Tag: Denise Mina
Look forward to the middle of summer for the Solas Festival
Solas, Scotland’s midsummer festival, is an all-age weekend-long celebration of the arts. Designed to entertain, inspire and challenge, artists and audiences come together to collaborate at the beautiful site of The Bield at Blackruthven,...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014 – crime writers
Scotland seems to breed outstanding crime writers, but other countries are catching up fast - from Norway to Niagara Falls, new talent is emerging everywhere. And crime fiction has at last become a respected...
Val McDermid on top form at the Central Library
'My life', says Val McDermid, 'is a testament to the power of books: they made me.'
This may well be true, but Val has also made quite a few books herself. Prodigious writer, frequent broadcaster, entertaining...
Elsewhere launched at Book Festival
The Minister for Culture, Fiona Hyslop, today launched a programme of brand new writing celebrating the best of Scottish, international and children’s words and ideas at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. With the support...