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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Robin Knox-Johnston speaks with Ruth Wishart at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Kehinde Andrews, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff & Marcus Ryder: A Celebration of Black Lives
Interview - Julia Donaldson and Peter May
Sebastian Barry: Tales from an Uncivil War
Julia Neuberger talks to Richard Holloway at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Maggie O'Farrell: Loves, Labours, Loss
Fintan O'Toole: The Unknown Knowns of Ireland
Celebrating Inclusion
Pumla Dineo Gqola & Jacqueline Rose: The Female Fear Factory
Lucy Caldwell & Louise Kennedy: Belfast in the Blood