Podcasts de author talks

Dragons and Fairies with Julia Donaldson (2011 event)

The opening event at the 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festival drew huge crowds of 5-9 year...

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Alan Hollinghurst (2011 Event)

It's many years since Alan Hollinghurst's last novel, The Line of Beauty, was published – a story...

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John Hartson (2011 Event)

The explosively talented Welsh footballer John Hartson enjoyed success with Arsenal and West Ham...

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Kristina Stephenson: Sir Charlie Stinky Socks (2011 Event)

Children's author Kristina Stephenson introduced her new book featuring the lovable but slightly...

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John Byrne (2011 event)

Painter and set designer, playwright and novelist, John Byrne is one of Scotland’s great...

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Richard Bath and Sir Tommy Macpherson (2011 Event)

Rugby writer Richard Bath has tackled a very different kind of battle in aiding Sir Tommy...

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Daniel Gray (2017 Event)

REASONS TO LOVE READING Inspired by J B Priestley’s 1949 book Delight, Daniel Gray...

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Charley Boorman (2017 Event)

THE SLOW ROAD TO RECOVERY Motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman experienced every rider’s...

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Ian Rankin (2017 Event)

THE RETURN OF REBUS It's been 30 years since the publication of the first Rebus novel and...

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Outriders: Harry Giles & Katherena Vermette (2017 Event)

Canada: Montreal to Hudson Bay As part of our project to explore the Americas, poet Harry...

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Jess Phillips (2017 Event)

Telling the Truth Journalist Julie Burchill calls her 'a breath of fresh air, with a dirty...

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Sebastian Barry (2017 Event)

Love Amid the Carnage of War Anyone who has heard Sebastian Barry read from his work knows he’s...

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Judy Murray (2107 Event)

HOLDING COURT An accomplished tennis player herself, Judy Murray has not only raised two...

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Andrew O'Hagan (2017 Event)

SCOTLAND, YOUR SCOTLAND In this keynote lecture, the country’s foremost essayist and one of...

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Meena Kandasamy & Helen McClory (2017 Evebet)

WELLS OF LONELINESS Indian poet, novelist, activist and author of The Gypsy Goddess Meena...

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Outriders: Bonnie Jo Campbell & Jenni Fagan (2017 Event)

USA: FROM THE RUST BELT TO SILICON VALLEY As part of our project to explore the Americas,...

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Stephen Baxter (2017 Event)

THE MARTIANS ARE COMING! In the 1990s, Stephen Baxter won almost every award going for The...

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Andy Hamilton (2017 Event)

OUT OF THE SCRIPTWRITING SHADOWS Comic Andy Hamilton has most likely had you bent double...

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Siri Hustvedt (2017 Event)

A LIFE OF ART AND SCIENCE More than 50 years after the bust-up over C P Snow's famous Rede...

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Outriders: Jennifer Haigh & Malachy Tallack (2017 Event)

USA: FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO NEW ORLEANS As part of our project to explore the Americas, Boston...

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