The sun shone on Charlotte Square Gardens as the EIBF launched its 2019 theme earlier today.
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Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival was joined by Roland Gulliver, Associate Director and Janet Smyth, Children & Education Programme Director, to launch the 2019 programme with ‘We Need New Stories’.