The Book Café - 26/07/2010

Best-selling American author Jeffrey Deaver explains how he manages to hold his own in a crowded area of popular fiction - the forensic detective novel- and tells us how he plans to 're-boot' the James Bond novels with his first book for the franchise, due to be published next year. James Robertson on his long-awaited epic novel And The Land Lay Still, which looks back over 60 years to tell us where we've been and where we're going as a nation. We meet the woman who may well be the Edinburgh International Book Festival's biggest fan - and Festival Director Nick Barley will be picking out the highlights of the programme and telling us what else he's looking forward to seeing as Edinburgh turns itself into the Festival City once more. And Summer Reading for Children- we'll be asking whether despite the attractions of activities in the sunshine or electronic games inside on a rainy day books are still a big part of the summer holidays for many children across the country.