The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2008
A list of Scottish authors and events at the 2008 Cheltenham Literature Festival. This year Ian Rankin is one of the festival's guest directors.
Saturday 11th October
- 12noon - Alexander McCall Smith
- 12noon - Julia Donaldson
- 1.45pm - Cathy Cassidy
- 2pm - Debi Gliori
- 8pm - James Kelman
Sunday 12th October
- 1pm - Kate Muir, Ewan Morrison and Isabel Fonseca
- 4pm - John Barrowman
Tuesday 13th October
- 4pm - Menzies Campbell
Friday 17th October
- 7.30pm - A L Kennedy
Saturday 18th October
- 12noon - Ian Rankin with Tony Benn & Tariq Ali
- 5pm - Hardeep Singh Kohli with Anjum Anand
- 6pm - Ian Rankin with Jilly Cooper
- 8.45pm - Ian Rankin with Anthony Busuttil, Stephen Leadbeatter and Minette Walters
Sunday 19th October
- 1pm - Toby Litt, Doug Johnstone and Ian Rankin
- 4pm - Ian Rankin and Jack Vettriano
- 7.30pm - Ian Rankin with Frances Fyfield and Russell James
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Add to BasketAnything Goes: The Autobiography - Hardback -
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'Anything Goes' traces the life and career of John Barrowman, from his Glaswegian childhood and American adolescence to his first big break starring alongside Elaine Paige in Anything Goes. -
Add to BasketThe Comfort Of Saturdays - Hardback -
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Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. -
Add to BasketDistance - Paperback -
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They fall in love by accident in a week in New York City. However, Tom must return to Scotland. A passionate farewell at Newark Airport and a promise that they will meet in eight weeks, in Edinburgh, follows. But does Tom only love Meg because she is an imagined escape? -
Add to BasketDoors Open - Hardback -
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Set in a very different Edinburgh to that inhabited by DI John Rebus, this thriller centres on the glamorous uber-world of the Scottish capital. Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. Together with two friends, he hatches a plan to rob the National Gallery of Scotland. -
Add to BasketIndian Takeaway: One Man's Attempt To Cook His Way Home - Hardback -
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Hardeep Singh Kohli loves many things in life - but none more than food. He loves to eat it & he loves to cook it. So when he decided to travel round India, searching for his roots, what seemed the obvious thing to take with him? Not a travel guide. Not a BBC cameraman. Shepherd's pie and Yorkshire pudding. -
Add to BasketKieron Smith, Boy - Hardback -
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Rejected by his brother and largely ignored by his parents, Kieron Smith finds comfort in the home of his much-loved grandparents. But when his family move to a new housing scheme on the outskirts of the city, a world away from the close community of the tenements, Kieron struggles to find a way to adapt to his new life. -
Add to BasketMenzies Campbell: My Autobiography - Hardback -
£20.00
Menzies Campbell became leader of the Liberal Democrats in February 2006. He's led a fascinating life - Olympic athlete, lawyer, politician - and fought a successful battle with cancer. Here, for the first time, he tells his extraordinary story in his own words. -
Add to BasketThe Ossians - Paperback -
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The Ossians are on the verve of signing a major record deal before setting off on a two-week tour of the cities and hinterland of Scotland, a tour expected to culminate in a career-defining Glasgow gig. -
Add to BasketWest Coast - Hardback -
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A celebrated Brit Art photographer in Noughties' London finds himself going over his childhood in a tenement with his resentful mother after his fisherman father drowns. Follow him from scabby-kneed schoolboy to ambitious artist, from a squat to a mansion, from rent boys to an aristocratic marriage.