The 2016 edition of the Edinburgh International Book Festival is now afoot, and I’m calling in next week. It’s a brilliant festival that
offers a splendid time for authors: the set-up in Charlotte Square is really
handsome and well-organised, the team first-rate, the hospitality lovely, and
they draw terrific crowds of curious book lovers. I’m very grateful to have had
invitations to present all of my novels there, this year no exception – my thanks
to the festival’s first-rate director Nick Barley.
I have a hand in three different events this time round:
On Tuesday night I will be handling emcee duties for Ian Rankin’s event framed round the paperback of his most recent Rebus bestseller,
Even Dogs in the Wild. That’s from 8:15pm - 9:15pm in the Baillie Gifford Main
Theatre.
On Wednesday morning I’m a guest for a special recording of
BBC Radio 4’s Open Book with Mariella Frostrup, involving Nick Barley and the
novelist Raja Alem. I’ll be delivering Open Book’s regular author’s column, a piece
I’ve written specially on depictions of politicians in fiction. That’s from 10:00am -
11:00am, again in the Baillie Gifford.
On Wednesday evening I will be discussing The Knives, and Mark Lawson his new novel The Allegations, in an authors event chaired by Val McDermid. Mark’s book is a reflection on real events, and the Festival brochure
asks: ‘With such sensitive social contexts involved, what personal risks did
the authors take in approaching the material?’ That event is 7:00pm - 8:00pm in
The Spiegeltent, tickets £8.00 or £6.00.
So maybe I’ll see you there, do say hello, et cetera.
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