Jessie Burton & Jonathan Grimwood at Edinburgh Book Festival 2014

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Meet two writers with cutting edge historical novels: Jonathan Grimwood is the author of award-winning alternate history stories (as Jon Courtenay Grimwood), but here he enters new territory with his breathtaking novelistic feast The Last Banquet. Jessie Burton, meanwhile, was the subject of a frenzied publishing battle to gain the rights for her Dutch Golden Age-set debut, The Miniaturist. BBC Arts is showcasing some of the most exciting new talent appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival featuring authors appearing under its ‘First Book Award’ umbrella. It is a chance to hear both debut authors and international writers newly translated into English, who promise to take literary Edinburgh by storm.