Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010
By Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Podcast Description
Over 750 authors including some of the best writers and thinkers from across the world, hot new talent and Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winners appeared in events at the 2010 Edinburgh International Book Festival. You can listen to extracts from some of the events in our series of free podcasts, recorded live at the festival.
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Powering the Planet 2010 Event | Scotland is seeking to become a world leader in renewable energy, while the arguments continue to rage about oil, 'cleaner coal' and nuclear power. How do we provide fuel for the world without destroying it in the process, and can Scotland really be a key player? In this event - part our popular debates and environment strand in 2010 - our panel discuss the options. Featuring former MSP and Professor of Social Change at Queen Margaret University, Susan Deacon; Dr Benny Peiser, Director of The Global Warming Policy Foundation; Duncan McLaren and chair Ruth Wishart. | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fay Weldon and Fatima Bhutto 2010 Event | The celebrated Fay Weldon and the superb Fatima Bhutto captivated Book Festival audiences in this 2010 event chaired by Ruth Padel. Despite their widely different backgrounds, both Fay Weldon and Fatima Bhutto share the way in which a parent’s loss affected their understanding of the world. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Callow 2010 Event | On Monday 16 August, a gentleman came to the Information Desk to return his earpiece unused. "I didn't need it", he explained; "I've just been to the Simon Callow event!" Sure enough, beloved actor Simon Callow filled our RBS Main Theatre with his legendary eloquence in a sold out event you now have a chance to listen to here on the website. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeanette Winterson 2010 Event | Legendary writer Jeanette Winterson inspired her audience with tremendous charm on 16 August, speaking movingly of happiness and the pursuit thereof. This brilliant event was full of intelligent questions from the audience and great energy from Winterson herself. When she attended her photocall, the Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit writer proceeded to throw oranges at the photographers! | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carol Ann Duffy 2010 Event | We welcomed Britain's Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to the Book Festival in 2010 for three remarkable events. In this beautifully-received event she read new work from The Bees which will be published in 2011, and was joined by chair Don Paterson and musician John Sampson. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christos Tsiolkas 2010 Event | Christos Tsiolkas flew all the way to Edinburgh from his home in Australia to open the 2010 Edinburgh International Book Festival in fine literary style. In a sold-out event chaired by Steven Gale, he discussed his much talked-about best-selling novel The Slap to a spellbound audience. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nicholas Parsons 2010 Event | Chatting to chair Al Senter, the inimitable Nicholas Parsons showed that the oldest gameshow host ever still retains his famous ability to entertain. A sold out event packed with fans, the British legend discussed life in the public eye to an enthusiastic audience. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Green 2010 Event | On 15 August droves of enthusiastic fans were treated to a visit from American teen novel master John Green. In a stroke of genius he arranged a meet-up beforehand for the Edinburgh-based fans in his audience...! The result: an unbeatably friendly and funny atmosphere. This energetic sold out event, chaired by Keith Gray, inspired an enormous and eclectic signing queue too; John Green has a huge online presence and his Book Festival event attracted fans from literally around the world. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Mitchell 2010 Event | The remarkable author of the Booker-winning Cloud Atlas sold out the Book Festival's biggest venue many weeks in advance. Talking to chair Steven Gale, he delighted festival audiences with his warmth and humour, offering a fascinating insight into how he goes about writing his complex fiction and creating the inventive structure of his work. Without doubt a must-listen event... | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A S Byatt 2010 Event | In a surprise Book Festival event announced after the 2010 programme went to print, A S Byatt charmed her substantial audience to the full. Chaired by writer and literary critic Stuart Kelly, this was an engaging and appealing event of intriguing questions and even more intriguing answe | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joseph Stiglitz 2010 Event | A 2010 Book Festival event that will be talked about for some time to come. Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, delivered a thought-provoking event with the words of a real insider. As chair Ruth Wishart said, "Joseph Stiglitz has analysed more financial crisises than George Osborne has had hot dinners!". During the event, Stiglitz's audience - which included Labour MP Diane Abbott - was party to a group of protestors who gatecrashed the venue; one of them even came on stage and started speaking. The liberal Stiglitz tolerated the protest in a beautifully light-hearted manner, and the audience soon insisted that the protestors leave. An exciting moment in an exciting event! | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cressida Cowell 2010 Event | A chance to hear the author of the book-turned-into-big-screen-hit How to Train your Dragon in her fantastic and wildly popular 2010 kids' event, ideal for ages 8 - 12. The adored writer provided some very silly drawings, chatted about her big hit, and more. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seamus Heaney 2010 Event | We are delighted to offer you a chance to listen to celebrated Irish poet Seamus Heaney in his fantastic and extremely popular event with us in 2010. Chatting to chair Robyn Marsack, Seamus Heaney discussed his newest collection, Human Chain. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew O'Hagan 2010 Event | August 2010 saw writer Andrew O'Hagan bring to the Book Festival an unforgettable tale of Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and a dog called Maf. Listen to O’Hagan in this audio recording of his special live event in Charlotte Square gardens, where he was joined by chair Diana Hope and actors Ian McDiarmid, Andrew Hawley and Suzanne Bertish to perform scenes from the novel. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Vann and Willy Vlautin 2010 Event | Another chance to listen to two writers who have produced riveting, heartbreaking and sometimes shocking accounts of father-son relationships. An interesting, intelligent and compelling event, chaired by Hannah McGill, well worth revisiting. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Emma Donoghue and Fiona Shaw 2010 Event | Listen to two unique writers as they look at love and trauma through a child's eyes. Emma Donogue's Room and Fiona Shaw's Tell it to the Bees are two remarkable works, discussed in depth in this event chaired by Pru Rowlandson. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joyce Carol Oates 2010 Event | In this event Joyce Carol Oates joined chair Jackie McGlone to discuss her two books published in 2010, both of which, in very different ways, involve young people coming to terms with their own sexuality. A tempting chance to listen to this significant literary voice. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Philippe Sands 2010 Event | Join Philippe Sands QC in his 2010 Book Festival event to learn why he believes the policy of abuse at Guantanamo Bay originated with Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and George W Bush. An absorbing event, chaired by Kate Allen. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reggie Nadelson with Ian Rankin 2010 Event | In this event crime writing extraordinaire Reggie Nadelson discussed the ventures of her brilliantly believable detective, with Edinburgh’s own favourite crime writer, Ian Rankin. The charismatic pair are well worth a listen – and another listen after that. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roddy Doyle 2010 Event | Listen to this audio recording to join the audience of Roddy Doyle's fantastic 2010 Book Festival children’s event, ideal for ages 7+ and families. Brilliant and hilarious, the madcap misadventures of Rover and the Mack family are unmissable. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom McCarthy 2010 Event | In 2010, major new literary voice Tom McCarthy joined us in Edinburgh to launch his new book, C, in which McCarthy’s hero embarked on a strange, Pynchonesque journey across the 20th century, from a Bohemian spa and the First World War, to a climax in an Egyptian catacomb. Listen to McCarthy and chair Stuart Kelly in an audio recording of this remarkable event. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mairi Hedderwick 2010 Event | In this event for 5-8 year olds, sensational Scottish children's author Mairi Hedderwick - and a firm favourite with younsters - brings her stories about Katie Morag and her magical Hebridean home to life. What can you expect? A few tales of mischievous behaviour and cheeky happenings of course! | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anthony Browne 2010 Event | Learn about the importance of visual literacy with a master creator of picture books. Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne led this 2010 CPD event as part of our 2010 RBS Schools Programme - it's an engaging session for educators or anyone interested in children's learning; an inspirational look at picture books and his extensive range of work as author and illustrator, where he shares his experiences of using his books to enthuse and encourage children. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polly Toynbee and David Walker 2010 Event | So what exactly did twelve years of undiluted New Labour achieve? Polly Toynbee and David Walker, co-authors of two previous books on the subject, returned to the Book Festival in 2010 with the definitive assessment of the Blair-Brown years. From gleeful consumerism to economic bust, and from Cool Britannia to Make Poverty History, Toynbee and Walker chart the rise and fall of New Labour. Chaired by Susan Deacon. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Terry Lanagan 2010 Event | Join Terry Lanagan, Executive Director of Educational Services at West Dunbartonshire Council as he explores a range of assessment methods and how they can be used within the Curriculum for Excellence. | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sophia Jansson 2010 Event | To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s wonderful Moomin series, Sophia Jansson, the author’s niece, and an artist in her own right, talked with chair Julia Eccleshare about her aunt’s work and life, revealing what it was like to grow up surrounded by her extraordinary characters. | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lisa Moore and Marina Endicott 2010 Event | Canadian author Lisa Moore and Commonwealth Prize-winner Marina Endicott delivered with chair Luke Brown a captivating Book Festival event in 2010 to discuss their affecting explorations of life after death. | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrea Levy 2010 Event | In 2010 Andrea Levy joined us for a captivating event to discuss The Long Song. Alongside chair Charlotte Higgins, Andrea Levy spoke of her striking new work to an eager audience. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Robertson 2010 Event | Joined by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme presenter, James Naughtie, James Robertson discussed his epic novel, And the Land Lay Still, launching it to great enthusiasm at the 2010 Book Festival. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michele Roberts and Helen Simpson 2010 Event | Two remarkable writers led an exceptional Book Festival event in 2010. Joined by chair Steven Gale, Michèle Roberts and Helen Simpson discussed their sharp and moving short story collections to great effect. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simmone Howell 2010 Schools Event | Eclectic Australian children's writer Simmone Howell joined us for a brilliant event for schools in 2010. Suitable for S2 - S6, she talked about place, people and invention in this fascinating and charming event. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 31 Episodes |
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