European fiction: dry and academic?

Christos Tsiolkas has been accused of misogyny and an unthinking, crude depiction of sex and violence. He, meanwhile, has lashed out against the quality of British and European writing. Might he be on to something?

Most Scottish arts organisations to face deep funding cuts

Creative Scotland review of £18m core funding will bite from Edinburgh to Orkney

Edinburgh book and film festivals to join forces

Architect Norman Foster and author Margaret Atwood to spearhead partial tie-up between festivals

Farewell, fringe. Hello, in-tray

AL Kennedy: After a heady month publicly hymning the joys of writing, it's back to doing some

The how not to cook book

Art imitates life at Aleksandra Mir's anti-cookbook installation. What 'how not to' tips can you offer?

Dangerous liaisons

Tim Ashley considers the shifting interpretations of the starkly modern play about Troilus and Cressida

Going bananas at the Edinburgh Fringe

AL Kennedy: I'm performing my show at the festival, where only soft fruit, water and multiple massages are keeping me upright

Forget Proust’s madeleines, Scotland has mince, broth and shortbread

Former Masterchef winner Sue Lawrence has called on Scots to take pride in their traditional cooking

Who will lead the lit brigade?

Veronica Lee wonders who'll be the next international book festival director and wonders if A-Team: the Musical should be described as entertainment

Edinburgh festival: Marketing campaign unites city’s celebrations

Twelve events – including the Fringe, books, film and music festivals – will be promoted with a new logo, website and online TV station in a £450,000 bid to set tills ringing

The week in books

Memories are made of this at Edinburgh, blood and bottoms to get boys reading, an attack on Obama

Julian Barnes on goths and enemies

Charlotte Higgins: Julian Barnes, delighting visitors to the Edinburgh Book festival, was particularly eloquent on the crushing influence of his elder brother Jonathan

‘Milli who?’ Prescott hits Edinburgh

John Prescott spoke at the Edinburgh book festival today - about croquet, his cars and the vicissitudes of Gordon Brown

Is writing a form of self-help?

David Lodge thinks writing can work as therapy. Julian Barnes does not. Who is right?

Relaxed Brown takes on Cameron

Given the bad press the PM has recently received, it is worth noting that he put in a confident performance at the Edinburgh book festival this weekend