Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J

Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland

Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh

Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story

Mark Steel talks politics and comedy

Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen

The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical

George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation