In the third of our series of interviews with leaders in the UK creative industries, we speak to Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

In the almost 10 years since he became director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Nick Barley has introduced a number of initiatives include a free evening mini literary festival called Unbound, and launched an academic partnership with Durham University that explores the role voice hearing has in the writing process called Conversations with Ourselves.