Welcome one and all to the 4th instalment of 'Just The Author's Type'. For those who don't know what this is, let me briefly explain. Throughout the duration of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a typewriter (my typewriter - a 1952 Hermes … [Read more...]
Rob Reports: Kevin Barry and Etgar Keret @ EdBookfest 2012
August 24, 2012 By 6 Comments
The subtitle for this event read ‘elevating the short form to fresh heights’, but for anyone who knows the output of these two writers such additional information is unnecessary. Kevin Barry and Etgar Keret are fast becoming demigods of the … [Read more...]
‘Just the Author’s Type’ at EdBookFest: Day #2
August 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
Welcome to Day #2 of 'Just the Author's Type'. To briefly explain - one of my typewriters (a 1952 Hermes 2000) has been installed in the author's yurt at Charlotte Square, and there it will stay for the remainder of the festival. Authors are invited … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2012 Diary: Day #4 – Of Lovecraft and typewriters
August 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If my Day #3 diary update was brief then my Day #4 is even more so. Again today I was only scheduled for a single event, once again in the Spiegeltent,with Ned Beauman and Nick Harkaway. What a splendid 'double act' these two make. Ned, visibly but … [Read more...]
Rob Reports: Sarah Hall and Tessa Hadley @ EdBookfest 2012
August 14, 2012 By 3 Comments
You could be forgiven for thinking that Sarah Hall and Tessa Hadley didn't write short stories. With both having published four novels to date, they are probably known first and foremost as novelists. But both do however, turn their pen to short … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2012 Diary: Day #3 – Of short fiction appreciation and illustrated aliens
August 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
If my EdBookFest diary entries seem a little lacklustre, then I should point out that during these first few days of the festival I'm not scheduled to be at many events. From Thursday (Day #6) the activity really ramps up for me, so entries should be … [Read more...]