Loud Poets Grand Slam Final
The highly anticipated Loud Poets Grand Slam Final promises to be a festival highlight, combining music with fist-thumping, side-tickling poetry. Having qualified through a series of Scotland-wide Slams, 12 poets compete for a £3,000 prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion. Hosted by Kevin McLean with musical accompaniment from Jack Hinks, plus special performances from winner of over 10 slam titles, Vanessa Kisuule. *Includes 15 minute interval
Book Festival News
Celebrating the 2024 Book FestivalMonday 26 August
Watch more
Highlights of the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Ada Limón: The Images of Poetry
Simon Callow (2017 Event)
Doireann Ní Ghríofa: A Ghost in the Throat
William Dalrymple with Fergal Keane: Rapacity and Excess in Imperial India
Patricia Lockwood: Postmodernism for the Internet Generation
Elif Shafak: If Trees Could Speak
Rose McGowan (2018 Event)
Val McDermid & Jo Sharp: Imagine Another Country
Kezia Dugdale & Lesley Riddoch: Once Upon a Time in Holyrood