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Go shoppingAtwood Takes Her Pick
When Atwood the interviewee became Atwood the interviewer at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Litro in Edinburgh: Omega and Melmoth The Wanderer at the Assembly Rooms
Tara Isabella Burton couldn’t have had two more contrasting experiences at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms. One show, Omega, was one of the worst she’d seen; the other, Melmoth The Wanderer, was ...
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Litro in Edinburgh: The Georgian Theatre Festival
To seek out the Georgian Theatre Festival, Tara Isabella Burton found herself in a world of sparse information, misadvertised shows and, in one case, a set held up by customs. ...
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Litro in Edinburgh: Luke Wright
Luke Wright is an obvious poet. This is not to say he’s a bad poet – quite the contrary. What his poetry is is uncomplicated, easy to follow, and enjoyable. His ...
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Litro in Edinburgh: David Greig’s The Events
David Greig’s The Events, currently at the Traverse Theatre, is inspired by the Anders Breivik shootings. For all its theatrical brio, argues Tara Isabella Burton, it suffers from a disjuncture ...
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Litro in Edinburgh: Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe
There are literary events all year round in Edinburgh so when festival season arrives, choices shoot through the roof. That being said, it’s important to know what’s ...
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Litro in Edinburgh: Liz Lochhead
This admittedly shouldn’t be noteworthy, but what I loved best about Liz Lochhead’s show, Apple Says Aaah – and Other Poems, Pommes and People, was that the room was filled ...
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Litro In Edinburgh: Day Two
Our Edinburgh blogger Meghan Beller spends a morning at summer camp, an afternoon in dystopian 2012 with Susan Greenfield, and an evening with Evie Wyld and Amy Sackville
Litro in Edinburgh: Ian Rankin
As the Edinburgh Festival gets under way, our blogger listens to Ian Rankin talking about Scotland, his writing process, and Inspector John Rebus.
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Competition: Send us your Edinburgh Festival Reviews!
We’re off to Edinburgh to cover the Fringe Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival and we want to hear what you have to say! Send your reviews of ...
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Litro in Edinburgh
It’s been a great few years for the UK: we’ve just hosted the Olympics successfully; saw Andy Murray win Wimbledon; our TV shows have taken over US airwaves, with shows ...