2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival Podcast
1) The Literacy Revolution at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
According to UNESCO, every region of the world during the last 20 years has seen gains in literacy rates, but the situation remains highly uneven. To what extent can this improvement be attributed to ...Show More
The Literacy Revolution at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
59:01 | Nov 21st, 2015
2) Cédric Villani at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Forget about the maths you learned at school; the charismatic Cédric Villani has a gift for revealing the beauty and magic of mathematics at the highest level. Dubbed a ‘rock-star mathematician’, the ...Show More
3) Monica Cantieni & Sunjeev Sahota at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Monica Cantieni’s The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons, translated by Donal McLaughlin, tells the deeply moving story of a young girl’s long wait for adoption into a Swiss family, and into a German-speak...Show More
4) SJ Watson at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Honesty is Not the Best Policy in Crime Fiction S J Watson can count Dennis Lehane and Lionel Shriver among his fans for his crime debut Before I Go to Sleep, which was later made into a movie with C...Show More
5) Edwyn Collins & Grace Maxwell with Ian Rankin at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
‘Moving beyond words’ was one critic’s response to The Possibilities Are Endless, a documentary charting Edwyn Collins’ return to relative good health after two massive strokes in 2005. That film, and...Show More
6) Ziauddin Sardar at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
The Future of Mecca Born in Pakistan and raised in Hackney, Ziauddin Sardar is one of the most respected experts on Islam and is utterly fascinated by Mecca. Sardar has retraced its history from a ba...Show More
7) Reading the City at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
How do you navigate Edinburgh as a city of literature? Is there a map? Hosted by Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, award-winning author and poet James Robertson is your guide to exploring the...Show More
8) Tom McCarthy at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Is Tom McCarthy a J G Ballard for the 21st century? Or is he just bullshitting? McCarthy would probably claim he’s somewhere in between. The Man Booker shortlisted author’s hugely entertaining, densel...Show More
9) Matt Haig at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Award-winning author Siobhan Dowd died in 2007, bequeathing her royalties to a trust which aims to bring the joy of reading to those who need it most. This year the Siobhan Dowd Trust Memorial Lecture...Show More
10) Museums and Libraries at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Museums and galleries dominate as destinations, attracting record numbers of visitors to blockbuster shows. Meanwhile libraries are facing a funding crisis and are increasingly asked to justify their ...Show More
Museums and Libraries at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
1:02:25 | Oct 30th, 2015