Audio Recordings and Transcriptions 2004-05
The recordings and transcriptions featured here are just a small selection
of the huge number of events at the Book Festival every year. The recordings
are unedited and last for approximately one hour.
Liz Lochhead Mon 29 Aug 2005
Keith Gray Mon 29 Aug 2005
Margaret Atwood 28 Aug 2005
Salman Rushdie 27 Aug 2005
Sandi Toksvig 26 Aug 2005
Melvin Burgess 25 Aug 2005
Andrew Marr 24 Aug 2005
Adolescence: Alison Baverstock & Nicola Morgan
22 Aug 2005
André Brink 20 Aug 2005
Karen McCombie 20 Aug 2005
Jenny Nimmo 20 August 2005
Richard Dawkins 19 Aug 2005
William Nicholson 18 August 2005
David Almond 17 August 2005
A.L. Kennedy 15 Aug 2005
Andrea Levy 15 Aug 2005
Anna Politkovskaya 14 Aug 2005
Cathy Cassidy 14 Aug 2005
Michael Morpurgo 22 Aug 2004
J. K. Rowling 15 Aug 2004
Muriel Spark 22 Aug 2004
Jacqueline Wilson 28 Aug 2004
Jeanette Winterson 21 Aug 2004
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Liz
Lochhead
Mon 29 August 2005
Rejoice in the wit, charm and warmth of a captivating poet and performer. Brimful of the most wonderful language, this event was the perfect conclusion to the 2005 Book Festival.
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Writing
The Fearful with Keith Gray
Mon 29 August 2005
An hilarious speaker and extremely popular with teen audiences, the award-winning Keith Gray talks about the themes and ideas behind his latest novel and also about the actual nuts and bolts of the writing process.
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Margaret
Atwood
Sun 28 August 2005
Novelist, poet, critic and essayist of global renown and influence, Margaret Atwood's Book Festival event sold out in a matter of days. Here she reads some of her short stories and poetry - a delightful hour.
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Salman
Rushdie
Sat 27 August 2005
A rare and exciting visit to the Book Festival by one of the most important writers of the last fifty years. His novel, Midnight's Children was voted the Booker of Bookers - his brand new work is Shalimar the Clown and he talks about it here.
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Hitler's
Canary with Sandi Toksvig
Fri 26 August 2005
Clever, funny and sharp-witted, Sandi Toksvig is a fantastic entertainer and writer who is just as much at home talking to children as she is adults. In this event she thrills 9-12 year olds with her account of a childhood spent under occupation, which forms the basis of her novel, Hitler's Canary.
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Melvin
Burgess
Thurs 25 August 2005
Well known for producing controversial, demanding - and prize-winning - teen fiction Melvin Burgess is now regarded as one of the best writers of contemporary children's literature. He talks here about the significance of myth and about his new book Bloodsong, the sequel to Bloodtide.
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Andrew
Marr
Weds 24 August 2005
The first ever visit to the Book Festival of the BBC's Political Editor was our fastest selling event this year. With his outstanding intelligence and colourful descriptions of Westminster shenanigans he talks about his trade and brings us inside stories from the world of politics.
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Adolescence:
Alison Baverstock & Nicola Morgan
Mon 22 August 2005
A
fascinating and reassuring insight into adolescence, for teenagers and
their confused parents and teachers. Alison co-authored Whatever! on
parenting teenagers which has had a dramatic effect on the families the
author worked with. Nicola's Blame My Brain uses new scientific
research to comprehend this much misunderstood time of life. A thoroughly
enlightening experience!
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André Brink
Sat 20 August 2005
Hear from one of the most important voices coming out of South Africa. His new novel has been many years in the making and is a mesmerising achievement in a remarkable career.
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Karen McCombie
Sat 20 August 2005
The popular creator of Ally's World gives a sneak preview of book five in her irresistible Stella Etc series of books. She also talks about her instant hit Marshmallow Magic and the Wild Rose Rouge and answers loads of questions from her young fans in the audience.
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The
Castle of Mirrors with Jenny Nimmo
Sat 20 August 2005
Youngsters spend an entertaining hour with Jenny Nimmo, author of over thirty books. Here she talks about the darkly funny fourth instalment of the excellent Children of the Red King quintet and tells all about Charlie and his friends and how they conquer their evil enemies!
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Richard
Dawkins with Muriel Gray
Fri 19 August 2005
One of the world's greatest living scientists - the Charles Darwin of our day talks to Muriel Gray about his extraordinary investigations of evolution and his passion for the wonders it contains and reveals.
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A.L.
Kennedy
Mon 15 Aug 2005 8pm
Fasten your seatbelts as one of Scotland's most original minds delivers an hour of utterly exhilarating comic observation - AL Kennedy as you have never seen her before.
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William
Nicholson
Thurs 18 August 2005
A gifted and imaginative writer, William Nicholson returns to the Book Festival with the first book in his new trilogy Seeker, an extraordinary adventure full of magic, glory and truth.
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David
Almond
Weds 17 August 2005
A fantastic opportunity to hear one of today's most respected and acclaimed writers for young people, and the author of the award-winning Skellig and The Fire Eaters talk about his writing.
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Andrea
Levy
Mon 15 Aug 2005 11.30am
Andrea Levy's Small Island has won the Orange, Whitbread and Commonwealth prizes - hear an author of boundless wit and intelligence and find out why.
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Cathy
Cassidy
Sun 14 August 2005 10am
Fans of Jacqueline Wilson's books for older readers will love the wonderfully warm characters in Cathy Cassidy's instantly popular Dizzy and Indigo Blue.
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Anna Politkovskaya
14 Aug 2005
An outstandingly courageous critic of the current Russian regime, journalist
and author Anna Politkovskaya has been the recipient of numerous international
honours. Sadly she was found shot dead in a lift at her apartment block
in Moscow on 7 October 2006. She was one of our most welcome guests at the Book
Festival in 2005 and spoke compellingly about her work and also her
fears for her life. In tribute and in memory, and because the Book
Festival will always uphold freedom of expression and thought, we are
making her talk (translated from Russian) available for all to listen
to.
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From 2004
Michael
Morpurgo
Sun 22 Aug 2004
Award-winning children's laureate Michael Morpurgo is a gripping speaker and a firm favourite with youngsters (and adults). He talks about his work, in particular his new book Private Peaceful, a story about a soldier at the front in the First World War.
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J.
K. Rowling
Sun 15 Aug 2004
J K Rowling gives her first Harry Potter reading in Scotland for four years to celebrate the Book Festival's 21st birthday. A magical event.
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Muriel
Spark
Sun 22 Aug 2004
Celebrations for our 21st birthday were crowned by the first ever visit of Edinburgh and Scotland's greatest living writers. In an exceptionally rare public appearance in her home city she speaks of her long and extraordinary career, with chair Alan Taylor. A unique event with a surprise at the end!
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Jacqueline
Wilson
Sat 28 Aug 2004
One of Britain's best-loved and most successful writers is also a firm favourite at the Book Festival. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear her talking about her latest book Best Friends and answering a lot of questions from the audience.
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Jeanette
Winterson
Sat 21 Aug 2004
Lighthousekeeping, in which motherless Silver is taken in by Mr Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse, is an extraordinary homage to R L Stevenson by one of the most startlingly original and brilliant novelists at work today. Jeanette Winterson is also one of the most compelling readers of her own work. An hour of literary bliss.
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