Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which finished last night, declared the first online programme a success, with the 146 events being viewed over 210,000 times by a worldwide audience – a figure still growing as audiences continue to watch events On Demand…
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In 2017 the Edinburgh International Book Festival supported ten writers to travel on journeys across the Americas. This was Outriders – an ambitious exploration of the idea that in shifting, disorienting times, a writer can make a unique contribution to our understanding of the world, giving voice to untold stories and providing new insights on contemporary geopolitical contexts.
Outriders will again see ten writers explore a region of the world – this time in Africa. Each pair of writers will embark…
In this event recorded live at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival, we are thrilled to welcome back Fatima Bhutto to discuss her second novel The Runaways. Published aga…
Returning to our roots can be tough, revealing and, as Tracey Thorn discovers in Another Planet, inspiring. The singer-songwriter behind Everything But The Girl follows up her best…
I belong to a generation of Africans born as a wave of nationalist movements on the continent which led to independence in the 60s. I’m from Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, the first African nation to break free from colonial rule…
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