Edinburgh International Book Festival Special
Conversations with Joanne Harris, Ian Rankin, Roddy Doyle, Jackie Kay, Iain Banks, Paul Torday, Louise Welsh, Margaret Drabble and other authors appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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Ian Rankin
The leading crime writer chats to Shereen Nanjiani about the semi-retirement of his infamous hero Rebus.
Duration: 14:26
Joanne Harris
The author of the best-selling Chocolat joins presenter Chris Kane to discuss her latest novel Blue Eyed Boy.
Duration: 14:14
Meaghan Delahunt
The Australian-born writer joins Book CafΓ© presenter Clare English to discuss her novel The Red Book which is set against the backdrop of the 1984 chemical leak in Bopal.
Duration: 08:30
Roddy Doyle
The author of the best selling novel The Commitments, joins Janice Forsyth to talk about his new novel The Dead Republic.
Duration: 16:59
Beatrice Colin
The author of The Luminous Life of Lily Aphrodite chats with the Book CafΓ©'s Clare English.
Duration: 07:58
Tariq Ali
Two decades ago he wrote his Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree. Now he's ready to unveil the final instalment of his Islam Quintet. Ali joined Colin McKay for an episode of A Life In Question.
Duration: 52:23
Paul Torday
His breakthrough novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen was followed up with The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce. Torday tells the Radio CafΓ©'s Rob Pearson about his intriguing central character.
Duration: 09:15
Jackie Kay
The Scottish writer of poems, plays, novels and short stories discusses a very personal search for her roots in her autobiography Red Dust Road.
Duration: 12:18
Iain Banks
24 books in 25 years is quite the achievement, especially when the titles span contemporary fiction, sci-fi and travelogue. The leading Scottish writer chats to Edi Stark.
Duration: 28:34
Mary Contini
Cookery books are big business and in Edinburgh, a famous delicatessen has begun to share some of its secrets via owner and cook Mary Contini who chats here with Janice Forsyth.
Duration: 07:24
Alan Warner
The author of The Sporanos talks to Clare English about his follow up novel The Stars in the Bright Sky.
Duration: 12:43
William Dalrymple
Sally Magnusson meets the East Lothian writer with a gift for explaining the East to the West to discuss his latest book, Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India.
Duration: 09:04
Christopher Brookmyre
The crime-writing Big Boy Who Did It and Ran Away chats to presenter Edi Stark about his literary career.
Duration: 28:22
Margaret Drabble
Clare English welcomes the literary Dame to the Festival CafΓ© to discusses her love of jigsaw puzzles.
Duration: 09:33
Louise Welsh
Glasgow-based crime writer welcomes presenter Clare English to her home for an insight into the working life of a busy author.
Duration: 16:41
Anne Donovan
The Glasgow writer's first novel Buddha Da was a runaway success on the literary award stage. Here she chats to the Book CafΓ©'s Clare English about the follow up Being Emily.
Duration: 08:50
The Fiddler in the North
Actor David Rintoul lends his dulcet tones to the growing Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland collection of The Complete Burns.
Duration: 01:11
Louis de Bernieres
The author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin drops into the Book CafΓ© to discuss his follow up novel A Partisan's Daughter.
Duration: 09:19
Andrew O'Hagan
The Scottish writer joins Shereen Nanjiani to discuss the stage adaptation of his novel Be Near Me, premiered just a few miles from where he grew up.
Duration: 08:02
Jeanette Winterson
Presenter Sheena McDonald meets the author of the iconic novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
Duration: 11:17
Alice Thompson
The Edinburgh born writer drops into the Book CafΓ© to unveil her latest novel The Existential Detective.
Duration: 11:30
Alasdair Gray
The elder statesman of Scottish fiction meets Edi Stark to reflect on his long and colourful career.
Duration: 27:48
Broadcasts
- Thu 12 Aug 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
- Thu 19 Aug 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
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