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Val McDermid: The Winter of Our Discontent
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Carmen Maria Machado: The Language of Violence
Jon McGregor: Writing Taken to Extremes
Amartya Sen: Home and Humanity
Scottish Publisher Showcase
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Extra Teeth: Words with Bite
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International Booker Prize: First Interview with the 2020 Winner
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Women in Politics: A Year of Reckoning
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Val McDermid: Portrait of a Criminal
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Anne Applebaum: Democracy Under Siege (2020 Event)
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Ross Benjamin & Daniel Kehlmann: When History Prefigures Our Own Times
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Arundhati Roy: Portal to a New World
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Ian Rankin: A Rebus for the Dark Times
Val McDermid & Jo Sharp: Shaping a Better Future
Hilary Mantel: Inside the Head of Thomas Cromwell
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Adania Shibli: When the Present is Haunted by the Past
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Sarah Moss: Unhappy Campers
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Allie Esiri: A Poem for Every Autumn Day, A Light in Dark Times
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Llama Drama with Allen Fatimaharan & Annabelle Sami
Rutger Bregman: There is Hope for the Human Race
Kirstin Innes: Who is Clio Campbell?
Jo Hunter & John Loughton: Power to the People
Closing Night: A Case For Hope
Selva Almada: Giving Voice to the Victims of Femicide
Stitched Together: Family, Friends and Dreaming Big with Laura Dockrill & Sara Ogilvie
Natalie Diaz & Ellen van Neerven: Voices of Indigenous Resistance
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Brit Bennett: How the Other Twin Lives
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Paul Mendez & Derek Owusu: Thorny Intersections
Ann Goldstein: Meet Elena Ferrante’s Translator
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Amelia Gentleman: Windrush – A Very British Betrayal
Anne Applebaum: Democracy Under Siege
Sharna Jackson & Robin Stevens: Super Sleuths
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Matt Haig: The Library of Second Chances
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Iain MacRitchie & Rich Thanki: Healing the Digital Divide
Colum McCann: An Infinity of Stories
Lola Olufemi & Minna Salami: Critical Reflections on Feminism
Shokoofeh Azar: After the Iranian Revolution
Frans Timmermans with Gordon Brown: The Way Forward for Europe
Samantha Power with Allan Little: What One Person Can Do
Susan Abulhawa: Grace in the Face of Violence
Magical Moggies with Philip Ardagh & Rob Biddulph
Kathleen Jamie, Chitra Ramaswamy & Amanda Thomson: Antlers of Water
Joshua Wong: Hong Kong’s Champion for Democracy
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Anthony Seldon & Peter Snowdon (2016 Event)
Howard Jacobson (2015 Event)
Highlights of the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival
David Millar (2016 Event)
William McIlvanney (2013 Event)
Mark Haddon (2016 Event)
James Kelman (2016 Event)
Paul Morley (2016 Event)
Billy Bragg (2016 Event)
Cara Ellison & Simon Parkin (2016 Event)
Michel Faber (2016 Event)
Sarah Howe & William Letford (2016 Event)
John Boyne & Simon Mayo (2016 Event)
Chris Packham (2016 Event)
Janet Ellis and Lorna Gibb (2016 Event)
Sam Baker & Carol Birch (2016 Event)
Gregor Fisher & Melanie Reid (2016 Event)
George The Poet (2015 Event)
Malcolm Rifkind (2016 Event)
Alexander Masters (2016 Event)
Edna O'Brien (2016 Event)
Mervyn King (2016 Event)
Jonathan Safran Foer (2016 Event)
Jonathan Safran Foer (2016 Event)
Joanne Harris (2015 Event)
Interview - Jussi Adler-Olsen (2015)
Julia Donaldson and Peter May (2015 Event)
Shami Chakrabarti with Kate Mosse (2015 Event)
Monica Cantieni and Sunjeev Sahota (2015 Event)
Leila Aboulela & Alessandro Gallenzi (2015 Event)
Johann Hari (2015 Event)
Viv Albertine with Ian Rankin (2015 Event)
Kate Tempest with Don Paterson (2015 Event)
Interview - David Crystal (2015)
Kirstin Innes (2015 Event)
Interview - Leila Aboulela & Alessandro Gallenzi (2015)
Interview - Monica Cantieni (2015)
Innu Poetry from the Canadian Tundra (2015 Event)
Museums and Libraries (2015 Event)
Interview - Ella Frances Sanders & Dominick Tyler (2015)
Ryan Gattis and Marlon James (2015 Event)
Chigozie Obioma & Simon Sylvester (2015 Event)
The Principle of Capitalism (2014 Event)
Jesse Jackson (2015 Event)
Julian Barnes (2015 Event)
Caroline Lucas (2015 Event)
Jussi Adler-Olsen (2015 Event)
Cédric Villani (2015 Event)
The Siobhan Dowd Trust Memorial Lecture: Matt Haig (2015 Event)
Interview - Innu Poetry from the Canadian Tundra (2015)
George the Poet (2015 Event)
Ghada Karmi (2015 Event)
SJ Watson (2015 Event)
Greg Proops (2015 Event)
Why I Call Myself a Feminist (2015 Event)
Val McDermid with Nicola Sturgeon (2015 Event)
Interview - Julia Donaldson and Peter May
Hyeonseo Lee (2015 Event)
Ella Frances Sanders & Dominick Tyler (2015 Event)
Paul Merton (2015 Event)
Interview - Elif Shafak (2015)
Aleksandar Hemon & Elif Shafak (2015 Event)
Interview - John Burnside & Jon Kalmar Stefansson (2015)
Jenny Erpenbeck with Michel Faber (2015 Event)
Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Erin Saltman & Åsne Seierstad with Lennie Goodings (2015 Event)
Interview - Helle Helle (2015)
Interview - David Reynolds (2015)
Jussi Adler-Olsen (2015 Event)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Bidisha (2015 Event)
Interview - Rory MacLean (2015)
Interview - Esther Gerritsen & Amy Mason (2015)
Interview - Joanne Harris (2015)
Etgar Keret & Alain Mabanckou (2015 Event)
Meera Syal (2015 Event)
John Burnside and Jon Kalman Stefansson (2015 Event)
Limmy (2015 Event)
The Siobhan Dowd Trust Memorial Lecture: Matt Haig (2015 Event)
Tom McCarthy (2015 Event)
What Is the 21st Century Doing to our Teenagers (2015 Event)
Interview - Ghada Karmi (2015)
Terry Waite (2015 Event)
The Literacy Revolution (2015 Event)
Making Meaning of the Voices (2014 Event)
Interview - Sophie McKenzie and Salla Simukka (2015)
Edwyn Collins & Grace Maxwell with Ian Rankin (2015 Event)
Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco - Essays (2015 Event)
Interview - Amit Chaudhuri (2015)
Malachy Tallack & Kathleen Winter (2015 Event)
Libraries in the Digital Age (2015 Event)
Esther Gerritsen & Amy Mason (2015 Event)
Joe Sumner & Evie Wyld (2015 Event)
Amit Chaudhuri (2015 event)
Blood and Secrets with Sophie McKenzie and Salla Simukka (2015 Event)
Has Psychiatry Silenced God? (2014 Event)
Interview - Malachy Tallack & Kathleen Winter (2015)
David Hare (2015 Event)
Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou (2015 Event)
David Crystal (2015 Event)
Alan Johnson (2015 Event)
Helle Helle (2015 Event)
Helen Macdonald (2014 Event)
Monica Cantieni & Sunjeev Sahota (2015 Event)
Interview - Sergio Gonzalez Rodriguez & Juan Villoro (2015)
Alan Cumming with Ian Rankin (2015 Event)
Interview - Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou (2015)
Rory MacLean (2015 Event)
Chen Guangcheng (2015 Event)
John Boyne (2015 Event)
David Reynolds (2015 Event)
Alasdair Gray (2014 event)
Interview - Bonnie Greer (2014)
Interview - Omid Djalili (2014)
Mai Al-Nakib & Tom Barbash (2014 event)
Omid Djalili (2014 event)
Leigh Bargudo and Maureen Johnson (2014 event)
Lynn Barber (2014 event)
EWWC Feature Film
Holly Baxter & Rhiannon Cosslett (2014 event)
John Gordon Sinclair (2014 event)
John Gordon Sinclair (2014 event)
Interview - Diana Gabaldon (2014)
Irma Kurtz (2014 event)
George RR Martin (2014 event)
Interview - Charlie and Robbie (2014)
Stripped Comic Fair Film 2013
Melissa Benn (2014 event)
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera (2014 event)
Nicholas Parsons (2014 event)
Martin Amis (2104 Event)
Charlie Adlard & Robbie Morrison (2014 event)
The Principle of Religion (2014 event)
Charlie Adlard and Robbie Morrison (2014 event)
William Fotheringham (2014 event)
Interview - Leigh and Maureen (2014)
Omid Djalili (2014 event)
Stripped Highlights Film 2013
Karl Ove Knausgaard (2014 event)
The Voices in Our Heads: Creating Characters in Fiction (2014 event)
David Peace (2014 event)
Billy Collins (2014 Event)
Michael Morpurgo (2014 event)
Interview - Billy Collins (2014)
Bonnie Greer (2014 event)
Bonnie Greer (2014 event)
Zakes Mda (2014 event)
Malala Yousafzai (2014 event)
Iain Mcwhirter (2014 event)
Interview - Melissa Benn (2014)
Diana Gabaldon (2014 event)
Gordon Brown (2014 event)
Interview - Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Cosslett (2014)
Maggie O'Farrell (2014 event)
The Moth (2014 event)
Highlights of the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Cosslett (2014 event)
Blake Morrison (2014 event)
Gerry Hassan & Lesley Riddoch (2014 event)
Diana Gabaldon (2014 event)
Interview - Karl Ove Knausgaard (2014)
Jenn Ashworth and Peggy Riley (2013 event)
Nadeem Aslam (2013 event)
Joe Sacco and Chris Ware (2013 event)
Stephen Collins & Tom Gauld (2013 event)
UNBOUND: Literary Death Match
Tracey Thorn (2013 event)
Chris Ware (2013 event)
Joe Sacco & Chris Ware (2013 event)
Kristen Iversen (2013 event)
Grant Morrison (2013 event)
Joe Sacco (2013 event)
Nate Silver (2013 event)
UNBOUND: Cargo Special Delivery
Jonathan Agnew (2013 event)
Damian Barr (2013 Event)
Salman Rushdie (2013 event)
UNBOUND: Electric Lit Orchestra
UNBOUND: Dummy Jim
Hadley Freeman (2013 event)
Robert Lewis (2013 event)
Amy Sackville and Evie Wyld (2013 event)
The Beano (2013 event)
The Sandman with Neil Gaiman (2013 event)
Jane Gardam (2013 event)
Kay Ryan (2013 event)
Susan Greenfield with Kirsty Wark (2013 event)
Tim Burgess with Ian Rankin (2013 event)
Jura Unbound: Literary Death Match (2013 event)
UNBOUND: Five Dials
UNBOUND: Words Per Minute
Tracy Chevalier (2013 event)
James Kakalios (2013 event)
Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (2103 event)
Bryan & Mary Talbot (2013 event)
Rupert Everett (2013 event)
Ma Jian (2013 event)
UNBOUND: The Paris Review
UNBOUND: The Golden Hour
Jura Unbound: Illicit Ink & Graphic Scotland (2013 event)
UNBOUND: Kristin Hersh
Frank Close with Peter Higgs (2012 event)
Charles Fernyhough and Ben Marcus (2012 event)
Ian McEwan with Alex Salmond (2012 event)
Neil Forsyth (2012 event)
Dyslexia debate (2012 event)
Jennifer Rohn & Neal Stephenson (2012 event)
Nile Rodgers (2012)
Michael Frayn (2012 event)
Jacqueline Wilson (2012 event)
William Fotheringham (2012 Event)
Pat Barker (2012 event)
Maggie Fergusson & Michael Morpurgo (2012 event)
Debate: Rethinking the Union, Part 2 (2012 event)
Hilary Mantel (2012 event)
What Comes Next? (2012 event)
Michael Sandel (2012)
Paul Durcan (2012 event)
Michael Palin (2012 event)
Danny Wallace (2012 event)
Colm Toibin (2012 event)
Robert Macfarlane (2012 event)
Nile Rodgers (2012 event)
Coraline with Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell (2012 event)
Danny Wallace (2012)
Simon Mayo (2012 event)
Lydia Cacho (2012)
Elif Shafak (2012)
Michel Faber (2011 Event)
David Almond reading Paper Boat Paper Plane
Alasdair Gray (2011 event)
Elizabeth Laird reading Red Wolves in the Mist
Kirstin Innes reading Horror Story
David Vann reading Bain de Soleil
Marcus Sedgwick reading Archipelago
Miguel Syjuco reading Be Here Now
Jacqueline Wilson (2011 Event)
Melvyn Bragg (2011 Event)
Michel Faber reading A Flash of Blue Light
Rodge Glass reading After Drink You Can Turn Earth Upside Down
Ed Stourton (2011 Event)
John Byrne (2011 event)
Dragons and Fairies with Julia Donaldson (2011 event)
Jonathan Meres: May Contain Nuts (2011 Event)
Gill Arbuthnott reading Marilyn's Hands
Cathy Cassidy (2011 event)
Neil Forsyth (2011 Event)
Richard Bath and Tommy Macpherson (2011 event)
Allan Radcliffe reading Chicago
Denise Mina reading We Are All Waiting
Kurdo Baksi (2011 Event)
Vivian French reading Billie D
Chan Koonchung (2011 event)