The Edinburgh International Book Festival’s public programme comes to a close today after 17 days of debate…
Richard Nixon may be synonymous with Watergate, but he nevertheless helped preserve a remarkable dinosaur…
“We have to look at bringing society back together, and I’m extremely worried that those who would exploit the divisions…
The Suede frontman spoke about his life and career in a packed event at the Book Festival last night…
The author of the acclaimed books the TV show is based on spoke at the Book Festival yesterday alongside Glasgow-born actor Douglas Henshall, who has portrayed central character DI Jimmy Perez since 2013…
The Columbia University Professor of History, and author of Crashed, was speaking about the seismic global financial crisis of 2008 at the Book Festival yesterday…
The MOBO award-winning hip hop artist, poet and political commentator was speaking yesterday about his book, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire, at a sold-out event at the Book Festival…
Stefan Collini, Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, said “the more we treat universities as institutions that are simply competitors with each other – whether locally, nationally or internationally – the more the prospect of failing becomes a reality" at a Book Festival event on Thursday…
We will be “playing with fire when it comes to the cohesion of our society” if there is a second Brexit Referendum “in the absence of a considerable shift in public opinion,” according to ITV’s Political Editor, speaking at the Book Festival…
The Book Festival has won the Euan's Guide Accessible Festival Award for Best Pop-Up Venue for the third year in a row. The award recognises the accessibility and inclusivity of the Festival…
Left-wing organisation Momentum is 'malice dressed as virtue,' according to former MP Alan Johnson…
The Trustees of the Edwin Morgan Trust announced the winner of the biennial Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2018 at the Book Festival this evening…
Appearing on Strictly Come Dancing completely changed the way she viewed herself, according to Susan Calman…
Donald Trump, who was among the first to create a global 'brand' of architecture despite not constructing many buildings, is 'a symptom of the search for brutal simplicities,' according to Richard Sennett…
Ali Smith doesn’t like being referred to as 'Scotland’s greatest living writer', but the description seems to have stuck at this year’s Book Festival after Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, used it during her interview with the author…
“Fiction and lies are the opposite of each other. Lies go out of their way to distort, or to turn you away from, the truth" said the acclaimed Scottish writer last night at the Book Festival…
When Tony Adams offered to return to the London club he had captained to four league titles as a coach in 2010, no one – especially not the then manager Arsène Wenger – got back in touch…
he comedy writer, performer, mental health campaigner and mindfulness advocate was speaking about her new book How to Be Human: The Manual. at a sold out event at the Book Festival yesterday…
Chelsea Clinton’s own experiences of media “bullying” when her father, Bill, was elected as the 42nd President of the United States, makes her “feel incredibly protective of Barron Trump”—even though she disagrees “with his father on everything”…
“We were all put together as musicians [...] and I think, long-term, that’s why we’re still together, that’s why we still get on. Because we’ve grown into each other, like a reverse family. We all acknowledge that the reason we are together is because of who gave birth to us—this thing called Iron Maiden.”…
Today, we announced a new event featuring Palestinian writer Nayrouz Qarmout which will take place on Thursday 23 August. Qarmout, whose UK visa was not granted in time for her to come to Edinburgh for her scheduled event on Wednesday 15 August…
A biography that documents the life of HRH Princess Margaret – the Queen’s sister – and a series of experimental short stories won the UK’s longest-running literary awards last night at the Book Festival…
Speaking with former Greek Minister of Finance and Book Festival Guest Selector Yanis Varoufakis, the Pussy Riot member shared her vision of what freedom means and what it's worth from the perspective of someone facing persecution and prosecution in Putin's Russia…
Goodall was speaking about his new book Left for Dead?, which charts the demise of New Labour and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, at the Book Festival yesterday, alongside Isabel Hardman, assistant editor of The Spectator, who argues – in her new book Why We Get the Wrong Politicians – that our current political system dissuades large parts of society from getting involved…
When Adam Kay left medicine in 2010, “no one left medicine. I was this glitch in the matrix. Now I can’t look on social media without seeing brilliant doctors leaving. It’s a profession in crisis.”…
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams may have a “quite quirky sense of humour” but is “political by nature”, according to the writer and broadcaster Malachi O’Doherty…
Rebus, who Rankin admits is a man “bewildered” by the changed world he now lives in, is also set to appear on the stage of the Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre this October, in an original Rebus tale, Long Shadows, co-written by the acclaimed Scottish playwright Rona Munro…
In a wide-ranging talk at the Book Festival, the former Prime Minister spoke about Corbyn's Labour Party and the political upheavals in Britain since his departure from office, and refused to 'apologise' for the creation of the Scottish Parliament as asked for by an audience member…
The youngest daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, now the South African ambassador to Denmark, spoke to former BBC South Africa correspondent and Chair of the Book Festival Board Alan Little…
All at the Book Festival are saddened to hear of the death of publisher John Calder at the age of 91…
The curator of our Identity Parades strand, 2018 Book Festival Guest Selector Afua Hirsch shared her frustration that with race 'often, in Britain, we’re having an argument about whether we can have an argument.'…
The science writer, in a wide-ranging discussion at the Book Festival yesterday, said he fears that "in the Brexit Referendum, too many people were swayed by their gut and not enough were swayed by their consideration of the highly complicated issues at stake.”…
“I see race as a universal responsibility,” she said. “I think the legacy of slavery and colonialism has left such deep damage in the world, and this construct of race, that it’s not just the responsibility of Black people or people of colour to negotiate it and to dissect. We should all carry that load.”…
The Guardian's long-time Middle East reporter and former Jerusalem Post correspondent spoke today at the Book Festival…
American activist, former actress and Book Festival guest Rose McGowan views Hollywood as “a dirty town up to some dirty tricks” and she insists that her new book is “not a tell-all”, it’s “a tell-it-as-it-is.”…
Guardian journalist and author Luke Harding commented on Russian intelligence’s influence on the presidential election at the Book Festival today…
Capitalism has failed in its central promise of protecting people’s incomes, according to the BBC’s Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed…
Kenya and other African nations are educating 'aliens in their own countries', according to the revered Kenyan author and playwright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o…
Philip Pullman, known for writing strong female lead characters, including Lyra Belacqua in His Dark Materials, believes that 'to portray a strong girl, you don’t have to portray a man or a boy being weak. My boys and my men are strong as well as the women.'…
The Book Festival and some of the excellent authors, books and Guest Selectors in our 2018 programme have been popping up in the press over the past few days. Read on for reviews, interviews and more that'll put you in the mood for our Festival events…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival 
