Canongate’s own Jamie Byng interview’s Gil Scott-Heron in 2010. This year would have marked Gil’s 68th birthday. His posthumously published, indelible memoir The Last Holiday is now a Canon.
Sun, 26 Aug 17:00
EIBF, Baillie Gifford Main Theatre, Edinburgh
Under the penname Ambrose Parry, Chris Brookmyre and Maria Haetzman launch their new novel, The Way of All Flesh, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Sat, 25 Aug 17:30
Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre, Edinburgh
Gina Miller discusses self-censorship, political silencing, and her book Rise at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
David Lynch & Kristine McKenna
“A memorable portrait of one of cinema’s great auteurs” – the Guardian reviews Room to Dream.
P.D. Smith
Guardian
Jules Evans, author of The Art of Losing Control, discusses books, reading and philosphy.
Phil Treagus
The Reading Lists
An extract from the audiobook of the New York Times bestseller, read by the author. Daniel H. Pink’s Drive shows that our intuitive notions of how to motivate others – and ourselves – can be very wrong.
An extract from the audiobook of Dragon’s Green by Scarlett Thomas, the first in the thrilling and magical Worldquake Sequence. From the audiobook read by Roger Allam.
‘A vivid closeup of island life … Captures the emotional journey of a man who returns home to remote Shetland and the viewpoints of the people who live there.’
Ian Sansom, Guardian
‘To what degree can we manage our death - or is it mostly out of our hands? This rich series of reflections is the product of decades of contemplation and pastoral responsibility and it gently nudges us to contemplate last things, even we are inclined perhaps not to.’
RTÉ
