Alex Salmond reopened the debate over the BBC’s role in the independence referendum in his Book Festival event today when he said he was caught by surprise by what he claims…
The Book Festival closes tomorrow having enjoyed the most successful year in our history. We’ve welcomed over 800 authors from 55 countries taking part in almost 800 events…
Gordon Brown has accused the Conservative Party of “turning on the tap of English nationalism” that risked the future of the Union. Addressing a packed audience at the Book Festival…
The legalisation of drugs in Scotland would cut rates of narcotics-related violence at a stroke, journalist Johann Hari has claimed…
The West will have to enter into dialogue with Islamic State terrorists if it wants to stop the violence, former hostage Terry Waite has said at his Book Festival event yesterday…
At his Book Festival event yesterday, author Andrew O’Hagan accused European powers of being “in convention of the most fundamental human decency” by not doing everything possible to save migrants…
Edwyn Collins is going to release another album, he announced in his Book Festival event today…
The National Library of Scotland has been selected to host the third Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship, it was announced at the Book Festival this evening…
Alex Salmond’s attack on Nick Robinson and the BBC was “bizarre” and “weird”, said broadcaster James Naughtie at the Book Festival today…
Civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson said that the advance of science and technology means that nations are “no longer foreigners” but that they now had “the bigger challenge to live together.”…
The British muslim teenage girls who travelled to Syria to join Islamic terrorists were looking for a “pure Islamic lifestyle”, not to commit acts of violence, said author and journalist Jason Burke…
Leading academic on the Middle-East situation, Avi Shlaim, branded Tony Blair the “worst” of all the neo-conservative politicians for his “blind support” of Israel against Palestine at the Book Festival today…
Leading campaigner, Shami Chakrabarti warned that the whole international system of human rights could fall "like a pack of cards" if the UK pulls out of it…
Governments and the public have been complicit in marginalising the mentally ill allowing treatment services to be cut, a leading expert on the sociology of madness said at the Book Festival today…
This year we enjoyed one of our busiest opening weekends, taking record sales in our adult and children’s bookshops…
Pablo Soler Frost and Eduardo Antonio Parra joined our Guest Selector Gabriel Orozco to give an insider’s view on the rich literary landscape of Mexico…
A novel that intertwines global finance, politics and personal relationships, and a biography that offers a portrait of working-class family life have won Britain’s oldest literary awards…
Author Matt Haig spoke in front of a packed Book Festival audience about the importance of reading and writing in maintaining mental health…
The future of mathematics is being damaged by a lack of willingness among young people to struggle to succeed, said Cédric Villani at his event at this year's Book Festival…
THE creative worlds of two of literature’s greatest children’s writers, Lewis Carroll and J M Barrie, were discussed at the Book Festival this morning…
In a collaboration with BBC Arts, 10 events from the 2015 Book Festival will be live-streamed and available on demand by BBC Arts Online in August…
Menzies Campbell and Shami Chakrabarti will be joining the panel for our debate Security v Human Rights on Wed 19 August…
Palestinian writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh launches his book Shifting Sands at the Book Festival later this month…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival 
