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Unique Funding Partnership Backs Edinburgh Festivals’ Ambitions for Wider Reach

Unique Funding Partnership Backs Edinburgh Festivals’ Ambitions for Wider Reach
Tue 06 November 2018

Today the first details of a major new investment programme for Edinburgh’s Festivals, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, have been announced. The investment will enable festival programmes to be more diverse and global, benefitting new participants and future generations…

Iraqi Writer Wins Book Festival's First Book Award

Iraqi Writer Wins Book Festival's First Book Award
Thu 01 November 2018

Today we’re delighted to reveal that the Iraqi writer Shahad Al Rawi has won the Book Festival’s 2018 First Book Award with her debut novel, The Baghdad Clock…