Tag: Edinburgh International Book Festival

Witi Ihimaera, one of New Zealand's leading novelists, short story writers and filmmakers will make his first appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year as part of NZ at Edinburgh 2014New Zealand’s...

The official programme for this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014 was launched this morning. Almost trumped by JK Rowling's announcement of her support for the No camp in the Independence Referendum, but at...

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 today with appearances from William Dalrymple, Margaret Atwood and Neil...

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 were announced at a launch at the Edinburgh International Book...

PAPER BIRD SCULPTURES FREE TO FLY AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL A delivery of 30 paper birdcages from the anonymous Edinburgh Book Sculptor surprised the Edinburgh International Book Festival Staff yesterday.  Tipped off by a...

Nick Cope is a children’s’ songwriter and performer who was appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as part of the festivals ‘Making Music’ strand, celebrating the joy and importance of singing and song...

First Minister will join William McIlvanney on stage at Edinburgh International Book FestivalOrganisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival announced today that the First Minister, Alex Salmond, will join William McIlvanney on stage on Friday...

More of John Preece's lovely photos from the Edinburgh International Book Festival.... John Preece has done a sterling...

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 app is one of a suite of purpleTrails City Adventure...

At a ceremony in the very august surroundings of the Signet Library accompanied by champagne and pastries the Edinburgh International Book Festival launched its programme for 2013. In a packed programme of over 700 events,...

 ScottishPower Swap Shop reaches out to 5,000 schoolchildren to mark fifth anniversary of ScottishPower Swap Shop,Children across Scotland are set to take part in the country’s biggest book swap when thousands of kids exchange...

Freelance writer and photographer Kari Herbert will be appearing at the launch of her latest title  'Heart of the Hero' this evening at Edinburgh Bookshop on Bruntsfield Place.Herbert, the daughter of pioneering polar explorer Sir Wally...

The Edinburgh International Book Festival ended tonight with the inaugural Fred Hood Memorial Lecture delivered by journalist and broadcaster John McCarthy. Over the 17 days of the Book Festival, Charlotte Square Gardens welcomed six of...

William Letford has worked as a roofer, on and off, since he was fifteen years old. When his poetry appeared in Carcanet’s New Poetries V anthology last year, he won widespread acclaim. His charismatic...

Scottish publisher Floris Books revealed author Tracy Traynor as the winner of their annual Scottish children’s fiction prize, the Kelpies Prize, on Friday. The announcement was made at a packed ceremony at the Edinburgh...

(Karen Howlett writes the lovely Cornflower Books which is all about 'books and other good things'.) Back to the Book Festival today to hear Professor John Sutherland talking about fiction with reference to the personalities and predilections...

It numbered Sir Winston Churchill, the Beatles, Laurel and Hardy, Mae West, Alice Cooper, Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger among its guests.  It turned away Hollywood mega-star Charlton Heston and members of the...

An event featuring a crime fiction writer and a professor of forensic anthropology would not immediately strike you as a possible comedy double-act, but this Wellcome Trust event was one of the funniest hours...

Twelve months to the day since the mysterious paper sculptures were dropped off at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, the anonymous sculptor has visited the Festival...

The latest well kent face to arrive in the Charlotte Square Garden today is former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. His session is a complete sell-out and people have been queuing for returns most of...

There was nothing wrong with what AL Kennedy said at all, just that it was a bit difficult to hear anything she said, owing to the traffic, the large fan at the rear of...

Three Edinburgh Napier students are coming to the Book Festival on Wednesday to try and popularise their poetry. The new event which they are launching is called Impro Slam and will demand quick responses...

Was there a cover up over the Lockerbie Bomber?“Eight senior Scottish judges got it wrong, but the question is why? It is not because of a lack of intellectual skills”, said Hans Köchler this...

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...

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...

Ian Rankin celebrates 25 years of Rebus as well as giving a sneak preview of his new novel; poet Alice Oswald gives a rare reading of Memorial, her reimagining of Homer’s Iliad; and Scottish...

The McDonald Road Library in Leith is offering budding Edinburgh playwrights an opportunity to grab a place at its free ‘How to be a Playwright’ event. The course was a sell-out event at this year’s Edinburgh...

Creative Scotland is delighted to announce that award winning poet and author, Jackie Kay, has been awarded the 2011 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year, in partnership with Creative Scotland, for her...

17 days of homage to books and authors starts today in Charlotte Square. We have to hope that the rain will not have turned the garden into Edinburgh's answer to Glastonbury, and are sure that...

Creative Scotland, the national body for the arts, screen and creative industries, is delighted to announce that this year’s Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year category winning titles are now available to...