In his first, long-awaited report from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Jonny Brick recaps the talks he's attended and the wallet he's emptied...
To coincide with the launch of his brand new book, Mark Watson took some festival punters on a scavenger hunt around the city, to read extracts from his book. One of his stops was the fresh air studio, where he burst into the room interrupted the freshfringe broadcast to let the world know his words...
We have a double whammy for you tonight as Tim B-G reviews Nick Cave's latest book and gig: The Death of Bunny Munro Unlike his first book the doom, death and desperation of Nick Cave’s lyrics are not immediately prominent in his new novel. However, from the first sentence onwards there is an undercurrent of all that we have come to associate with Cave’s writing.