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Swedish climate activist and author Greta Thunberg, who made rose to fame when she began skipping school as a 15-year-old to protest each week against inaction on climate targets outside Sweden's parliament. Picture: Kim Jakobsen To

Climate activist Greta Thunberg to star at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson. Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson reunite to celebrate 40 years of Victor and Barry

Stand up comedian Rachel Parris asked audiences for advice and a book was born - Advice from Strangers - Everything I know from people i don't know. Pic: Karla Gowlett

Comedian Rachel Parris asked strangers from advice and a book was born

Stephanie Maia and her daughter Valentina experimen with dry ice at Summerhall, one of the venues in this year's Edinburgh Science Festival. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh Science Festival reveals line-up for 2023 event

Jenny Niven is chair of Literature Alliance Scotland.

Report reveals Scottish literary and publishing workers on ‘financial precipice’

Nick Barley has announced his departure as director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Robin Mair

Edinburgh International Book Festival director Nick Barley to step down

Sara Pascoe brings her new show, Success Story, to Scotland. Pic: Rachel Sherlock

Sara Pascoe on her new show, Success Story and the mother of all tours

The courtyard at Edinburgh College of Art was used for events at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Simone Padovani

Book festival to cut jobs, scale back programme and drop streaming

The all female and non-binary songwriting collective Hen Hoose will be appearing at Edinburgh's Push The Boat Out festival in November.

Push The Boat Out: Line-up for Edinburgh's poetry festival revealed

Agatha Christie signs French editions of her books, circa 1950 (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Legal threats are no way to treat Scotland's Queen of Crime – Martyn McLaughlin

Douglas Stuart PIC: Martyn Pickersgill

Edinburgh International Book Festival reviews: Douglas Stuart | Kit de Waal | Ph...

A packed house for Jarvis Cocker's book festival event.

Book festival reports 100,000 ticket sales from scaled-down event

Irvine Welsh was speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting musical is 'darker' than book, film and stage show

Brian Cox was in conversation with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Brian Cox: Scots lack the confidence to vote for independence

Val Dermid was appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Pako Mera

Val McDermid reveals ‘Queen of Crime’ legal threat from Agatha Christie estate

Jonathan Franzen. PIC: Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock.

Edinburgh International Book Festival: Noam Chomsky | Jonathan Franzen + more

US linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky spoke at an event in Edinburgh this week. Picture: Getty Images

Ukrainian club considers complaints over ‘pro-Russian’ comments at book festival

Alexander McCall Smith. Picture: Jayne Wright/JPIMedia

44 Scotland Street: Alexander McCall Smith's serial novel returns

Val Dermid was appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Pako Mera

Festival Diary: The moment that left Val McDermid speechless as a journalist

Maggie O'Farrell

Edinburgh International Book Festival interview: Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell

Oliver Bullough

EIBF round-up: Maddie Mortimer, Catherine Simpson, Tanya Shadrick + more

Liz Lochhead. PIC: Pako Mera.

Book Festival round-up: Liz Lochhead | Michael Pedersen | Colm Toibin

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon was appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Brian D Anderson/Shutterstock

Festival Diary: From Scrooge McDuck to Outlander via a snub for Superman

Amit Chaudhuri. Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock

Winners of UK’s oldest literary prize revealed at Edinburgh Book Festival

Ian Rankin was appearing at the book festival. Picture: Robin Mair

Festival Diary: New horizons beckon for Sir Ian Rankin

Amy Liptrot. Pic: Lisa Swarna Khanna

Book Festival round-up: Katherine Rundell | Amy Liptrot | Ian Rankin

Sir Ian Rankin.

Rankin reveals he will be putting Rebus behind bars in his next novel

Alan Cumming

Book Festival round-up: Alan Cumming | Alistair Moffat | Joanne Harris

Don Paterson

Edinburgh International Book Festival reviews: Alison Watt and Richard Holloway ...

Kevin Bridges has suggested Lewis Capaldi try his hand at acting. Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Festival Diary: Kevin Bridges suggests Lewis Capaldi try his hand at acting

Jarvis Cocker. PIC: Tom Jamieson.

Edinburgh International Book Festival round-up: Jarvis Cocker | Ricky Ross | Gra...

Jarvis Cocker was speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this week. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Jarvis Cocker reveals he will play a cowboy in Wes Anderson's next movie

Writer, rapper and political activist Darren McGarvey was speaking at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: John Devlin

Award-winning writer Darren McGarvey credits JK Rowling for kickstarting career

Kevin Bridges

Book Festival round-up: Monica Ali | Kevin Bridges | Patrick Gale

Frankie Boyle has just published his debut novel.

Frankie Boyle reveals he may give up live comedy for writing novels

Jonathan Franzen PIC: Janet Fine

Book Festival interview: Jonathan Franzen on tackling a trilogy

Kevin Bridges was speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: John Devlin

Kevin Bridges thanks Irvine Welsh for firing his interest in reading

Serhii Plokhy

Book Festival round-up: Serhii Plokhy with Alan Little + more

Nicola Sturgeon has been appearing across Edinburgh's festivals. Picture: Euan Cherry/Getty Images

Festival Diary: The question that flummoxed the First Minister

Alexander McCall Smith has written stories from 44 Scotland Street for The Scotsman since 2004. Picture: Jayne Wright/JPIMedia

Alexander McCall Smith reveals the return of 44 Scotland Street to The Scotsman

Alexander McCall Smith PIC: Kirsty Anderson

Book Festival roundup: Alexander McCall Smith | Louise Welsh | William Dalrymple

Janey Godley was among the early guests at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Festival Diary: Janey Godley is big box office at the book festival

Comedian Janey Godley. Picture: John Devlin

Janey Godley to return to live comedy following cancer treatment

Howard Jacobson

Book Festival roundup: Janey Godley | Howard Jacobson | Rupert Thomson

Armando Iannucci

Book Festival interview: Armando Iannucci on his epic pandemic poem

Peter Irvine has written a new essay suggesting Scotland does a lot more to attract migrants and refugees into the country. Picture: Neil Hanna

Scots tourism expert wants campaign to attract more refugees and migrants

Daniel Hahn with Mohsin Hamid

Edinburgh International Book Festival reviews: Henry Marsh | Jonathan Freedland...

Daniel Hahn

Book Festival interview: author Daniel Hahn on the art of translation

Nick Barley is director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Picture: Robin Mair

Book festival reveals tickets still available for big-name authors

Don Paterson

Book review: The Arctic, by Don Paterson

Ricky Ross

Book review: Walking Back Home, by Ricky Ross

Louise Welsh PIC: Steve Lindridge

Edinburgh International Book Festival author Louise Welsh: ‘It was fun to write ...

Frankie Boyle

Book review: Meantime, by Frankie Boyle

Alycia Pirmohamed

Book review: Another Way to Split Water, by Alycia Pirmohamed

Alexander McCall Smith. PIC: Jayne Wright/National World

Book review: The Exquisite Art of Getting Even, by Alexander McCall Smith

Nancy Campbell PIC: Annie Schlechter

Book review: Thunderstone, by Nancy Campbell

Bruno Walter, world-famous conductor and co-founder of the Salzburg Festival. PIC: AP/Shutterstock

Edinburgh International Festival's first ever blockbuster show revisited

Amanda Thomson

Book review: Belonging, by Amanda Thomson

Michael Pedersen PIC: Hollie McNish

Book review: Boy Friends, by Michael Pedersen

Pic:Getty

Jarvis Cocker: his new book made me think about my cellar - Gaby Soutar

JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected by several publishers (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

JK Rowling’s perseverance on Harry Potter still inspires 25 years on

Newly-knighted Scottish crime fiction master Sir Ian Rankin is just one of hundreds of authors appearing at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.

How to get tickets for the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022

Some of the familiar faces who will be chatting literature at the Edinburgh Iinternation Book Festival this year.

14 famous faces appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year

Succession star Brian Cox will be appearing at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Edinburgh International Book Festival reveals star-studded line-up for comeback

Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, at the Central Hall, in Tollcross, which will host its biggest events this year. Picture: Greg Macvean

Edinburgh book festival chief urges city to reclaim global culture crown

The former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary building on Lauriston Place has been lined up as the new home of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Edinburgh International Book Festival to relocate to historic hospital building

A new stage version of Irvine Welsh's novel Porno will be premiered at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Trainspotting sequel Porno to be brought to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe stage

The new documentary, I Am Irvine Welsh, is planned to be released next year to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his debut novel Trainspotting.

Fly-on-the-wall documentary to follow Irvine Welsh for 18 months

The Scotsman Top Stories

The United Nations says both the Scottish and UK governments need to improve children's human rights. Image: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images.

UN says Scottish, UK governments need to improve children's human rights

The damage done by a wild fire at Tentsmuir (Pic: Forestry and Land Scotland)

Ranger assaulted for asking someone to put out campfire

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater's private Rum ferry cost taxpayers £1,200