en-PI JellyCast http://www.jellycast.com () Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 podcast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/62 Before his 2009 event, David Peace discusses how and why he creates fiction from real-life incidents, looking at, amongst other writings, his Tokyo Trilogy and Red Riding Quartet. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:24:46 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/62 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/62 No Podcast 00:08:46 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/61 American author Valerie Martin divulges the real-life inspiration for her new novel The Confessions of Edward Day, a dark comedy set in 1970s Manhattan, in this 2009 podcast. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:04:23 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/61 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/61 No Podcast 00:05:16 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/60 Award-winning photographer Steve Bloom chats about Living Africa, his entrancing tribute in photos and essays to the continent of his birth. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:43:44 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/60 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/60 No Podcast 00:05:47 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/59 Lively chat with the Edinburgh-based crime writing twins after their 2009 Book Festival event. They discuss their joint writing technique, outline the plot to their latest novel (which centres on a cat named Gorgonzola) and ask listeners to cast a deciding vote on which twin has come up with the better sentence for their next novel. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:09:32 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/59 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/59 No Podcast 00:05:16 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/58 The Edinburgh-based Michelin-star chef highlights the merits of cooking with locally sourced, seasonal produce before his 2009 Book Festival event. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:36:00 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/58 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/58 No Podcast 00:04:10 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/57 Before his 2009 Book Festival event Paddy Ashdown reveals the content of A Fortunate Life, his new memoir which charts his life outside of politics. And a very dramatic life it has been too: he was soldier, spy and businessman before becoming leader of the Liberals and an international peacemaker. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:28:53 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/57 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/57 No Podcast 00:07:21 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/56 Lucy Hawking talks about teaming up with her father Professor Stephen Hawking to create "George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt", the second in a trilogy of books designed to explain physics to children in a fun way. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:50:20 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/56 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/56 No Podcast 00:05:00 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/55 John O'Donoghue's highly personal memoir Sectioned: A Life Interrupted chronicles a decade of his life spent in and out of institutions as he battled with mental illness. Here he reveals how he came to write the book and get it published. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:39:43 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/55 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/55 No Podcast 00:06:29 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/54 American thriller writer George Dawes Green talks about the inspiration behind his phenomenally successful New York storytelling night The Moth and how he woke up from a “preacherly nightmare” with the idea for his latest novel already fully formed! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:30:55 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/54 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/54 No Podcast 00:07:21 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/53 David Campbell describes his varied working life from English Lit teacher to BBC broadcaster to Celtic storyteller, culminating in his world travels with friend and hero "tinker" storyteller Duncan Williamson, in this lively chat during the 2009 Book Festival. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:06:45 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/53 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/53 No Podcast 00:08:51 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/52 Before his 2009 Book Festival event South African writer Alistair Morgan chats about his debut novel Sleeper’s Wake, a brilliant examination of loss and obsession. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:31:34 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/52 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/52 No Podcast 00:07:21 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/51 Fresh from her 2009 Book Festival event, Scottish doyenne of crime fiction Alanna Knight talks about her “serial novelitis” which sees her currently working on three separate crime series. Hear about her latest tale set in Orkney, starring a younger, more handsome, Inspector Faro. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:14:11 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/51 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/51 No Podcast 00:04:36 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/50 Good natured chat from newspaper editor Abdel Bari Atwan as he recounts his journey from Palestinian refugee camps to the front page. One of the world’s leading authorities on the Middle East, Atwan shares some of his extraordinary encounters, including a weekend spent in a cave with Osama bin Laden. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:51:17 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/50 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/50 No Podcast 00:02:37 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/49 The Swedish literary all-rounder chats about his varied writing career after his sold-out 2009 Book Festival event. Find out how living half the year in Africa and the other half in Sweden has affected his outlook on life. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:44:53 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/49 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/49 No Podcast 00:09:14 https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/43 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. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:37:22 +0100 Content https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/43 jellycast https://edbookfest.jellycast.com/node/43 No Podcast 00:54:41