As Edinburgh International Book Festival people can’t put on their usual 900+ event Festival in their lovely tented village in Charlotte Square Gardens, they’ve curated
This year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival saw some excellent events discussing translation and European literature. For a fascinating report on two of these events see R
Author and journalist Wolfgang Bauer will be discussing his book Across the Sea – With Syrians on Their Escape to Europe at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Go
29 August, 7pm – 11pm, The Spiegeltent, Free & Drop-in The last night finale kicks off early at 7pm, bringing together stories, song, festivities and fireworks across t
29 August, 5:45pm, Garden Theatre Having fled Iran to escape the Ayatollah and Islamic fundamentalism, novelist Kader Abdolah settled in the Netherlands. From that safe distance he
29 August, 2:15pm, Garden Theatre The Flemish may well be one of Scotland’s largest immigrant groups. The question of why they came, their significance in Scottish history, and t
29 August, 11:45am, Baillie Gifford Main Theatre An event challenging popular ideas about the First World War. The poetry of the period is often associated with the shock, hell and
29 August, 10:15am, The Spiegeltent If you wanted to break free of your criminal past, would you get closer to a bag of stolen money by kidnapping your family? This is the intrigui
29 August, 10am, Writers’ Retreat A small yet perfectly formed reading from one of our Festival authors to start your day. Check the screen in the Entrance Tent to see who&
28 August, 7pm, The Spiegeltent Two döppelganger Belgian exiles are on the run in Tom Lanoye’s latest novel, Fortunate Slaves. When they finally meet they realise that each coul
