Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010
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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. Ho...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 r...
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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 sty...
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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.
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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-...
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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...
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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.
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