to do is read a few books listed in the Tesco Bank Summer Read and then vote on them to have a chance of winning an electronic toy.
This is an...
The Huffington Post
(If the Huffpo is something new to you then it is now past time that you added it to your bookmarks. They have celebrity bloggers galore - and you can contact them direct by...
Meet the Author – The Chess Piece Magician
Come and meet the author, Douglas Bruton, and create your own island adventure! Ages: 8-12 Cost: Free Booking required: telephone 0131 225 7543
Julia Donaldson
This is a virtual event and you have to register for it in advance.
According to the Trust the preparations for it have been going on for quite some time now. Kate, the new children’s...
Moredun Library
By Ali George
The scheme is being piloted in the Liberton/Gilmerton area of Edinburgh with a view to expanding it across the city. The City Council’s Library Service is working together with the Children and...
The Woman who Thought Too Much
by Ali George
The woman speaking is poet Joanne Limburg. She looks like a Cambridge academic ought to:- slim, with glasses and mousy brown hair and nervous. Some might describe it as neurotic.
Limburg has just...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The classic novel is a great read whether you know Edinburgh or not, and also whether or not you have read the book before. It has survived the test of time and is as...
Ian Rankin
The author read it for the first time on 4th March 2010 at Edinburgh’s Caledonian Brewery when an auction of exclusive Rankin items and a raffle raised over £9,000 for the charity.
You can...
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