Matthew Nadelhaft
Owing to some impromptu work that I could not turn down, I missed Matt at the Book Festival today. You can read his brilliant story on the City of Literature site right here. Continue reading Matthew Nadelhaft
Category: Writing the Long Way Around
Edinburgh Book Festival 2012
It’s worse than waiting for Christmas, but infinitely more rewarding. The wooden walkways, the yurt, the bookshop, the author sightings, the vastly inflated prices in the cafe. I am always amazed and delighted at the physical transformation of Charlotte Square. Last night … Continue reading Edinburgh Book Festival 2012
Edinburgh Festival – Day 2
I planned to have a lovely recount of the excellent Electric Bookshop, but I was running so late I missed it. Massive failure. I did drive past in time to see Scotland’s own literary paparazzo heading for the washroom, and … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival – Day 2
Edinburgh Festival – Day 1
Every year I tell myself that next year, next year I will take the month of August off and ‘do’ the festival. It’s finally happened, although the only reason I have August off is because I have no work ergo, no money to ‘do’ anything. So just how do you do Edinburgh Festival on a budget of £2.50? Well, it helps to have friends in the Ludus Baroque Orchestra. Wendi and Ollie do a couple of gigs with this orchestra every festival in the lovely Canongate Kirk. Last night was Handel’s The Triumph of Time and Truth. The very gifted … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival – Day 1
Two for One
So I’m sitting in my car having lunch and reading a book, killing time before my next viewing when something catches my eye. Looking up I see a shifty bloke unzipping his pants ready to take a leak against the … Continue reading Two for One
Writing the Long Way Around 