Day 3 - Martin

Martin Macauley took the stage for day 3 with his powerful story 'Andrew Alexander'. The seagulls of Charlotte Square provided some suitably atmospheric noises for the occasion! If you couldn't make it, indulge yourself with the full story here.

Our annual Story Shop showcase presents new and emerging Edinburgh writers to audiences at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Every day of the festival, that's 17 in total, at 4pm in the Guardian Spiegeltent, a writer reads a story of compact beauty, for free. Story Shop is now in its fifth year, and we've got a stellar line up for each day of the festival 2012. Read all about them here and join us at 4pm each day until 27th August if you can!