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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.
The 2010 Programme Revealed – New World Order Explored
Thursday 17 June
We unveiled our 2010 programme this morning which contains a plethora of prize-winning authors – and a new audience award celebrating over 40 debut writers – who will be appearing in Charlotte Square Gardens with us this August.
Events highlight
Martin Kohan & David Trueba
STUNNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEBUTS FROM BESTSELLING WRITERS IN SPANISH
Saturday 14 August 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Best known in Spain for his novel Cuatro Amigos, David Trueba bursts onto the British literary scene with the translation of his award-winning new book, Learning to Lose, featuring a talented young Argentinian football star who arrives in Madrid. He is...
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...
