http://edinburghfestival.org Edinburgh Festivals 2008. Micro Reviews - Books Film Theatre TV Music Official Fringe... Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:58:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the Opening Party of the 25th Edinburgh International Book Festival, Literary Agent Jenny Brown, shows off her surprise "Freedom of the Edinburgh International Book Festival" Award to Allan Little of the BBC. The inscription reads: "In Honour of 25 years of Dedication to Mud-Girt Tents and Unstinting Niceness". Jenny was ... http://edinburghfestival.org/2008/08/10/25-years-of-mud-girt-tents-and-unstinting-niceness/ The Edinburgh International Book Festival kicked off yesterday, starting its 25th year. I was delighted to meet up with Bill Paterson, a great actor, and also, of course, an author. As you can see, it was another glorious Scottish summer evening. The rain was not horizontal. Shall we plug the ... http://edinburghfestival.org/2008/08/10/with-bill-paterson-edinburgh-book-festival/ We'll be adding feeds from all sorts of news sources tour our Edinburgh Festival Twitter Feed, as well as adding celebrity sightings (Saw Gordon Brown at the Book Festival this morning). Just follow @edinburghfest on Twitter to keep up to date. http://edinburghfestival.org/2008/08/09/follow-the-edinburgh-festival-on-twitter/ Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appeared today the The Edinburgh International Book Festival, in conversation with Crime Writer Ian Rankin. See BBC News Report > http://edinburghfestival.org/2008/08/09/gordon-brown-is-mystery-guest-at-edinburgh-book-festival/ Edinburgh's fantastic International Book Festival was buzzing last night, as a sell-out audience of 600 witnessed the first ever Canadian-Scottish live translatlantic book signings, when Canadian Author Alice Munro, in the Bayfield Bookshop, Bayfield, Ontario, signed books for audience members in Edinburgh, using author Margaret Atwood's amazing "Long Pen". The ... http://edinburghfestival.org/2007/08/16/edinburgh-book-festival-alice-munro-and-margaret-atwood-virtually-really-write-longhand/