Highlights of the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival
In August 2016, the Edinburgh International Book Festival welcomed over 800 writers, illustrators, poets, politicians and philosophers from 55 countries to Charlotte Square Gardens in a packed programme of passionate ideas, engaged debates and pure entertainment. Here we feature some of the highlights, along with what authors and audiences had to say about their time at the Festival.
You can view events from the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival in full here in our Video Gallery, or find events and author interviews on our YouTube channel.
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Anthony Horowitz: Shaken, Not Stirred
Simon Woolley: Shaking Up the Establishment
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Paul Mendez & Derek Owusu: Thorny Intersections
Yiyun Li: One-way Correspondence
Katie Kitamura: Familiarity and Contempt
Matt Haig (2017 Event)
Bernardine Evaristo with Nicola Sturgeon: The Triumph of Girl, Woman, Other
Aleksandar Hemon: Man’s Inhumanity to Man
Malachy Tallack & Kathleen Winter (2015 Event)