EIBF - Tuesday 23rd August

In The Man Who Gave Away His Island, Perman retells the remarkable story of John Lorne Campbell, who bought Canna, the 'jewel of the Hebrides', to prevent it from becoming a rich man's playground. Wightman's The Poor Had No Lawyers, explores how and why landowners got their hands on millions of Scottish acres. From Robert the Bruce to Donald Dewar, land has conferred political and economic power and the book raises a familiar question: who owns Scotland and how did they get it? Sold Out

Always warmly-anticipated, Ian Rankin gives us a preview of his upcoming book featuring Malcolm Fox, whom we first met in The Complaints. Being a braces-wearing teetotal Inspector in the Lothian Police Complaints and Conduct department requires a thick skin and a hard-nosed attitude. But it's a job that Fox gets done, and it seems he is on the way to developing a following as loyal as that of another fictional cop by the name of Rebus. Sold Out.

There's a relaxed irreverence to Paterson's prose that makes his guide to reading Shakespeare's sonnets an absolute delight. It's as if you're gossiping in the pub with an old friend of Britain's greatest Elizabethan writer. But behind the approachable style is a work of great insight and impressive depth, by one of Scotland's most exciting poets. Join him for an hour of perceptive analysis – and a little wild speculation.

The BBC Radio adaptation of Forsyth's Delete This at Your Peril catapulted the fictional Dundonian anti-hero Bob Servant to national attention. Servant's habit of responding to junk emails and striking up a relationship with their shady foreign senders provides a surprisingly touching and often hilarious portrait of an ordinary man from Broughty Ferry. In this very special event, Bob Servant himself is joined by some guest actors to bring his exuberant emails to life in this unmissable live performance.