2012 Edinburgh International Book Festival Podcast
1) William Fotheringham at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Cycling was a hot topic during the summer of 2012, with British success in the Olympics and the Tour de France, and the breaking of the Lance Armstrong scandal, and it was against this backdrop that s...Show More
2) Robert Macfarlane at Edinburgh International Book Festival
In The Old Ways, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize, the celebrated author Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, drove-roads and sea paths that form pa...Show More
3) What Comes Next? at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Acclaimed author Keith Gray has edited an anthology of stories by leading writers looking at where we go when we die, entitled Next. Each short story examines the idea in different ways. Kate Harrison...Show More
4) Jacqueline Wilson at Edinburgh International Book Festival
In 1902, E Nesbit published Five Children and It, which has never been out of print. Jacqueline Wilson, the highly acclaimed author of Tracey Beaker and countless other children’s books, revisited the...Show More
5) Jennifer Rohn & Neal Stephenson at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Science fiction writing is readily dismissed as mindless escapism but in fact it is a hugely influential and creative genre, able to critique our society and inspire our scientists. New York Times bes...Show More
6) Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell at Edinburgh International Book Festival
To mark the 10th anniversary of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, Chris Riddell has created beautiful, atmospheric and unsettling illustrations for a new edition of the book. The tale of the lonely girl who dis...Show More
7) Charles Fernyhough and Ben Marcus at Edinburgh International Book Festival
From Gulliver’s Travels to 1984, dystopian visions have shaped literary fiction. Why do these flights of fancy influence our reality? How does science respond to these futuristic imaginings? Ben Marcu...Show More
Charles Fernyhough and Ben Marcus at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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8) Michael Morpurgo at Edinburgh International Book Festival
He's a master storyteller who has left an indelible mark on countless children who’ve grown up with his stories. Now, the astonishing success of War Horse on stage and screen has made Michael Morpurgo...Show More
9) Pat Barker at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy: Regeneration (made into a film of the same name), The Eye in the Door (winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize) and The Ghost Road (winner of ...Show More
10) Rethinking the Union, Part 2 at Edinburgh International Book Festival
David Cameron may not be popular among Scottish voters but he raises an intriguing argument. Scotland would, he claims, lose its influence on the international stage and be marginalised by organisatio...Show More