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Monday 20 December

Join in World Book Night

Do you love a book so much you want everyone to read it? The first ever World Book Night will take place on Sat 5 March 2011, two days after World Book Day.

Wednesday 17 November

Costa shortlist announced

The Costa Book Awards shortlist was announced today and, as with so many of the top literary prizes, many of the shortlisted writers were invited and took part in...

Wednesday 17 November

Three exciting job vacancies at the Book Festival

We are currently seeking creative, experienced, enthusiastic and highly organised people to join our dedicated team of staff in Edinburgh...

Monday 25 October

2010 Readers’ First Book Award winner announced

Alex Preston’s debut novel, This Bleeding City, was announced today as the winner of the Edinburgh our inaugural Readers’ First Book Award...

David Vann and Willy Vlautin

Friday 17 September

Dozens of new writing pieces

The Book Festival has had the pleasure of commissioning new writing from leading authors, and now we all have the pleasure of reading them! We have uploaded over twenty pieces of work on the absorbing theme of “Elsewhere”, and they are all...