Tag: Books
Writers Conference revived after 50 years at Edinburgh International Book Festival
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has announced the delegates who will attend sessions in the Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference this August. The Edinburgh events of this worldwide conference, which is an ambitious programming partnership...
Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif to come the Book Festival
EMINENT EGYPTIAN WRITER AHDAF SOUEIF CONFIRMS HER APPEARANCE AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Following concerns that Ahdaf Soueif would be unable to leave Egypt due to the current political situation, the Edinburgh International Book Festival announced today that the...
Edinburgh Leads Shortlist for Scottish Children’s Book Awards
Picture by Gareth Easton PhotographyIt seems only yesterday we were at a star studded awards ceremony in Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre hearing the results of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2011, but actually it was...
The launch of new children’s play adaptation of “Treasure Island”
Merchiston Publishing launched a play by Lynn Brittney, "Treasure Island", yesterday. The adaptation of the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson is aimed at children between the ages of nine and twelve and contains illustrations from local primary school children. The...
CHAS get a preview of a new book
Families staying at Rachel House Children’s Hospice, run by Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) were given special preview of Merchiston Publishing’s new book ‘Treasure Island: A Play’. Rosie Howie from Merchiston Publishing, the in-house publishing...
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards – vote in June
Twenty titles shortlisted for Scotland’s largest literary prize
Twenty authors have been shortlisted to win £30,000 in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2012, in partnership with Creative Scotland.
Spread across four categories - Fiction,...
Rachel Caine: The World of Vampires and Demon Turtles
Rachel and Fang - the demon turtle and tour mascot
Rachel in signing mode
It all started with a lamp. Unlike Aladdin and his famous Genie this lamp was more ordinary. It was merely a street...
Janey Louise Jones book reading
Every wee girl believes she should be a princess – and so do some grown-ups! Edinburgh writer Janey Louise Jones also believes in fairies and she’s is launching a new series of both her...
Review: Children’s Book and App – The Witch of the East
The Witch of the East is the first book from Edinburgh-based author, Mark Boyde, to be published and is part of his saga, The Tales of Mordekai Hagg. The book has been released as...
Healthy Reading on offer at the city libraries
A range of books and resources to help young people cope with mental health issues is being launched at Oxgangs Library tomorrow to coincide with International Children’s Mental Health Day.
The event is aimed at...
Nominations for Walter Scott Prize announced
The shortlist for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction has been announced recently by the Duke of Buccleuch, at the launch of the Borders Book Festival programme in Melrose. Our photo shows...
Children’s author Cathy Cassidy coming to Edinburgh in April
Children's author Cathy Cassidy is appearing in Edinburgh on 28 April 2012 at 2.30 p.m at Waterstone's George Street.
She has written The Chocolate Box Girls which are five irresistible books about five very different...
Book published by Edinburgh author marks 30th anniversary of Falklands War
Edinburgh author and former Royal Marine, Brigadier Ian Gardiner, will be signing his book The Yompers at Waterstone's George Street on Monday 2 April 2012 which is the 30th anniversary of the start of...
Local Musician in Global Book Project
Edinburgh musician Alastair Kilpatrick was recently part of a very international project – where authors from across the world wrote a series of stories inspired by an album of tracks by artists from across...
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards Showcase
Last Thursday The Reporter went to the Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Award Showcase, celebrating the work of eight writers awarded money and mentors to support their work during 2010-11.
Since winning the award, four...
Richard Holloway launches his memoir in Edinburgh
Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh and widely respected thinker, writer and broadcaster launched his long-awaited memoir "Leaving Alexandria" in a Canongate Books public event in Edinburgh this weekend hosted by BBC Radio 4's...
Scottish Children’s Book Awards – The Results
The three winners of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2011 were announced at a prize giving ceremony in Edinburgh today. 600 children from across Scotland visited the Lyceum Theatre this afternoon to find out...
Judges announced for Fiction Prize
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark and University of St Andrews Principal Louise Richardson have become judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, which awards £25,000 to the author of the best historical novel...
Write for the Sick Kids
Whether you’re a published author, a would-be poet or a brickie with a passion for the written word, The Sick Kids Friends Foundation wants you to get your creative juices flowing.
The Borders Writers’ Forum...
Little Shop of Horrors 31 October 2011
Little Shop of Horrors takes place on Monday 31st October, promising a night of spooky tales read by both established and emerging writers and storytellers. The event will be hosted by Steve Rapaport, proprietor...
The Scottish Storytelling Festival this week
By Marie Montondo
In world where high-tech entertainment is the norm, some think that oral storytelling is a mostly extinct art form, outdated and irrelevant in this day and age. A trip to The Scottish...
Book Talk – an online book club
Scottish Book Trust has launched an exciting new venture designed to get book lovers from all over Scotland talking about their favourite topic.
Book Talk is an online community that allows people who love books...
British mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick comes to Edinburgh
Straight from his latest epic on Norway’s Troll Wall, Andy sets out on fourth speaking tour which will include a date in Edinburgh.
British mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick has a reputation for being extreme. He has...
West Port Book Festival – You have been bugged…
by Sonja Bettina Klein
Everyone has been on a bus at least once in their lives wondering what the person sitting behind was talking about on the phone. It is in the inquisitive nature of...
West Port Book Festival
by Sonja Bettina Klein
"What are you all doing here?" was the question Stuart Campbell posed at the beginning of his reading at the West Port Book Festival today. Within seconds he had the audience...
West Port Book Festival – Luke Williams & William Letford
by Sonja Bettina Klein
Book festivals are about books and poems, obviously. But they are also about the people who write and tell the stories and poems. Yesterday at the West Port Book Festival, Luke...
Audio – Interview with Peggy Hughes of West Port Book Festival
The West Port Book Festival is running for the fourth year this weekend until Sunday 16 October 2011. The programme runs all afternoon and into the evening. Tickets can be obtained from Peter Bell...
Edinburgh schoolgirl wins Young Writers Award 2011
An Edinburgh schoolgirl has come one step closer to her dream of becoming the Next Big Thing in Scottish writing, after being named as the winner of a Scottish Book Trust Young Writers Award.
Chloe...
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 on Thursday 13 October 2011 at The West Port Book...
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 full programme has now been announced and we have made...
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