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Edinburgh International Book Festival

Festival dates:
10-26 August 2019
 
Programme launch:
6 June 2019
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Festival dates:
10-26 August 2019
 
Programme launch:
6 June 2019
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2018 Book Festival Highlights

Friends relaxing in the Book Festival village

Friends relaxing in the Book Festival village

© Robin Mair

  • Zindzi Mandela | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Year of Young People young programmers introducing one of their 'Codename F' events | © Robin Mair
  • Yanis Varoufakis with Shami Chakrabarti | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Writing Biography - Creative Writing Workshop | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Viv Groskop | © Alan McCredie
  • Vic Galloway | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Unbound - Calypso King of the Windrush Generation | © Alan McCredie
  • Tony Adams | © Alan McCredie
  • Hugs with the Tiger Who Came To Tea | © Robin Mair
  • Life & Times of Michael K | © Robin Mair
  • Bookshop packed full of books | © Robin Mair
  • Susan Calman | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
  • Sue Black with Val McDermid | © Alan McCredie
  • Fun in the Baillie Gifford Story Box | © Robin Mair
  • Shahad Al-Rawi & Michael Donkor | © Robin Mair
  • Sensory Space Adventures | © Alan McCredie
  • Ruth Jones | © Alan McCredie
  • Ruby Wax | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Rose McGowan | © Robin Mair
  • Packed audience for Richard Lloyd Parry | © Robin Mair
  • Richard Dawkins | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Reinhard Kleist | © Alan McCredie
  • Reading in Charlotte Square Gardens | © Robin Mair
  • Rachel Kushner | © Alan McCredie
  • Catching a quick snap | © Robin Mair
  • Philip Pullman | © Alan McCredie
  • Book Festival gets off to a flying start! | © Robin Mair
  • Chitra Nagarajan & Olumide Popoola | © Alan McCredie
  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | © Alan McCredie
  • Zindzi Mandela with her grandchildren | © Alan McCredie
  • Family reading time | © Robin Mair
  • Michael Pedersen's Oyster Party for Scott Hutchison | © Alan McCredie
  • Matt Abbott | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Martin Rowson & Mohammad Sabaaneh | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina | © Robin Mair
  • Marawa Ibrahim teaching her audience how to hula hoop | © Robin Mair
  • Mara Menzies | © Robin Mair
  • Louise Minchin | © Robin Mair
  • Linda Yueh | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Leila Aboulela reads her 'Freedom Paper' | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Kate Mosse | © Robin Mair
  • Kamal Ahmed | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Juno Dawson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • June Sarpong meets her fans | © Robin Mair
  • Julian Clary reads from 'The Bolds' | © Robin Mair
  • Jo Swinson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Yanis Varoufakis with Jeremy Corbyn | © Alan McCredie
  • Jarvis's Big Draw | © Alan McCredie
  • Getting crafty in the Baillie Gifford Story Box | © Alan McCredie
  • James Crawford with Daniel Gray | © Alan McCredie
  • Jackie Kay & Kamila Shamsie | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Inua Ellams | © Alan McCredie
  • Ian Rankin | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Meeting Hugless Douglas | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Horrible Histories with Terry Deary | © Alan McCredie
  • Harry Hill | © Robin Mair
  • Guy Bass | © Robin Mair
  • Gregory Kenicer | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Greg Wise reads from his book | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Graeme Obree | © Robin Mair
  • Gordon Brown | © Alan McCredie
  • Frank Gardner | © Alan McCredie
  • Arriving at the Book Festival | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Elvis McGonagall | © Alan McCredie
  • Eley Williams | © Alan McCredie
  • Ed Husain | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Enjoying an ice cream in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
  • Doctors of Philosophy by Muriel Spark | © Suzanne Heffron
  • DJ Target | © Suzanne Heffron
  • David Walliams | © Alan McCredie
  • David Cannadine book signing - RM | © Robin Mair
  • Create Your Own Comics workshop | © Robin Mair
  • Edinburgh Comic Art Fair | © Robin Mair
  • Chris Hoy | © Alan McCredie
  • Chelsea Clinton | © Alan McCredie
  • Charlotte Square Gardens | © Robin Mair
  • Bruce Dickinson | © Robin Mair
  • Audience enjoying 3D event with Brian May | © Alan McCredie
  • Brian May | © Alan McCredie
  • Friends chatting over a book in the Book Festival | © Robin Mair
  • Hardworking Booksales staff | © Robin Mair
  • Book Festival Entrance Tent | © Robin Mair
  • Arriving at the Book Festival | © Robin Mair
  • Introduction to Book Conservation | © Robin Mair
  • Andy Stanton | © Robin Mair
  • Ali Smith with Nicola Sturgeon | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Ali Smith delivers her Muriel Spark lecture | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Alexander McCall Smith | © Robin Mair
  • Alan Johnson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Afua Hirsch | © Robin Mair
  • Unbound - Africa Unbound | © Robin Mair
  • One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isobel Greenberg | © Robin Mair
  • A sunny day in the Book Festival village | © Robin Mair
  • The Last Poets | © Robin Mair
  • The Gruffalo meets young fans | © Robin Mair
  • The Freedom Finale | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Charlotte Square Gardens in the sun | © Robin Mair
  • School group in the Gardens | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Robert Peston | © Robin Mair
  • Friends relaxing in the Book Festival village | © Robin Mair
  • Our new look Spiegeltent! | © Robin Mair
  • Barroux & Michael Morpurgo | © Robin Mair
  • Mark Beaumont addresses his audience | © Robin Mair
  • Lorna Goodison | © Robin Mair
  • Karl Ove Knausgaard | © Robin Mair
  • Jo Nesbo speaks to chair Lee Randall | © Alan McCredie
  • Jenni Murray | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Helen Pankhurst & Fern Riddell with Guest Selector Adele Patrick | © Alan McCredie
  • Gina Miller | © Alan McCredie
  • Unbound - Fun Lovin' Crime Writers | © Robin Mair
  • Winners of the Euan's Guide Accessible Festival Award for Best Pop-up Venue | © Frances Sutton
  • A young reader gets a reading prescription from Doctor Book | © Suzanne Heffron
  • David France delivers the Baillie Gifford Prize lecture | © Robin Mair
  • David Almond & Michael Morpurgo | © Alan McCredie
  • Brett Anderson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Book Festival village on George Street | © Robin Mair
  • Baillie Gifford Schools Gala Day | © Robin Mair
  • Ann Cleeves & Douglas Henshall | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Akala | © Alan McCredie
  • Enjoying an Afternoon Tea with Ozlem Warren | © Robin Mair
  • Ade Adepitan | © Suzanne Heffron
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