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Former Lothian and Borders’ detective launches debut novel
Former Lothian and Borders’ detective Peter Ritchie’s debut novel is now available on Amazon and already positive customer reviews have taken the book to...
Copies of WWI literary magazine donated to Edinburgh Napier University
Original copies of a magazine edited by poet Wilfred Owen while he recovered from shell shock in Scotland have been found after a near...
Blind novelist Gordon Anthony at McDonald Road Library
Blind novelist Gordon Anthony is speaking at a free 'Meet the Author' event in Edinburgh's McDonald Road Library on Tuesday .
Gordon, who lives in...
Edinburgh’s train robbery link
EDINBURGH’S GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY CONNECTION
Edinburgh, The Burnbake Trust and The Highland Tolbooth Church are all mentioned in two new books called ’101 Interesting Facts...
Murrayburn Primary School welcomes author Ciaran Murtagh
Generation Green Book Club at Murrayburn Primary School rolled out the red carpet for writer Ciaran Murtagh who is photographed along with children from...
Family fun on board the PlayTalkRead bus
Young children and their parents are invited to climb on board the PlayTalkRead bus ‘Benji’ as it visits Edinburgh.
Designed to help encourage parents and...
Robert Burns – Address to Edinburgh
Robert Burns wrote this poem shortly after he arrived in the capital in November 1786.
It is written in English Augustan verse, which was a...
Rare book sells for double estimated value in Edinburgh
A rare private and incomplete copy of T. E. Lawrence’s book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, valued at £20,000 was sold at Lyon &...
Commander Hadfield lands in Edinburgh
Commander Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who we all came to love so much when he was in charge of the International Space Station...
The Favourite Scottish Novel is Revealed
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh has emerged as the winner of Book Week Scotland’s poll to find the favourite Scottish novel of the last 50...
More delights from the mystery book sculptor
The anonymous artist responsible for the mysterious paper book sculptures that have been gifted to various literary institutions in Edinburgh has been hard at...
Book Choices for World Book Night 2014
The choices for the 2014 World Book Night, when publishers go a little mad and give away books for free, have now been made....
Book Week Scotland starts next week
With only just under a week to go until Scotland’s second national celebration of books and reading, communities across the country are gearing up...
Terry Butcher receives warm welcome from Hibs’ fans at Erich Schaedler book launch
Terry Butcher received a warm welcome from Hibs’ fans when he made a surprise appearance at the ‘Erich Schaedler’ book launch at Easter Road...
‘Shades – The short life and tragic death of Erich Schaedler’ by Colin Leslie
Last week the Edinburgh Reporter featured the recently published book ‘Crops’ by Tom Wright which highlights the career of Hibs’ legend Alex Cropley, and...
Edinburgh author Peter Mackie publishes new book
Edinburgh writer, Peter Mackie has just produced his latest book ”The Last Thing Before the Apocalypse” published by the leading mental health publisher chipmunkapublishing.
The...
‘Crops: The Alex Cropley Story’ with Tom Wright
The doom and gloom surrounding Easter Road since Wednesday’s defeat to Hearts was replaced with memories of a happier time last night as several...
Man charged with three alleged bogus workmen incidents
Police in Edinburgh have arrested and charged a 22-year-old man in connection with three alleged bogus workman incidents that have happened in the Capital.
In...
Children’s Book Competition – Win a signed copy of Breaking the Spell by Lari...
There is going to be a Live Internet Storytelling Relay next week on Halloween. The event is invitation only and being staged at BBC...
Beacons From Bards: Stories on Climate Change
Beacons: Stories for our not so distant future is a short story collection exploring the impact of climate change on our future.
Celebrate this collection...
Seven Edinburgh winners in national writing competition
Seven Edinburgh residents who penned stories about their most treasured possessions for a national writing competition have had their submissions chosen to be published...
New UNESCO City of Literature announced
The world’s seventh UNESCO City of Literature has been announced today. Krakow, widely regarded as Poland’s cultural capital, has joined Edinburgh, the creator of...
Dive into Book Week Scotland
To launch Book Week Scotland, divers read to the sharks at Deep Sea World
Building on the success of last year's inaugural Book Week Scotland,...
The Fabulous Baker Boys – The Greatest Strikers Scotland Never Had
The eagerly anticipated book, ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys – The Greatest Strikers Scotland Never Had ‘by Tom Maxwell , highlighting the lives of two...
Irvine Welsh to Promote ‘Filth’ at Easter Road
Acclaimed Edinburgh author and lifelong Hibs’ fan Irvine Welsh will be holding a question and answer session in The Gallery Bar/Restaurant in Easter Road’s...
Celebrating 30 years of Edinburgh International Book Festival
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 30 YEARS WITH A HEADY COCKTAIL OF FACT AND FICTION
The Edinburgh International Book Festival finished the public programme of events...
Rupert Everett confirms boycott of Sochi Winter Olympics
Yesterday, at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, actor Rupert Everett revealed that he will boycott the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia along...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Major new poetry prize announced
MAJOR NEW POETRY PRIZE FOR YOUNG SCOTTISH POETS ANNOUNCED AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Details of a major new poetry prize for young Scottish poets...
Have you tried the Edinburgh Bookshops App yet?
Edinburgh has a great collection of bookshops and they can now be found all in one place with a free iPhone Bookshop App. Locals...
New app explores Literary Edinburgh – Review
Independent television and digital media production company purpleTV this week launched a smartphone app celebrating Edinburgh’s status as UNESCO City of Literature.
The Edinburgh Book...
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