Tag: Books
SCOTLAND THE BEST 100 Places
Pete Irvine may be known as the man who first brought us Edinburgh's Hogmanay, but he is also an author.
SCOTLAND THE BEST 100 Places is an eclectic and very personal mix of the most...
Mother Tongue Other Tongue
Linguistic Award for young Edinburgh Poets
The multilingual talents of budding young poets from two Edinburgh schools were celebrated at a prestigious award ceremony in Glasgow.
Students from The Royal High School and George Heriot’s used...
Win a signed copy of Alan Cumming’s new book here!
The Scottish actor who has made it to Broadway, winning a Tony along the way among many awards, and who wowed us during the 2016 Festival with his show at The Hub, is also...
2016 Saltire Society Book of the Year
2016 Saltire Society Book of the Year is “..visionary and profound” poetry collection
A poetry collection by Stirling University Professor Kathleen Jamie has beaten off stiff competition from publications ranging from a true life thriller...
Edinburgh author in the running for a Novella Award
Edinburgh author Christina Neuwirth, 26, has been shortlisted for the literary Novella Award run by Manchester Metropolitan University for her short novel Amphibian.
This is the third year that the Novella Award has been offered. It aims...
Independent and Radical Book Fair 28 – 31 October
The 20th Edinburgh Independent and Radical Book Fair takes place at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall between 26 and 30 October.
The hall becomes a mecca for all forms of literature and is supported...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 29th August p.m.
So that's it over for another year - well closer to 50 weeks, but who's counting - and the final day saw a couple of big name political figures in the shape of Gordon...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 26th August p.m.
Another day of reschedules, no shows and a didn't know. Once again the staff tried their best, but.....
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 25th August p.m.
Another afternoon of 'no shows' at the allotted time, then all arriving at once. The poor press staff were running all over the place to try and find people. Did their best...... More than...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 24th August p.m. Pt. 2
Later on in the day we were visited round the back of the tent by Sir Vince Cable and another 'Man Booker Prize Nominee', Wyn Menmuir.
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 24th August p.m.
Another day, another gathering, this one a bit more avant garde when it came to timings, but, at least, they all turned up at some point.
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 22nd August p.m.
After a brief hiatus, we're back for more writers portraits and, at least, one gallery of images.O
Or, maybe two.....
Martha: Trinity Of The Chosen
Debut novel by Birmingham writer, musician, CS Evans has haunting Edinburgh beginnings and epilogue. Recently submitted to The University Of Edinburgh James Tait Black Prizes.
“I had scheduled everything; first stop would be Edinburgh. I...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16th August p.m.
For an unprecedented third day in a row our photographer attended the various photo calls at the EIBF. Highlights of today's list were Jackie Kay and Carol Ann Duffy , the current and previous,...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16th August
Another day, another tranche of authors. Frederick Forsyth and Edna O'Brien were the big names on the grey carpet today. Ian Rankin seemed to come along for the ride.
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 15th August, p.m.
Not quite as 'live' as the a.m. post, but much (much) busier.....
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 15th August, a.m.
It's that time of year again when the ER's photographer sets up camp in Charlotte Square gardens for a few days to bring some author imagery your way. This year we are going to...
Beyond Borders International Festival of Literature and Thought
Beyond Borders summer events programme will be hosted at Traquair House and several other venues across the Borders and Edinburgh from 27-28 August 2016.
The programme will include a number of art exhibitions and performing arts pieces. This year's...
Edinburgh writer shortlisted for major international writing award
Edinburgh-based writer Russell Jones has been shortlisted for a major international writing prize. The Half the World Global Literati Award comes with a prize of $50,000 for the winner, and a variety of $1000...
Secret Edinburgh Launch – Blackwells South Bridge – Thursday 2nd June 2016
Part of the Secret City series, Hannah Robinson introduced her new title, Secret Edinburgh, at Blackwell’s South Bridge last Thursday. The filmmaker and screenwriter gave us her insight to Edinburgh, selling copies of the...
Debut series of books by Edinburgh author Danny Scott
An action packed new series of six chapter books (10,000 words) by debut Edinburgh author Danny Scott is about to hit the shops.
The books follow the adventures of 10-year-old Calum Ferguson as he struggles to settle into a...
Spanish author Carlos Castán reads Don Quixote
Saturday 23rd April was a busy day for the book calendar - the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death and World Book Night.
At Summerhall that evening, however, Vamos Scotland organised a unique marathon reading of Miguel de...
Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowships for three Edinburgh writers
Edinburgh-based author Lucy Ribchester, poet and performer Rachel McCrum and journalist and non-fiction writer Claire Prentice have today been named by Scottish Book Trust as three of four recipients of a 2016 Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, involving a month-long writing...
Danny Weston – My Edinburgh Inspirations
Danny Weston is the Edinburgh-based author of four novels, and was today announced as the winner of the Older Readers (12-16 yrs) category of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2016 for his chilling novel The Piper. The Scottish...
Edinburgh-based author wins at The Scottish Children’s Book Awards
Danny Weston, the Edinburgh-based author of four novels, was today announced as the winner of the Older Readers (12-16 yrs) category of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2016,which celebrate the most popular children’s and young adult books...
Edinburgh International Book Festival Booked! – Irvine Welsh and ‘Begbie’
The hot ticket for April will almost certainly be the author Irvine Welsh along with actor Robert Carlyle (otherwise Francis Begbie in Transporting).
Welsh's novel was produced for the big screen by Danny Boyle and will be...
Terry Gilliam unveils neon sign in the Old Town
Former Python star Terry Gilliam is well-known for quoting Don Quixote and today he came to Edinburgh to unveil a 10 metre long neon sign with a quote about love just ahead of St...
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award 2016
And the good news is that over half of them are based in Edinburgh!
Six Edinburgh-based writers have come one step closer to having their work published, after being named today as the recipients of...
Maxine’s Story – A Novella by Peter Ritchie
Former Lothian and Borders Police detective Peter Ritchie has produced another story of crime and its consequences during two days in the life of a sex worker in Edinburgh.
Maxie Welsh works the streets of...
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