Kate Atkinson
Our opening Meet the Author event for 2009 went off with a bang - and why not? After all, the award-garlanded Kate Atkinson's perceptive and beguiling tales of love and loss, with not a little humour, are read by millions and she's is held in high esteem both by fellow writers and readers. Here she talks about her new novel When Will There Be Good News? in which PI Jackson Brodie gets embroiled in more shenanigans.
Loading the player... if your browser supports audio and video it
should appear in a few moments.
Book Festival News
Our response to today's statement from Fossil Free BooksWednesday 15 May
Listen to more
Neil Griffiths & Richard Powers (2018 Event)
Kirstin Innes reading Horror Story
Mark Robson
Tim Winton at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tracey Thorn at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Andrew O'Hagan (2010 event)
Jussi Adler-Olsen (2015 Event)
Bernard MacLaverty
Neil Gaiman with Audrey Niffenegger (2011 event)
Val McDermid: Portrait of a Criminal (2020 Event)