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Med_arrowClive James

The prolific Australian proves he is more than just a TV personality

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Med_arrowLast Orders

The highlights of the Book Festival's last few days

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Med_arrowMurder, obesity and happy chickens

This panel had a shared goal of wanting to improve the quality of people’s diet, their knowledge about food and to raise awareness of consume...

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Med_arrowAlice Munro live from Canada with Margaret Atwood

Two friends chat together whilst an enamored audience listen in

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Med_arrowGraham Swift

In a captivating talk, Booker Prize winner, Graham Swift offers a window into himself

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Med_arrowJed Mercurio & Gerard DeGroot

An unlikely pairing discuss the only topic they have a shared interest in: space

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Med_arrowKidnapped!

 I could suggest any number of things that might persuade tough-minded, PC-gaming children to look into the w...

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Med_arrowTop 5 Poetry Events

The pick of this year's 'spoken word'

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Med_arrowLaura Hird

When novelist Laura Hird left Edinburgh for university in the late eighties, her mother, June, wrote to her regularly. Her lett...

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Med_arrowPoetry Preview

Thomas Hutchinson is not a poet, but he does know it. Poetry that is...

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Med_arrowBest Picks

This week's best picks from the International Book Festival Alan Guthrie & Stuart Ma...

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Med_arrowNot So Tartan Terrors

Nick Garrard investigates the dark world of Tartan Noir

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Med_arrowDrawn Together

Graphic novels, the bastard children of the comic strip, are finally breaking into the establishment

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Med_arrowThe Isle of Jura Event

Writing in isolation

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Med_arrowGenre-benders

The Great British tradition of the experimental novel is in rude health. Whilst in the public arena the drawing room drama might prevail, a number of ...

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