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Tag Archives: Nick Barley
Old Morris Vans and Brand New Books
Image: Wikimedia.org Very slow day at the day job yesterday. The morning dragged like an exhaust scraping along behind the back of an old Morris van, so I cheered myself up by booking a table for two this Saturday in … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh Book Festival, I.T., Reading, Writing
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Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Andrew Raymond Drennan, Apple Mac, backup, bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Colleen Collins, data, David Nicholls, Day Job, Devon Ellington, eBooks, EdBookFest, HDD, How To Write a Dick, Ian Rankin, iMac, Indian restaurant, Kindle, Morris van, Nick Barley, One Day, Reading, Savvy Authors, Shaun Kaufman, The Immaculate Heart, Twitter, workshop, Writing
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Day 17: The Final Day of the 2011 Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: EdBookFest Walking up to Charlotte Square for the last time after such an intense, enjoyable and rewarding book festival was a low moment yesterday morning. With a full day still ahead of me, though, the magic was still there … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Reading
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Tagged A N Wilson, AL Kennedy, Alan Bissett, Alasdair Gray, Aonghas MacNeacail, Barry Miles, bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Elizabethans, Faust, Fleck, God, Goethe, Ian Rankin, Intelligence Services, Janice Galloway, Keith Jeffery, Liz Lochhead, Louise Welsh, MI6, Nick Barley, Reading, Satan, The Guardian, Will Self, writers
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Learning the Craft at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: EIBF The weather held from Saturday, and yesterday we enjoyed a splendid day at the Edinburgh Book Festival. The sun shone for the most part, helping to bring out the crowds and pack out Charlotte Square for a second … Continue reading →
Great To Be Back
Image: British Council It’s good to be back. Walking up to Charlotte Square yesterday morning, I felt like I was on some sort of pilgrimage. I felt like I was returning to a happy place, a place where I feel … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Reading
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Tagged Allan Brown, Andrew Hagan, Bill Clegg, Bishop of Oxford, Carol Ann Duffy, Charlotte Square, coffee shop, Edinburgh Book Festival, Gary Younge, Nick Barley, Peter Guttridge, Philip Ball, Philip Pullman, Richard Harries, Richard Holloway, The Wicker Man
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Freedom from the Mundane 