Audio Recordings and Transcriptions 2007
The
recordings and transcriptions featured here are just a small selection
of the huge number of events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
every year. The recordings are unedited and last for approximately one
hour.
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Michelle Paver Sun 26 Aug 2007
Don Paterson & Robin Robertson Sun 26 Aug 2007
Michael Rosen 26 Aug 2007
Lionel Shriver 25 Aug 2007
Ian McEwan 24 Aug 2007
Raja Shehadeh 23 Aug 2007
Tony Bradman 23 Aug 2007
Formative Assessment in the Classroom 23 Aug 2007
Josephine Hart with Joanna David & Dan Stevens 22 Aug 2007
A L Kennedy 20 Aug 2007
Andrew Marr 20 Aug 2007
Richard Ford 20 Aug 2007
Richard Dawkins 19 Aug 2007
Louise Rennison 19 Aug 2007
Fay Weldon 19 Aug 2007
A C Grayling 18 Aug 2007
Germaine Greer 18 Aug 2007
Billy Bragg 18 Aug 2007
Graphic Novels: Literature or Pulp Fiction? 17 Aug 2007
Nicola Barry 17 Aug 2007
Alan Warner 17 Aug 2007
James Kelman 17 Aug 2007
Ian Rankin 16 Aug 2007
Alice Munro with Margaret Atwood 15 Aug 2007
Norman Mailer 12 Aug 2007
Jacqueline Wilson 12 Aug 2007
Joyce Carol Oates 12 Aug 2007
Cathy Cassidy 12 Aug 2007
Alan Bennett 11 Aug 2007
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Michelle
Paver
Sun 26 August 2007
Her book signing queues are getting almost as long as Jacqueline Wilson's and her Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series has become a massive hit with children, full of ancient artefacts and tales of survival.
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Don
Paterson & Robin Robertson
Sun
26 August 2007
Two of the finest poets writing anywhere, both Scots, and who have between them gathered most poetry awards in the UK.
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Mustard,
Custard, Grumble Belly & Gravy with Michael Rosen
Sun 26 August 2007
New Children's Laureate and master entertainer brings Book Festival audiences an event for the whole family, full of silly, zany, delightful poetry and brimful of infectious enthusiasm.
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Lionel
Shriver
Sat 25 August 2007
A major and utterly original talent, she talks about her new novel which imagines two parallel lives for a woman.
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Ian
McEwan
Fri 24 August 2007
A hugely welcome visit from a great writer. His latest perceptive novel, On Chesil Beach, has been shortlisted for the Booker. Chaired by Ian Rankin.
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Raja
Shehadeh
Thu 23 August 2007
A breathtaking event with Palestinian human rights lawyer and writer. He here launches his new book in which he crosses his land on foot; conflicts and history revealed in the beautiful and battered landscapes. Chaired by David Greig.
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Tony
Bradman
Thurs 23 August 2007
Fun poems and stories from entertaining children's author Tony Bradman with a look at his new book Assassin.
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Formative
Assessment in the Classroom
Thurs 23 August 2007
Professor Dylan Wiliam of University College, London talks candidly about helping children reach their goals without teaching to tests.
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Josephine
Hart with Joanna David & Dan Stevens
Wed 22 August 2007
The poetry and life of Byron with novelist and poetry evangelist Josephine Hart and with readings by renowned actors of stage and screen.
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A L Kennedy
Monday 20 August 2007
Linguistic brilliance from one of the most remarkable of writers. Here she talks about her latest novel Day - perhaps her finest yet.
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Andrew
Marr
Mon 20 August 2007
The hugely admired Scottish broadcaster talks to Iain Macwhirter about Scotland, politics and life in one of our fastest selling events.
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Richard
Ford
Mon 20 August 2007
A rare and long-awaited visit to the Book Festival by one of America's greatest writers.
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Richard
Dawkins
Sun 19 August 2007
With thousands of people wanting tickets to his event, this man is in high demand. Outspoken critic of religion in all its manifestations, he here discusses his bestseller The God Delusion with Muriel Gray.
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Louise
Rennison
Sun 19 August 2007
Do the Disco Inferno with Louise Rennison, the outspoken author of extraordinary teen fiction.
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Fay
Weldon
Sun 19 August 2007
She's stylish, sharp, satirical and a great speaker to boot. A free spirit with a long and remarkable writing career, here she talks about her latest novel.
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A.C.
Grayling
Sat 18 August 2007
How should we lead our lives? An hour of illuminating, engaging and passionate talk from the leading philosopher.
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Germaine
Greer
Sat 18 August 2007
Provocative and opinionated - there's no one quite like her. She combines her immense literary knowledge with her views on the position of women in society in her new book on Ann Hathaway.
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Billy
Bragg
Sat 18 August 2007
Thoroughly at home with an audience, the political singer and activist inspires his hundreds of fans with talk of his new book.
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Nicola
Barry
Fri 17 August 2007
A touching and inspiring personal account of a family destroyed by alcohol, wrought with humour.
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Alan
Warner
Fri 17 August 2007
A great chance to hear the author of the sensational Morvern Callar - literary star and original writer of immense talent.
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James
Kelman
Fri 17 August 2007
The single most influential Scottish novelist of modern times and Scotland's only Booker winner here talking about his groundbreaking early work in the year of its reissue.
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Graphic Novels: Literature or Pulp Fiction?
Fri 17 August 2007
An entertaining discussion of the literary merits of graphic novels by those in the know: world-renowned graphic novellist Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Batman) and crime writers Ian Rankin and Denise Mina (who have both recently written for comic Hellblazer).
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Ian
Rankin
Thurs 16 August 2007
Always a hot favourite at the Book Festival, his events are never less than a delight. Here he chats to Magnus Linklater and reveals something about his new Rebus novel, Exit Music.
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Alice
Munro live from Canada with Margaret Atwood
Wed 15 August 2007
An extraordinary event - an interview and booksigning with two legendary world-leading figures of Canadian writing, one on either side of the Atlantic.
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Norman
Mailer
Sun 12 August 2007
Live from America, courtesy of Margaret Atwood's fine invention, The LongPen, the inimitable Norman Mailer chats to Scottish writer Andrew O'Hagan.
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Jacqueline
Wilson
Sun 12 August 2007
Perennial children's favourite, always a sell-out, and the longest queues for book signings in the festival. Great to have her back again.
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Joyce
Carol Oates
Sunday 12 August 2007
One of America's most admired and respected novelists and a strong contender for the Nobel Prize. Here she examines the issues of race in the US in the troubled years after the Vietnam war.
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Cathy
Cassidy
Sun 12 August 2007
Quirky characters and the silly misadventures of a loveable heroine
are revealed by this magical children's author.
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Alan
Bennett
Sat 11 August 2007
Our fastest-selling event could have sold ten times over, the demand was so great. If you weren't one of the lucky ones to catch him on Saturday, hear what he had to say here.
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