2026 Book Festival: Sat 15 - Sun 30 August

Who we are

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a charity which has been bringing outstanding writers and thinkers from around the world together with curious audiences for over forty years. We celebrate the power of words, examine pressing issues, shift perspectives, and create joyful experiences for those of all ages. Our programme sparks essential conversations about the world around us, our place in it, and how we can improve it, together. Making these discussions accessible to anyone is at the heart of everything we do, in August and beyond.

Here, a book is a beginning – of a conversation, of a better understanding, of a debate, of a memory. What happens next is up to you.