Tag: Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Ellie Harrison and Jemma Neville – A Tale of Two...
We are living in anxious times.
From major issues like Brexit and climate change to personal worries about relationships, money, health and isolation, few of us sleep well at nights. And this, says Jemma...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – Day 17, 26th August
Awwww..... My in-boxes have all gone silent....... Oh, well.
So, they thought it was all over... Well, they're all all over. Until next year. Although we are expecting the Christmas and Hogmanay launches soon......
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – turns out we did need new stories
With a debut Palestinian author topping the best-selling books list, and with eight of the top ten best-selling books written by women, The Edinburgh International Book Festival’s most diverse public programme came to a...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 : How To Be A Writer For Life
Lauren James is only 27 but she’s already a highly successful author. Her books include The Quiet at the End of the World, The Starlight Watchmakers and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. She...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 : Gerda Stevenson and Bill Hare
When Bill Hare came to choose a cover for his new book Scottish Artists in an Age of Radical Change, he was a bit stuck. If he chose one of the artists he had...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – Day 12, 21st Aug
Another day, another raft of authors taking to the grey carpet. Mariella Frostrup has to take the award for the 'Cheeriest Person in the World' as she smiled and laughed her way through the...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – mixing whisky with books #BalvenieStories
It is always a pleasure to go to a whisky tasting, but perhaps only improved by mixing of a little literature with your dram.
The book we heard extracts from is called Pursuit - the...
Edinburgh International Book Festival : Home/Less
Val McDermid is not known for mincing her words – and there are many words not to be minced when it comes to the parlous state of Britain’s housing situation.
One sixth of the...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 : Juno Dawson
I think it’s safe to say that Amanda Block likes this book.
The Edinburgh-based literary consultant is talking about Juno Dawson’s latest novel Meat Market, the story of a working class girl who is...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 4, 13th August
Day 4 and a second day in succession at the EIBF. A few more well kent faces this time around. From an Olympic Champion and an MSP to an archaeologist and a physicist. An...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 3, 12th Aug
And, we're off! Or, at least, we are. The EIBF kicked off on Saturday, but, hey, there's only one of me....
And it was the usual fair. An extra and two no shows. At least...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – Cathy Newman
The theme of this year's Book Festival is "We Need New Stories". And nobody knows that any better than someone like Cathy Newman who co-anchors Channel 4 News.
It was a fierce night in...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – new stories for younger audiences
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has a large section devoted to younger audiences. Continuing the theme of We Need New Stories this part of the programme has been stocked with authors new and established...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019
The sun shone on Charlotte Square Gardens as the EIBF launched its 2019 theme earlier today.
Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival was joined by Roland Gulliver, Associate Director and Janet Smyth,...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019: The Baillie Gifford Schools Programme
Communities come in many forms. A school; a housing development; a hospital; a village; a religious group; even an online forum - all might be communities, but equally they might not. Proximity by itself...
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