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Val will keep on writing
Crime writer Val Mcdermid has revealed she wants to write novels for the rest of her life, like Ruth Rendell and PD James.
The Tartan...
Book Festival responds to authors over Baillie Gifford sponsorship
A group of 50 authors have written to the Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) asking it to drop its major sponsor Baillie Gifford over...
Book Festival ‘Outriders’ to set off on four European journeys
Today (Wed. 21st Sept) the Edinburgh International Book Festival announced the launch of the third edition of Outriders, an exciting project that will see...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 – a review
It was my first opportunity to fully absorb the book festival in its temporary site at the Edinburgh Art College.
Yes, it has a...
2022 hybrid presentations help make this year’s Book Festival a success
'All Together Now' was the overarching theme announced in June, and this year’s Book Festival saw families, adults and school pupils flock to the...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 17
Yesterday (29th Aug) was the final day of Edinburgh's International Book Festival. Returning to the Edinburgh College of Art for a second year, it...
EIBF – Day 11 – Katherine Rundell
The poetry of John Donne feels as fresh, funny and radiantly beautiful in the 21st century as it must have done in the 17th....
EIBF – Day 7 – Graeme Macrae Burnet
When reading a novel, who can we trust to tell us the truth? Graeme Macrae Burnet’s new novel Case Study, set in mid-60s London, plays...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 5 – Ricky Ross
Thursday's author was Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross, who was at Central Hall - a new venue for EIBF - publicising his book 'Walking Back...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 5 – Vashti Bunyan
This year's EIBF is dispensing with the daily, multiple author photo calls and are limiting them to a few per day so there will...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 – All Together Now
This year's book festival calls people to Edinburgh with the rallying call, All Together Now, ticking so many boxes in the first proper literary...
New, long-term home for Edinburgh International Book Festival announced
It was announced today that the Edinburgh International Book Festival will remain at the Edinburgh College of Art for this year and next,...
Dynamic and diverse free schools’ programme announced by EIBF 2022
Earlier today, the Edinburgh International Book Festival announced a free and fully hybrid line up of events for primary and secondary school pupils this...
Free tickets and books for all school kids at the 2022 Edinburgh International Book...
Thanks to the generosity of long-term Lead Sponsor, Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has been able to announce that this year’s Schools...
Calls go out for ‘Scotland’s Stories Now’ from Edinburgh International Book Festival
In response to Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022, Edinburgh International Book Festival today (Tue Feb 15th) announced a new project gathering and creating stories...
Edinburgh International Book Festival in new deal with The Bookseller
A new partnership between Edinburgh International Book Festival and trade publication The Bookseller will support the YA Book Prize which is the first in...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021 – still available online
The 2021 book festival ended with the final night's conversation between First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and Douglas Stuart, author of the 2020 Booker Prize...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 2
This year's EIBF galleries will be somewhat lacking in comparison to days of yore. Arrangements for the Festival were put in place before various...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 1
There's a new venue and a new format for Edinburgh's renowned International Book Festival as the traditional site in Charlotte Square Gardens has been...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021 – online and in person
The 2021 Edinburgh international Book Festival will run from 14 to 30 August 2021 and will feature 250 events online and in person. With...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021 – Onwards and Upwards
The Book Festival did happen last year - and most successfully with everything taking place online. This is one festival which actually lends itself...
Book Festival will host all Booker nominees at a series of free online events
The Edinburgh International Book Festival says it will host all the International Booker Prize shortlisted authors and translators over the next few weeks.
This...
Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Winter Warmer takes place on Saturday
Edinburgh International Book Festival is holding a free online Winter Warmer event as part of their ongoing Citizen project on Saturday.
There will be...
My Light Shines On in Edinburgh in 2020
Edinburgh International Festival’s digital programme My Light Shines On, filmed primarily in empty venues throughout Edinburgh, attracted a global audience with 1,013,000 video views following its premiere on what...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2020 – everything is still online
When the Edinburgh International Book Festival, along with other festivals in the city, cancelled its summer programme as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – what’s on today
Unbelievably there is only one more day after today to be part of the Book Festival family, although the events are online for watching...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2020 – what’s on today
Today it is typical book festival weather and the rain is set to pour down all day today and there is a yellow weather...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2020 – what’s on today
The programme is packed full of interesting sessions which you can access from home, wherever you are in the world, all online and all...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2020 – what’s on today
There is a lot to see and hear today, but it was exciting yesterday when the winners of the James Tait Black Prizes were...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – what’s on today
Yesterday the organisers at the book festival told us where the audiences have come from so far. This is the beauty of the online...
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