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Janice Forsyth talks to literary stars Shirley Hughes and Arne Dahl, plus she hears about Leaving Planet Earth and breakfast theatre.

Janice grasps the Edinburgh International Book Festival with both hands today as she's joined by a host of literary talent.....

Shirley Hughes and her illustrator daughter Clara Vulliamy introduce their collaborative new series Dixie O'Day.
Swedish crime-writer Arne Dahl swings by on his way to speaking at the Book Festival about his spin-chilling hits.
And poet and critic Robert Crawford talks about his passions for the cities at either end of the M8 in his appropriately named book, On Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Co-creators and directors of Scottish theatre company Grid Iron's International Festival World Premiere talk about their sci-fi site-specific masterpiece, Leaving Planet Earth.

And we'll be serving a late breakfast of one of The Traverse theatre's early morning plays - Clean with creator Sabrina Mahfouz.

1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Aug 2013 14:05

Music Played

  • Malcolm McLaren

    DOUBLE DUTCH

  • Devon Sproule

    You Can't Help It

  • Laurie Anderson

    O SUPERMAN

  • Bob Dylan

    PRETTY SARO

  • Travis

    MOVING

  • Caro Emerald

    COMPLETELY

  • Manic Street Preachers

    SHOW ME THE WONDER

  • Laura Veirs

    SUN SONG

  • Kings of Leon

    SUPERSOAKER

  • The Animals

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Aug 2013 14:05

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