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Book Festival Announces Muriel Spark Centenary Celebration Event with a Host of Special Guests

Book Festival Announces Muriel Spark Centenary Celebration Event with a Host of Special Guests
Fri 24 November 2017

This week, the Book Festival announced a special event to celebrate the centenary of Muriel Spark's birth which will see a host of headline authors, actors and special guests come together to read, perform and share their passion for the 20th century legend…

Turkish Author Wins 2017 Book Festival First Book Award

Turkish Author Wins 2017 Book Festival First Book Award
Wed 01 November 2017

We're delighted to announce today that Turkish author, Ece Temelkuran, is the winner of the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award for her first novel translated into English, Women Who Blow on Knots, the story of four women on a journey from Tunisia to Lebanon…

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