Tag: The Edinburgh International Book Festival
Jesus and Mary Chain brothers’ rows broke their mother’s heart
Jesus and Mary Chain brothers Jim and William Reid have told how their rift broke their mother's heart - and how she helped bring them back together.
The siblings from East Kilbride formed the cult...
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is moving from Charlotte Square
Think of the Book Festival and you will undoubtedly think of Charlotte Square. Well, not this year.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is moving to the Edinburgh College of Art on Lauriston Place in...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2016 – James Kelman ***
James Kelman took to the Baillie Gifford marquee on Sunday to discuss his most recent publication, Dirt Road, an event chaired by the BBC’s Scottish Political Editor, Brian Taylor. Plugging his new novel, one...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2016 – Rupert Thomson ****
Discussing Katherine Carlyle, his most recent novel, Rupert Thomson was present at the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Spiegeltent for a dreadful slot of 10:15am on a Sunday morning. Despite the timing, there was a...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Alex Bell and Dominic Hinde ****
Political journalists Alex Bell and Dominic Hinde hit the ground running at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with fighting talk and a political platform discussing where Scotland goes from here.
Chaired by political author and journalist David...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015 begins tomorrow!
Now even if you can't get along to Charlotte Square you may be able to keep up with what's happening there.
In a collaboration with BBC Arts, ten events from the 2015 Book Festival will...