Record number of visitors pass through the gates of Charlotte Square Gardens…
Author of Slavery Inc. shines a light on the brutal reality of human trafficking…
Padgett Powell and Fiona MacCarthy announced as winners of the prestigious James Tait Black prizes…
Howard Jacobson, the man described by the Guardian as “one of the great sentence builders of all time”…
Paul Broda is a man with a particularly fascinating family history. Speaking to Tam Dalyell…
Man Booker Prize-winning novelist, Ian McEwan, likened writing a novel to getting married when he spoke last night…
At the the final day of the 2012 Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference…
China Miéville leads a passionate debate about the future of the novel…
The fourth day at the Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference saw an impassioned debate on censorship in the internet age…
On the third day of the Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh led a discussion about the impact of national identity…
Jen Hadfield scoops top poetry prize with atmospheric poem The Kids…
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Best-selling author thrills sell-out audience with tales from his childhood…
Second installment of Galloway's memoir scoops top prize for Scottish writing…
Opening Edinburgh World Writers' Conference debate questions the politics of literature…
Several more beautiful paper sculptures are found in Charlotte Square Gardens…
Genetic expert Alistair Moffat told Book Festival audience how all Scots were briefly English and that porridge was responsible for a population boom…
Gordon Brown gives first thoughts on Scottish Independence at Book Festival…
Lockerbie trial observer suggests international government cover up over bomber conviction…
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