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Notes From the Festival: The sound of Norway
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tuesday, 13 August 2013. The sound of Norway. Is it really day 4 already? There have been plenty more Book Festival highlights in the last few days including:. Yesterday evening's Jura Unbound when the magnificent Ljodahått brought their intriguing blend of poetry and music all the way from Norway. The moment Sandi Toksvig met the Gruffalo. Cerys Matthews played some open air tunes. Edinburgh City Libr...
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Notes From the Festival: Listen again, first books and photographs
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Wednesday, 21 August 2013. Listen again, first books and photographs. As day 12 draws to a close we look back on the last couple of days (and then look forward too) . We've now published audio recordings of a handful of this year’s events in the Media Gallery our website. Including Baroness Susan Greenfield in conversation with Kirsty Wark. Susan Greenfield talks to Kirsty Wark. The Big Voting Box.
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Notes From the Festival: 08/11/13
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Sunday, 11 August 2013. The perfect beginning and plenty more to come. Wow – what a day we had yesterday! There was dancing and drumming. And books being signed. Jeremy Strong made the audience laugh their socks off. And Salman Rushdie told us that ‘You cannot be a novelist unless you are fully engaged in life’. And that was only day one! Rome-born Niccolò Ammaniti unveils his new novel. Brigadier Davi...
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Notes From the Festival: 08/19/13
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Monday, 19 August 2013. An actor's life, monsters in the Gardens and some very important poetry news. In the last few days we’ve seen…. Revealing quite a lot. Including his thoughts on the Russian winter Olympics and his exciting movie plans for next year. The announcement of a major new poetry competition for young people – the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Interviews with two of our Stripped. Recounts i...
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Notes From the Festival: Stripped kicks off and Independence is in the air
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Thursday, 15 August 2013. Stripped kicks off and Independence is in the air. So, what’s been happening since we last posted? Alasdair Gray set the record straight. Over his ‘settlers and colonists’ comments and revealed why he turned down a knighthood. Our Stripped programme of events. Got underway in fine style with two legendary creators - Chris Ware and Joe Sacco. Still to come…. To celebrate the br...
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Notes From the Festival: So little time, so much to do
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Saturday, 24 August 2013. So little time, so much to do. The final weekend is here. But don’t be sad – there are still 3 days of bookish fun to be had. Of events celebrating comics, graphic novels and the people who create them is well and truly underway. Catch up with what happened on Stripped Friday with this handy. Classic comic strip creator Posy Simmonds. At 4:30pm. £10 (£8). At 3pm. £10 ...Shares...
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Notes From the Festival: 08/15/13
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Thursday, 15 August 2013. Stripped kicks off and Independence is in the air. So, what’s been happening since we last posted? Alasdair Gray set the record straight. Over his ‘settlers and colonists’ comments and revealed why he turned down a knighthood. Our Stripped programme of events. Got underway in fine style with two legendary creators - Chris Ware and Joe Sacco. Still to come…. To celebrate the br...
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Notes From the Festival: 08/10/13
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Saturday, 10 August 2013. The 2013 Book Festival is here! The 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival is well and truly up and running! The first visitors to Charlotte Square Gardens this morning were greeted by the rousing rhythms of The Edinburgh Samba School kicking of the day – and the Festival – to a glorious start in the sunshine. At 645, tickets cost £10 (£8). Went from plucky young Scot faci...
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Notes From the Festival: One week in...
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Saturday, 17 August 2013. We’re one week into the Festival already! The last few days have seen. Jonathan ‘Aggers’ Agnew. Told us he would love to see Charlotte Green presenting the cricket. Photo by Guillem Lopez). Took to the Book Festival stage to present the brand new updated version of his book The Battle For Scotland. Was announced as the inaugural recipient of the Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship.
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Notes From the Festival: 08/13/13
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Notes From the Festival. Read about what's been happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tuesday, 13 August 2013. The sound of Norway. Is it really day 4 already? There have been plenty more Book Festival highlights in the last few days including:. Yesterday evening's Jura Unbound when the magnificent Ljodahått brought their intriguing blend of poetry and music all the way from Norway. The moment Sandi Toksvig met the Gruffalo. Cerys Matthews played some open air tunes. Edinburgh City Libr...
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