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Booker Prize longlisters coming to Book Festival
Friday 30 July
This week the judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced the longlist for the prestigious prize, and we are excited and honoured to be welcoming 10 of the 13 longlisters to the Book Festival this August.
Forward Prize Nominees at Book Festival
Thursday 22 July
Congratulations to the brilliant poets shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection. We are very proud to say that four of the six names on the shortlist will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this Summer.
New events announced
Wednesday 14 July
We are excited to announce a selection of brand new events for this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Events highlight
David James Smith
Portrait of Nelson Mandela as a young man
Saturday 28 August 11:00am - 12:00pm
Twenty years after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela is acknowledged as the greatest politician of our times, a peacemaker who spearheaded the end of South African apartheid. Yet before he was imprisoned, Mandela was widely regarded as a terrorist,
2010 Programme
This year’s programme features hundreds of events for adults and children including topical panel debates, creative workshops, lively author interviews and readings and all the information you need to know about the Festival.
2010 RBS Schools Programme
Featuring author events and workshops created especially for primary and secondary schools and CPD events for teachers along with ideas for related classroom activities.
David Almond (children's event)
A fantastic opportunity to gatecrash our 2005 Book Festival event with......
On the day of his 78th birthday, 25 August 2008, Edinburgh-born film icon Sean Connery chats with his friend and co-author Murray Grigor about a range of subjects including his much-anticipated book Being A Scot. The event proved to be the...
