Science writer and broadcaster Simon Singh, who was last at the Book Festival in 2008, is currently being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. They objected to an article he wrote for the Guardian two years ago in which he raised concerns…
Here’s a wee round up of prizes won by some of our 2009 Book Festival authors since the festival took place last August. Haven’t they done well?…
The Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, is to lead a once-in-a lifetime line-up of award winning Scottish and UK poets in Edinburgh to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake disaster appeal…
It's a great overall introduction to the Book Festival if you don't know much about us!…
Rory Bremner carries his in his head. Lorraine Kelly pins hers to her jacket. How do you carry yours? In your wallet? In your pocket? On your iPod? On Monday 1 February, Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature launched their fourth citywide reading campaign: Carry a Poem. …
We’re pleased to announce that eight of the sixteen Scottish authors short-listed for the Scottish Arts Council’s Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust 2010 Book Awards took part in the Book Festival last year. Among them are world-class poets Don Paterson and John Burnside, talented fiction writers A L Kennedy and Alan Bissett and biographer of the Scottish Bard, Robert Crawford…
Communities Programme participants celebrate success of 2024 
