Serhii Plokhy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
‘Heartbreaking stories of heroism’ set against a backdrop of ‘political cynicism and scientific ignorance'. That’s how judges described the winner of 2018's Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction – Serhii Plokhy’s Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy. The Harvard history professor and expert on the 1986 nuclear disaster presents a specially commissioned paper linking Chernobyl to the demise of the Soviet Union. Hear him shed light on the incredible book in a live event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 chaired by James Crawford.
Loading the player... if your browser supports audio and video it
should appear in a few moments.
Book Festival News
Book Festival reveals first author events for 2024Sunday 14 April
Listen to more
Christopher Brookmyre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Reggie Nadelson in conversation with Ian Rankin (2010 event)
Tom Parker Bowles
Bill Paterson
Prue Leith at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tessa McWatt & Zeba Talkhani at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Nina Stibbe (2016 Event)
Tracy Chevalier
Hallie Rubenhold: The Problem with Great Men (2020 Event)
Jason Donald reading Puerta Galera