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Edinburgh International Book Festival

2025 Festival:
9-24 August
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2025 Festival:
9-24 August
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2004 Book Festival Highlights

Darren Shan book signing

Darren Shan book signing

Dining in the Spiegeltent
David Mitchell photoshoot
Darren Shan book signing
Lots of bookshop browsing!
Enjoying a book in the Bookshop
Darren Shan book signing
  • Young readers in the children's bookshop |
  • Father and daughter - Sally and Magnus Magnusson |
  • Happy bookshop browsers |
  • Toni Morrison |
  • Dame Muriel Spark reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' |
  • Louis de Bernières book signing |
  • Julia Donaldson signing books for young fans |
  • J K Rowling |
  • Eoin Colfer book signing |
  • Dining in the Spiegeltent |
  • David Mitchell photoshoot |
  • Darren Shan book signing |
  • Lots of bookshop browsing! |
  • Enjoying a book in the Bookshop |
  • Opening Day choir |
  • Relaxing outside the Spiegeltent |
  • Anita Roddick relaxing in the Authors Yurt |
  • Amos Oz press photocall |
  • Aerial shot of the Book Festival site |
  • Activity Corner fun! |
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