Book Week Scotland Edinburgh Inky Fingers Scavenger Hunt Check out our picks of Book Week Scotland's finest Edinburgh events - including a literary scavenger hunt, the mystery of Burke and Hare unveiled and a Frightened Rabbit-inspired novel. The Inky Fingers Literary Edinburgh Scavenger Hunt From November 24 - 27, you'll be able to explore the city for a good old scavenger hunt. Your tasks will include collecting physical objects relating to literary Edinburgh, photographing team members in particular locations and answering questions about local book shops. Email writingmostly@gmail.com with your team name (there will be a prize for the best one) and the names and email addresses of up to four team members. All the details will be emailed over by noon tomorrow. Keep an eye on @InkyFingersEdin and #litscavenger for helpful hints and tips. Once you've run ragged collecting objects, you can bring your loot to The Forest Cafe on November 30. After officially registered your collection you can sit back, relax and watch the musicians and authors appearing for the prize-giving ceremony. The Dead Beat Edinburgh-based Doug Johnston is a freelance journalist, songwriter and musician. He also has a PhD in nuclear physics, you know, for good measure. He'll appear at Portobello Library on November 25 to discuss his latest book, The Dead Beat, the latest of which sees an Edinburgh newspaper intern in some serious hot water. Seeing as Ian Rankin described the book before that, Gone Again, as "a fast-paced thriller with a very human touch" - we expect great things. Burke and Hare If you've lived in Edinburgh for any period of time, you'll know about Burke and Hare (we're talking about the murderous duo, of course, not the establishment along from Grassmarket). Owen Dudley Edwards, author of the definitive book on the notorious body snatching duo, delves into their past and their personalities during his November 26 visit to the National Library of Scotland. It's a tale of desperation and greed, of outsiders, ambition, corruption love, and betrayal - and it's all true! Swim Until You Can't See Land Named after a song by Selkirk indie favourites Frightened Rabbit, Catriona Child has written a book about swimming. The Dundee-born author has been all over Scotland, studying in Aberdeen before settling in Edinburgh, and is the sister of Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Eilidh Child. Catriona reckons sporting genes run in her family ("I was a competitive swimmer for many years and love the sport") and the book contracts the struggles of injured swimmer Hannah Wright with the life of Marièle Downie, a wartime spy. Catriona appears at the South Queensferry Library on November 26. Banned Book Club Challenged by a Florida school for questioning authority and lauding hacker culture, Cory Doctorow's novel Little Brother is free to download online. The author-led book group will discuss freedom of expression at home, online and across the world. Cory, the author of several novels, is also co-editor of Boing Boing and the former European director of the Electronic Fronteir Foundation, a civil liberties group that "works to keep cyberspace free." Cory makes the trip up from London to discuss Little Brother, which is his first novel for young adults, at the Saltire Society on November 28.