The 2010 Book Festival has featured over 750 participants from 50 countries, culminating fittingly in a moving tribute to Edwin Morgan…
Following the death of Edwin Morgan last week, we would like to confirm that a special event with a wide variety of contributors will be held on Monday 30 August to celebrate the life of Scotland’s first National Poet…
The Minister for Culture, Fiona Hyslop, today launched 'Elsewhere', our programme of brand new writing. Exciting contributions by leading authors will continue to be uploaded here on the website, and many are already available, from Roddy Doyle's to A L Kennedy's…
It is with regret that we receive the sad news of the death of legendary Scottish poet Edwin Morgan, only a day after the Book Festival's Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition…
On Sunday 22 August 2010 the Book Festival is hosting our event in association with the Open University. On Sunday morning the Party Pavilion will be open to all, free of charge, for OU information, opportunities and course sign-ups. Just drop by!…
We are pleased to announce that renowned political figure Peter Mandelson will be joining us in Charlotte Square gardens on Sunday 29 August to talk publicly about his memoir for the first time…
The Book Festival has teamed up with the Filmhouse Cinema, home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, to present two brilliant Filmhouse events featuring Margaret Atwood, Richard Holloway, Murray Grigor and Brian Dillon…
The Edinburgh International Book Festival opened to enormous enthusiasm and glorious sunshine yesterday morning, with record crowds (former PM Gordon Brown among them) pouring onto site to enjoy the sunny gardens and their energy-packed theatres…
As the Book Festival draws ever closer, we have an exciting addition to our jam-packed opening day on Saturday 14 August. Allan Brown will now be joined by Scottish TV legend Barbara Rafferty and Olivier Award-winning Lesley Mackie, two actors from The Wicker Man, in a very intriguing event telling the inside story of the ultimate Scottish cult movie…
Five of our authors have been interviewed for the official Edinburgh Festivals TV channel, offering tantalising teasers for their upcoming Book Festival events…
We recently added a tempting new event to our 2010 programme – an engaging appearance by Booker prize-winning writer A S Byatt, who will be joining us to discuss her compelling and ambitious new novel, The Children’s Book…
Celebrating the 2024 Book Festival 
