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Edinburgh International Book Festival Blog
Dawn Geddes was our reporter on the scene at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018 launch! Read her blog of the opening events here...
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Jim Crumley
“The Scottish landscape is my bedrock. Almost everything I write begins with the landscape, and that becomes the stage set where the writer performs.” Introducing our Scottish wildlife expert, […]
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Great Scottish Journeys Guide!
Twelve Routes to the Heart of Scotland Keith Fergus, with a little help from the team at The Scots Magazine, has turned his popular Great Scottish Journeys series into a […]
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Irvine Welsh | Fringe-Spotting
The Trainspotting author gives us a preview of the three shows he’s involved with on this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe Most writers—certainly living writers—would be lucky to have their […]
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Denise Mina’s Not-So-Dark-Side
The best-selling crime writer talks family, inspiration and branching out into graphic novels… “I’m a bit of a ghoul,” reveals Scottish crime writer Denise Mina, who, in her pretty summer […]
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The Ubiquitous Alexander McCall Smith
For a man who has sold tens of millions of books and had them translated into 46 languages, Alexander McCall Smith has a lot of critics. But those making suggestions […]
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Val McDermid | Twin Muses
She’s one of the UK’s leading crime writers, and murder mysteries are her speciality – yet she has an unexpected confession to make… “I’m quite squeamish,” says Val, the woman […]
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Chris Brookmyre – The Write Stuff
One of the stars of this weekend’s Bloody Scotland 2014 will undoubtedly by Christopher Brookmyre, even though Chris doesn’t actually describe his 17 best-selling books as crime novels. “My books […]
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Polly Pullar
I was fortunate to spend a formative part of my childhood in Ardnamurchan, a place that has proved hugely influential and fuelled my adoration of the natural world, and awareness […]
