Edinburgh Book Festival

Edinburgh Festival: My Last Day and A Glimpse Of Princess Street Gardens

August 29, 2015 18 Comments

The final talk that I attended at the Book Festival was on Sunday 23rd of August, The Poems of Iain Banks, with Ken Macleod, a Scottish Science Fiction Writer, and lifelong friend of Iain Banks. The event was chaired by Stuart Kelly. It had been an interesting talk, suggested to me by fellow blogger, Stephen P. Blanchini, his blog is aptly named The […]

Writer’s Quote Wednesday: Edinburgh First UNESCO City of Literature

August 27, 2015 12 Comments

I’m a bit late for Writer’s Quote Wednesday this week as I’ve been away in Edinburgh and trying to catch up on everything now that I’m home, but I suppose it’s better to be late than never! Anyway if you’d like to participate in this wonderful community of quote enthusiasts here’s the link: http://silverthreading.com/2015/08/26/writers-quote-wednesday-pure-inspiration/ My quotes this week are inspired […]

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Edinburgh Book Festival #edinbookfest Sarah Crossan and Abbie Rushton

August 25, 2015 2 Comments

Thrilled to have the opportunity to attend another talk at The Edinburgh Book Festival, this time it’s Finding The Way with authors Sarah Crossan and Abbie Rushton, chaired by Philippa Cochrane, head of Reader Development, Scottish Book Trust. Philippa began the talk by introducing the authors and sharing some background information with the audience. Sarah Crossan, is an award-winning author with five books to her name, […]

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Edinburgh Book Festival #edbookfest : Cat Clarke, and Kat Ellis

August 22, 2015 11 Comments

Being an aspiring children’s and YA author I was thrilled to have the opportunity to attend the Edinburgh Book Festival talk The Disappeared by Cat Clarke and Kat Ellis on Tuesday 18th of August, as you can see I even managed to get a photo with the two of them, even though I was at the end of the signing […]

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Edinburgh Book Festival #edbookfest Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors

August 21, 2015 3 Comments

Photo: Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors by Chris Close. This is a cropped image which I took at the festival of Chris Close’s wonderfully creative photos of authors participating in the Book Festival. http://www.chrisclose.com/ On Sunday 16th August I had my first Edinburgh Book Festival experience of 2015. I arrived with the intention of buying tickets for the Matt Haig lecture but this […]

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Holiday………. Race The Train Fever….. Sun ….. No I’m in Scotland

August 16, 2015 4 Comments

Hi, I’m on a bit of a holiday so just a little note to let my followers know that I won’t be posting as much for a while, though I might be tempted to join in the writing #BlogBattle and I will be replying to comments so do feel free to chat. The good news is my mum is doing wonderfully well after […]

Author Interviews

Edinburgh Book Festival – Leigh Bardugo and Maureen Johnson

August 25, 2014 4 Comments

On Sunday I was lucky enough to be listening to two American New York Times best selling authors Leigh Bardugo and Maureen Johnson, talking about “Alternative Worlds,” at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Leigh Bardugo’s debut series “The Grisha Trilogy, Shadow and Bone,” is set in an alternative, magical, Tsarist Russia. At the moment this debut series is in the hands of Harry […]