Connery 'exclusive' headlines Edinburgh festival
Lindesay Irvine and agenciesThursday , in The Guardain, June 12, 2008

Being Scottish ... Sean Connery. Photo: AP

Sir Salman Rushdie will be playing a second fiddle to Sir Sean Connery at this year's Edinburgh International book festival, organisers have announced. The two knights will both be highlights of the festival, alongside Hanif Kureishi, Margaret Atwood and 800 other authors, but interest in the "world exclusive" launch of the former Bond star's memoirs is certain to eclipse all the other 750 events announced today.

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