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2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

The Book Festival welcomed hundreds of authors from countries across the world to take part in over 900 events. Literary heavyweights joined popular bestsellers and talented newcomers in the Book Fest... Read more

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Robert Webb (2017 Event)

Robert Webb (2017 Event)

UNDERSTANDING THE MALE OF THE SPECIES What is it to be male? Peep Show actor Robert Webb reckons it involves a heap of ... Read more

13 Nov 2017

56mins

Ranked #2

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Conor Gearty & Douglas Murray (2017 Event)

Conor Gearty & Douglas Murray (2017 Event)

EUROPE: ACTS AND COUNTERACTS In The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray travels from places where migrants land to ... Read more

10 Nov 2017

57mins

Ranked #3

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Juliana Buhring (2017 Event)

Juliana Buhring (2017 Event)

THE CYCLE OF LIFE FOR A RECORD-BREAKER Feats of human endurance never cease to amaze and enthral. In 2012, against all ... Read more

30 Oct 2017

53mins

Ranked #4

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Raja Shehadeh (2017 Event)

Raja Shehadeh (2017 Event)

CROSSING BOUNDARIES Brave, intelligent and deeply personal, Where the Line is Drawn shows how the Israeli occupation af... Read more

27 Oct 2017

59mins

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Richard Ford (2017 Event)

Richard Ford (2017 Event)

FILIAL BOND Richard Ford is one of America’s greatest living writers, capturing the changing face of the USA since the ... Read more

25 Oct 2017

55mins

Ranked #6

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John Burnside (2017 Event)

John Burnside (2017 Event)

UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS One of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, poet, memoirist and novelist John Burnside to... Read more

16 Oct 2017

56mins

Ranked #7

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Outriders: Mariana Enriquez & Kevin MacNeil (2017 event)

Outriders: Mariana Enriquez & Kevin MacNeil (2017 event)

ARGENTINA: IN SEARCH OF UFOS As part of our project to explore the Americas, Scottish novelist Kevin MacNeil travelled ... Read more

11 Oct 2017

59mins

Ranked #8

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

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, short story writer Bonnie Jo ... Read more

27 Sep 2017

59mins

Ranked #9

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Jess Phillips (2017 Event)

Jess Phillips (2017 Event)

Telling the Truth Journalist Julie Burchill calls her 'a breath of fresh air, with a dirty laugh'. In Everywoman, Labou... Read more

16 Feb 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #10

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Sebastian Barry (2017 Event)

Sebastian Barry (2017 Event)

Love Amid the Carnage of War Anyone who has heard Sebastian Barry read from his work knows he’s one of the best in the b... Read more

16 Feb 2019

55mins

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