2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival

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Authors from 55 different countries appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2015. Internationally renowned writers and thinkers from around the world gathered in Charlotte Square Gardens, the Book Festivals home, to trade stories, share ideas, inspire audiences and answer questions. Old favourites, bestsellers and award-winners rubbed shoulders with newcomers (the literary stars of tomorrow?) to talk about their books and discuss the important topics of today. You can listen to some of the author events and discussions in this free series of podcasts a small selection of what went on in Edinburgh during August 2015.

Episódios

  • Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Erin Saltman & Åsne Seierstad with Lennie Goodings at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    07/10/2015 Duração: 58min

    What draws women to the extremes of war? Åsne Seierstad, acclaimed author of The Bookseller of Kabul and a seasoned war reporter, talks about being on the frontline; Erin Saltman, Senior Counter Extremism Researcher from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, tells us what makes young women slip from their families to go to Syria; and Imperial College psychiatrist Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones explores the behavioural science behind it all. Together with Lennie Goodings they discuss women and extremism, in this event recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

  • Julian Barnes at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    05/10/2015 Duração: 58min

    One of our finest writers, Julian Barnes first wrote about art in his novel A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Since then, the Man Booker Prize-winning author has written a series of scintillating essays on a range of artists as diverse as Géricault, Cézanne and Lucian Freud. He discusses his ideas and his book Keeping An Eye Open with broadcaster and Royal Academy artistic programmes director Tim Marlow, in this event recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

  • John Boyne at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    02/10/2015 Duração: 01h20s

    Author of multi-million bestseller The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne has unleashed his next book for younger readers, Stay Where You Are and Then Leave. It tells the story of a boy's search for his father during the First World War. For adults, Boyne looks closer to home with A History of Loneliness, a fiction about the priesthood. Why did it take so long for Boyne to write about his native Ireland? Hear Boyne discuss his books and answer this and other questions in this event recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown & Bidisha at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    30/09/2015 Duração: 58min

    Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is one of Britain’s most important commentators on multiculturalism: in Exotic England she describes ‘a curious nation’ that has developed thanks to its long history of immigration. Bidisha is a writer and human rights journalist whose book Asylum and Exile depicts the bravery of people who have left everything behind to seek sanctuary on this island. The two writers get together in this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, to discuss what national identity means in an era of multiracial culture.

  • George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    28/09/2015 Duração: 55min

    George Mpanga is the 24 year old Cambridge-educated wordsmith who has attracted attention and accolades with his socio-political verse and urban beats, including a nomination for the BBC Music Sound of 2015. Born to Ugandan parents and brought up in London, Mpanga presents Search Party, his first collection of verse brimming with his trademark mix of wit, honesty and rhythm to articulate the voice of a new generation. In this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, George the Poet holds his audience spellbound with his inimitable charm.

  • Limmy at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    25/09/2015 Duração: 01h12min

    Appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for the first time with his first book, Daft Wee Stories, Brian Limond, aka Limmy, has been making a big splash for some years. Having emerged with his online series of dark yet oddly loveable Glasgow characters, he has taken the next step by creating the BAFTA-winning Limmy’s Show. What does he envisage as the future for Dee Dee, Falconhoof and the irrepressible Jacqueline McCafferty? This event was recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Contains strong language.

  • Caroline Lucas at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    23/09/2015 Duração: 55min

    Her book won’t make Caroline Lucas very popular with the Westminster establishment. In Honourable Friends? the first UK Green MP reveals the secret workings of parliamentary life and suggests that we could be governed so much better. As a lone voice at her workplace, Lucas is the ideal outsider – perfectly positioned to bring fresh ideas to the creaking Westminster system, and in this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, she shares her stories.

  • Chen Guangcheng at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    23/09/2015 Duração: 50min

    As Hillary Clinton campaigns for the US presidential nomination, she will perhaps not be helped by the testimony of Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest in Dongshigu and sought refuge in the US Embassy in 2012. Chen’s memoir, The Barefoot Lawyer, reveals his view of the flawed diplomacy between Clinton and the Chinese government, and details his work with Chinese women who suffered abuse under the One Child policy. He discusses his campaigning and his memoir with audiences at Edinburgh International Book Festival and you can hear it here.

  • Terry Waite at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    21/09/2015 Duração: 54min

    As special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Terry Waite spent plenty of time not only in the company of Robert Runcie, but also his son James. Then, he was kidnapped in Beirut. Upon his release, Waite continued his charity work, befriended his former captors, and has now written a comic novel. In this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, he talks to James Runcie (himself now a leading writer) about surviving a nightmare and coping with the aftermath.

  • David Hare at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    18/09/2015 Duração: 01h14s

    One of the most celebrated writers of his generation, David Hare’s notable plays include Plenty, Skylight and The Absence of War. In this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Hare discusses his powerful and often very funny memoir, The Blue Touch Paper, which takes him from his days as a student at Oxford through to the 1970s and his early breakthroughs as a playwright. He talks to fellow playwright and former Channel 4 Head of Drama, Peter Ansorge.

  • Jenny Erpenbeck with Michel Faber at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    16/09/2015 Duração: 01h20s

    If you only read one novel this year, make it The End of Days. A book that takes a series of surprising turns, it confirms German author Jenny Erpenbeck as ‘one of the finest, most exciting authors alive’. That reviewer was fellow novelist Michel Faber, who talks to Erpenbeck about a novel in which the heroine, over the course of a long 20th century life, meets death several times, yet still keeps on going. This event was recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

  • Jussi Adler-Olsen at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    11/09/2015 Duração: 57min

    Bestselling Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen arrived in Charlotte Square Gardens for his first appearance in Edinburgh, delighting fans and newcomers to his work. The creator of the Department Q novels has sold over 10 million copies of his books worldwide and in this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, he discusses his first ever work of fiction, the heart-stopping thriller Alphabet House, now published in English for the first time and translated by Steve Schein.

  • Viv Albertine with Ian Rankin at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    09/09/2015 Duração: 55min

    ‘You’re in for a hell of a ride now,’ says Viv Albertine in Clothes, Music, Boys. And she’s dead right: with breathtaking honesty, Albertine describes her wild and often shocking experiences as a guitarist in the all-girl 1970s reggae-punk band The Slits. Equally fascinating is her account of life after punk; of motherhood, family and a return to music. She discusses her rollercoaster story with crime writer and music fan Ian Rankin, in an event recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

  • Alan Cumming with Ian Rankin at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    09/09/2015 Duração: 55min

    Two of Scotland’s most successful creative talents hook up for this unmissable event. Alan Cumming made waves with a memoir about his tough upbringing, Not My Father's Son, the details of which came flooding back upon receiving a call out of the blue from his estranged father. Cumming discusses his life and acting career that has turned him into the darling of Broadway and Hollywood with bestselling crime novelist Ian Rankin. Recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

  • Alan Johnson at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    07/09/2015 Duração: 53min

    Amid a slew of politicians’ memoirs in recent years, Alan Johnson’s This Boy was comfortably among the finest: one critic called it ‘the best political testament I’ve ever read’. The former Home Secretary returns to the Book Festival with his sequel, Please, Mister Postman, which takes a nostalgic journey back in time and paints a vivid picture of Britain in the 1970s and in this Edinburgh International Book Festival event, recorded live, he talks to Scottish journalist and broadcaster Ruth Wishart and thoroughly charms his audience.

  • Val McDermid with Nicola Sturgeon at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    03/09/2015 Duração: 01h01min

    The Diamond Dagger-winning Fifer has built a vast fan-base over the years thanks to her number one bestselling novels that have sold over 11 million copies. One of Val McDermid’s better-known readers recently became Scotland’s First Minister and in this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Nicola Sturgeon meets McDermid to discuss Splinter the Silence and Stranded, a book of scintillating, nail-biting short stories that range from passion and revenge in St Petersburg to the sleazy flipside of the international publishing scene.

  • Libraries in the Digital Age at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    31/08/2015 Duração: 58min

    With the world’s knowledge accessible from anywhere via a computer screen, why should we continue to value physical spaces for literacy? In this discussion, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, we hear from key thinkers on libraries. Robyn Marsack is director of the Scottish Poetry Library, the world’s only purpose-built library for poetry. Claire Warwick is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research at Durham University and is concerned with the way we encounter reading and cultural heritage in both physical and digital spaces. Dutch architect Francine Houben believes that ‘libraries are the most important public buildings’ and has recently completed Birmingham Central – the largest public library in Europe. The event is chaired by Marc Lambert, the Director of the Scottish Book Trust.

  • Jesse Jackson at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    28/08/2015 Duração: 01h53s

    One of the best-respected and most formidable civil rights activists of the 20th century, the Reverend Jesse Jackson worked for Martin Luther King in the 1960s. During his later political career, he specialised in high-profile international diplomacy, negotiating with Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milošević among others. In this keynote event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Jackson discusses a life of campaigning for black rights and human understanding with Scottish journalist Ruth Wishart.

  • Shami Chakrabarti at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    26/08/2015 Duração: 01h01min

    'The Most Dangerous Woman in Britain' A day after Shami Chakrabarti joined the campaigning organisation Liberty, New York’s Twin Towers were attacked. Ever since, she has fought a passionate campaign for human rights in the face of ASBOs, control orders and the War on Terror. In her book On Liberty, Chakrabarti argues that national security should never compromise human rights and vows to continue the battle against violations such as slavery and gender inequality. Chaired by Kate Mosse. Part of our Human Rights Now series of events.

  • Kate Tempest with Don Paterson at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

    24/08/2015 Duração: 54min

    Still in her twenties, the ferociously-talented Kate Tempest has been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, won the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry and secured a novel contract with Bloomsbury. In this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Tempest discusses her full-length poetry collection, Hold Your Own, with the acclaimed Scottish poet Don Paterson. As Tempest’s poetry editor, Paterson is well placed to ask her about the collection one critic called ‘a game changer’.

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