A L Kennedy
The finest contemporary Scottish writing commissioned especially by the festival. We asked four of our most highly acclaimed writers (John Burnside, Janice Galloway, A L Kennedy and Don Paterson) to create new work - poetry and prose - for this 2008 event. And what a fantastic showcase it was.
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Laird Hunt & Colson Whitehead (2017 Event)
Markus Zusak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Melvin Burgess (teen event)
Brian Boyd - The Curriculum for Excellence
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Michel Faber (2011 Event)
Anna Politkovskaya
Marian Keyes: Family Matters (2020 Event)
Barry Hutchison reading The Unclaimed Girl
Maggie Fergusson & Michael Morpurgo (2012 event)