The case for celebrities at book festivals
Cheltenham literary director says the word literature 'frightens people' and appeals to book festivals to 'stop knocking each other'The cross-border debate over whether celebrities should appear at book festivals continues this week. Nick Barley, direc...
Book festival wants authors, not celebrities
Some literature festivals focus on stars first and books second, says Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh international book festivalA book festival is about books, and should not be driven by stars and celebrities, Scotland's leading literary festi...
Edinburgh book sculptures turn the page
The final chapter of a touching anonymous tribute to the power of words has just appearedAs symbols of love for libraries go, cutting up books wouldn't be most readers' first thought. But the delicate paper sculptures that have been left anonymously in...
Edinburgh book festival: Thursday round-up
Today's highlights: Irvine Welsh, Shaun Tan, Shehryar Fazli and moreGood morning Edinburgh! Welcome to your daily morning round-up from the book festival here in Charlotte Square Gardens. You'll find a list of events that haven't sold out below, plus s...
Mystery sculptures appear at Edinburgh book festival
Anonymous literature lover delights book festival organisersIt's a whodunnit that any crime writer would be proud of. Two delicate book sculptures were found in the Edinburgh book festival today and none of the staff know who made them. The paper sculp...
The case against living in the country
Harvard economics professor Edward Glaeser's new book claims 'the best way to care for nature is to stay away from it'Cities are greener to live in than the countryside according to a Harvard professor of economics. Edward Glaeser said urban planning p...
Edinburgh book festival: Tuesday round-up
Ian Rankin, Steve Bell, the future of faith and Writers' BlocGood morning Edinburgh! Welcome to your daily morning round-up from the book festival here in Charlotte Square Gardens. You'll find a list of events that haven't sold out below, as well as th...
Debate: The end of culture?
Find out who said what during the Guardian debate on the future of cultureFollowing on from Saturday's Guardian debate on whether books will survive, the Spiegeltent hosted a debate on Sunday on the future of culture. Funding for all forms of art, keep...
Edinburgh book festival: Monday round-up
Find out which events you can still get tickets for, and how to meet your favourite authorsGood morning Edinburgh! The relentless revolving door of writers that is the Edinburgh international book festival continues today. Check out the full programme ...
Edinburgh book festival: Sunday round-up
Today's highlights include Neil Gaiman in the Guardian book clubGood morning from Charlotte Square Gardens. At 7pm today we'll have the second of our Guardian debates. Last night we asked whether the end of the book was nigh. This evening literary edit...
Debate: the end of the book?
Writers and tweeters share their thoughts following the Guardian debate on the future of booksThe Spiegeltent hosted a lively debate on Saturday evening on whether ebooks will kill off the humble paper book. The Guardian's literary editor Claire Armits...
Jim Haynes on the book that went up in flames
One of Edinburgh's best known literary characters shares the story behind an iconic imageJim Haynes opened the Paperback bookshop in Charles Street in 1959, where the University of Edinburgh's new informatics centre now stands. It was "sometime around...
