Highlights of the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Just a few of the highlights of the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival - what a wonderful year we had! Thank you to everyone who made it so special.

Featuring (in order of appearance): Jackie Kay, Shaun Usher & Simon Garfield, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Holly Baxter & Rhiannon Cosslett, Robbie Morrison & Charlie Adlard, Malala Yousafzai, Neil McDiarmid (The Moth), Andrew Soloman (The Moth), Melissa Benn, John Gordon Sinclair, Leigh Bardugo & Maureen Johnson, Omid Djalili, George RR Martin, Diana Gabaldon, Bonnie Greer, Billy Collins. Event interviewers: Teddy Jamieson, Al Senter, Daniel Hahn, Stuart Kelly, Peter Guttridge. And members of our wonderful audience.

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