Pentlands Book Festival, the popular free festival in the south west of Edinburgh has released tickets for this year’s events which run from 23 October to 28 November.
The literary festival, with events taking place from Colinton to Balerno, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Read the full programme below.
All tickets are available to reserve on Eventbrite – click here.
A small group of volunteers runs a broad programme ranging from promoting local debut authors, Bookbug sessions, short story writing competitions for schoolchildren and all the way up the literary ladder to names such as Val McDermid, Jackie Kay, Alan Bissett and Denise Mina.
The festival organisers have also engaged local poets, musicians, and artists, while using local venues such as public libraries, schools, cafés, pubs, and even a funeral parlour.
This year the curtain-raiser is, appropriately, David Greig of the Lyceum, followed by Derek Forbes, formerly of Simple Minds, and a line-up to meet all interests, including Billy Kay, Allan Little, Lin Anderson, and ending with the irrepressible Alan Bissett bringing back Moira for her final thoughts on lockdown,
One key principle is not to charge for entry so that it is not a barrier to attendance, but donations are always very welcome.
You can find all details and get your tickets here https://pentlandsbookfestival.org/
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