EIBF 2012 Saturday 11 August

11:00 Maureen Barrie & Lesley Taylor
Catherine the Great: Art Collector
Conversation on the National Museum of Scotland’s new exhibition, a display of Catherine the Great’s collection and the accompanying book.

12:00 Mary Contini
Sizzling Stories from the Queen of Culinary Edinburgh.
Launch of Contini’s new book.

12:30 Jeremy Crang, Edward Spiers & Matthew Strickland
The Definitive History of Military Scotland
Join the Editors of A Military History of Scotland for an interesting insight into the lives of members of the Scottish military.

18:30 Alexander McCall Smith
Meet One of the World’s Most Popular Authors
McCall Smith introduces the characters of his various books.

18:45 Charles Fernyhough & Claudia Hammond
Memory and Time Uncovered.
Interesting views on how our memory works and how we interact with the concept of time.

20:30 Ewan Morrison
Shopping Channeled
Morrison discusses Tales from the Mall.