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    Festival dates:
    15–31 August 2020
    Programme launch:
    June 2020
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    Festival dates:
    15–31 August 2020
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    2019 Book Festival Highlights

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    Mark Urban

    © Suzanne Heffron

    • Opening | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • First crowds in the Gardens | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Fiddlers on the Ramp | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Unbound | © Robin Mair
    • Naomi Wolf | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Throwing Voices | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Throwing Voices | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Giles Yeo | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Karine Polwart, Ali Smith, Nayrouz Qarmout & Val McDermid | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Signing | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Susan Reynolds & Sara Sheridan | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Jenny Niven, Russ Litten & Chris McQueer | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Tim Winton | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Prue Leith | © Robin Mair
    • Ali Smith | © Robin Mair
    • Karine Polwart & Steven Polwart | © Robin Mair
    • Nayrouz Qarmout & Val McDermid | © Robin Mair
    • Girl reading in the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Eating ice cream | © Robin Mair
    • Val McDermid | © Pako Mera
    • Katherine Grainger & Ruth Dadvison | © Pako Mera
    • Neil Oliver | © Pako Mera
    • Markus Zusak | © Robin Mair
    • Damian Barr | © Robin Mair
    • DeRay Mckesson | © Robin Mair
    • Harry Hill | © Robin Mair
    • Harry Hill | © Robin Mair
    • George Street | © Robin Mair
    • Entrance | © Robin Mair
    • Info desk staff | © Robin Mair
    • The Garden Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Picnic in the gardens | © Robin Mair
    • Woman reading | © Robin Mair
    • Charlotte Square Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • Edinburgh Gin Bar | © Robin Mair
    • Charlotte Square Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • George Street giant books | © Robin Mair
    • Couple reading in the queue | © Robin Mair
    • Fiddlers on the Ramp | © Robin Mair
    • Baby reading the Explorer's Guide | © Robin Mair
    • Fiddlers on the Ramp | © Robin Mair
    • Woman reading in the queue | © Robin Mair
    • Box Office staff | © Robin Mair
    • Staff | © Robin Mair
    • Shoo Rayner | © Robin Mair
    • Baby and adults playing | © Robin Mair
    • Cathy Newman | © Robin Mair
    • Fatima Bhutto | © Robin Mair
    • Alex Rogers | © Robin Mair
    • Front of House staff | © Robin Mair
    • Alex Rogers | © Robin Mair
    • Aidan O'Rourke | © Robin Mair
    • James Robertson | © Robin Mair
    • 365 Stories installation | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Tim Winton, Laura Watts, Josh Haner & Meaghan Looram | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Caroline Criado Perez | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Louise Doughty, Lee Randall & Stuart Turton | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Audience question | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Ben Okri | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Malorie Blackman | © Simone Padovani
    • Afternoon Tea with Alissa Timoshkina | © Simone Padovani
    • Afternoon Tea with Alissa Timoshkina | © Simone Padovani
    • Afternoon Tea with Alissa Timoshkina | © Simone Padovani
    • DeRay Mckesson & Casey Gerald | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Children's activities | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Eddie Izzard | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Venki Ramakrishnan | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Julia Donaldson & Catherine Rayner | © Suzanne Heffron
    • The Gruffalo & Julia Donalson | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Julia Donalson | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Alexander McCall Smith | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Nayrouz Qarmout | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Dave Cousins | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Cerrie Burnell | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Kids' Corner Sunflowers | © Simone Padovani
    • Kids' Corner | © Simone Padovani
    • Inua Ellams | © Simone Padovani
    • Theresa Lola | © Simone Padovani
    • Tayi Tibble | © Simone Padovani
    • Charly Cox | © Simone Padovani
    • Inua Ellams | © Simone Padovani
    • Petr Horáček | © Simone Padovani
    • Andy Stanton | © Simone Padovani
    • James Tait Black Prize for fiction: Olivia Laing | © Simone Padovani
    • James Tait Black Prize for biography: Lindsay Hilsum | © Simone Padovani
    • Maria Isobel Sanchez Vegara | © Simone Padovani
    • Katie Hale | © Robin Mair
    • Front of House Staff | © Robin Mair
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Bang Said the Gun | © Robin Mair
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Bang Said the Gun | © Robin Mair
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Bang Said the Gun | © Robin Mair
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Bang Said the Gun | © Robin Mair
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Bang Said the Gun | © Robin Mair
    • Sofie Hagen | © Robin Mair
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Bang Said the Gun | © Robin Mair
    • Sofie Hagen | © Robin Mair
    • Over a Gin With Theresa Lola | © Robin Mair
    • Relaxing in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • Benjamin Zephaniah | © Robin Mair
    • Throwing Voices: Tayi Tibble | © Robin Mair
    • Benjamin Zephaniah | © Robin Mair
    • Throwing Voices: Bigg Taj | © Robin Mair
    • Throwing Voices | © Robin Mair
    • Christopher Brookmyre & Roddy Doyle | © Robin Mair
    • Book Festival Village at night | © Robin Mair
    • The Garden Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • The Edinburgh Gin Bar | © Robin Mair
    • Sunny Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • The Cafe | © Robin Mair
    • Browsing the Garden Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Playing in the Kids' Corner | © Robin Mair
    • Shopping for Childrens' Books | © Robin Mair
    • Iain Morrison | © Robin Mair
    • Jay Bernard | © Robin Mair
    • A L Kennedy | © Robin Mair
    • Gordon Brown & John Sexton | © Robin Mair
    • The Cafe on George Street | © Robin Mair
    • Elmer the Elephant | © Robin Mair
    • Kids' Corner | © Robin Mair
    • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
    • Eunice Olumide | © Robin Mair
    • Joelle Taylor | © Robin Mair
    • Val McDermid | © Robin Mair
    • Chigozie Obioma | © Robin Mair
    • New Daughters of Africa: Bernardine Evaristo & Leila Aboulela | © Robin Mair
    • New Daughters of Africa | © Robin Mair
    • New Daughters of Africa in the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Browsing the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Outriders Africa | © Robin Mair
    • Playing in the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Chris Mullen | © Robin Mair
    • Branko Milanovic & Paul Collier | © Robin Mair
    • Cartwheels in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • Enjoying the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • The Edinburgh Gin Bar | © Robin Mair
    • The Edinburgh Gin Bar | © Robin Mair
    • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
    • Scottish Authors in the Bookshop on George Street | © Robin Mair
    • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
    • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
    • Reading in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
    • Jokha Alharthi | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Jokha Alharthi | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Sophie Hughes & Jen Calleja | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Ian Rankin | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: The R.A.P Party | © Pako Mera
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: The R.A.P Party | © Pako Mera
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: The R.A.P Party | © Pako Mera
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: The R.A.P Party | © Pako Mera
    • Robert Skidelsky | © Pako Mera
    • Nafissa Thompson-Spires | © Pako Mera
    • Doctor Book | © Pako Mera
    • Kids' Play Area | © Pako Mera
    • Doctor Book | © Pako Mera
    • David Cannadine | © Pako Mera
    • Jan Wagner & Robin Robertson | © Pako Mera
    • Narguess Farzad | © Pako Mera
    • Serhii Plokhy | © Pako Mera
    • Mother Courage and her Children | © Pako Mera
    • Mother Courage and her Children | © Pako Mera
    • Audience | © Pako Mera
    • Alberto Manguel | © Pako Mera
    • Roger McGough | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Roger McGough | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Tracey Thorn | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Afternoon Tea with Ghillie Basan | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Afternoon Tea with Ghillie Basan | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Afternoon Tea with Ghillie Basan | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Brian Bilston, Luke Wright & Martin Rowson | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Under Another Sky | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Simon Armitage | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Francesca Simon | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Nadine Aisha Jassat & Mariam Khan | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Francesca Simon | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Jessie Greengrass | © Suzanne Heffron
    • SUZANNJames Crawford, Kate Hamer & Doug Johnstone | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Jack Monroe | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Jack Monroe | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Gina Martin | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Alan Rusbridger | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Outriders Africa | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Outriders Africa | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Outriders Africa, Donna Obaseki-Ogunnaike | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Robin Knox Johnston | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Mary Portas | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Gordon Brown | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Branko Milanovic | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Alexander McCall Smith | © Suzanne Heffron
    • What is Gender in the 21st Century? | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Sue Perkins | © Simone Padovani
    • Sue Perkins | © Simone Padovani
    • Sue Perkins | © Simone Padovani
    • Peter Hitchens | © Simone Padovani
    • Euan's Guide Accesible Festival Award announced | © Simone Padovani
    • Raja Shehadeh | © Simone Padovani
    • Roger Robinson, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Anthony Wall | © Simone Padovani
    • Linton Kwesi Johnson | © Simone Padovani
    • Jeanette Winterson | © Simone Padovani
    • Festival Director Nick Barley | © Robin Mair
    • Max Porter | © Robin Mair
    • Jason Reynolds | © Robin Mair
    • Ian Rankin | © Robin Mair
    • Jason Reynolds | © Robin Mair
    • Ian Rankin | © Robin Mair
    • Staff and audience | © Robin Mair
    • Enjoying ice cream | © Robin Mair
    • The Bookshop Cafe | © Robin Mair
    • The Bookshop Cafe | © Robin Mair
    • The Garden Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Browsing the Entrance Tent | © Robin Mair
    • Citizen Drop-in | © Robin Mair
    • Citizen Drop-in | © Robin Mair
    • Citizen Drop-in | © Robin Mair
    • Citizen Drop-in | © Robin Mair
    • Citizen Drop-in | © Robin Mair
    • Whisky and Words | © Robin Mair
    • Whisky and Words | © Robin Mair
    • Whisky and Words | © Robin Mair
    • Kwame Alexander | © Robin Mair
    • Whisky and Words | © Robin Mair
    • Relaxing in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • Reading in the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • Relaxing in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • George Street | © Robin Mair
    • The New York Times Main Theatre | © Robin Mair
    • Reading in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
    • The Garden Bookshop | © Robin Mair
    • The Writers' Retreat | © Robin Mair
    • Giuseppe Caputo & Ariana Harwicz | © Robin Mair
    • Philip Long & Joanna Norman | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Don Paterson | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Michael Pedersen | DonPaterson © Roberto Ricciuti
    • The signing tent | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Nicola Sturgeon & Arundhati Roy | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Arundhati Roy | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Nicola Sturgeon & Arundhati Roy | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Tongue Fu with Chris Redmond | © Pako Mera
    • Philip Long & Joanna Norman | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Tongue Fu | © Pako Mera
    • Audience applauding | © Pako Mera
    • Mariella Frostrup | © Pako Mera
    • Lois Pryce | © Pako Mera
    • Alexander McCall Smith | © Pako Mera
    • Paul Mason | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Tracy Chevalier | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Audience | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Throwing Voices | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Jess Kidd & E S Thomson | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Gin Tasting and True Crime | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Tongue Fu | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Unbound with Edinburgh Gin: Tongue Fu | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • David Nicholls | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Citizen | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Citizen: Janet Smyth | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • 30 Years of Elmer the Elephant | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • 30 Years of Elmer the Elephant | ® Suzanne Heffron
    • Mathias Énard with Ece Temelkuran | ® Simone Padovani
    • John Lanchester | ® Simone Padovani
    • Reading in the Gardens | ® Simone Padovani
    • Goenawan Mohamad | ® Simone Padovani
    • 25 Years of Rotten Romans with Martin Brown | ® Simone Padovani
    • Tim Waterstone | ® Simone Padovani
    • Shaun Bythell & Tim Waterstone | ® Simone Padovani
    • Robert MacFarlane | ® Simone Padovani
    • Open Book with Mariella Frostrup | ® Simone Padovani
    • Allan Little's Big Interview with Elif Shafak | ® Simone Padovani
    • Elif Shafak | ® Simone Padovani
    • Whiti Hereaka & Tina Makereti | ® Robin Mair
    • Book shopping | ® Robin Mair
    • Browsing the brochure | ® Robin Mair
    • Reading in the Gardens | ® Robin Mair
    • The Garden Bookshop | ® Robin Mair
    • The Bookshop on George Street | ® Robin Mair
    • Imagination Lab | ® Robin Mair
    • The Entrance Tent | ® Robin Mair
    • Reading in the Gardens | ® Robin Mair
    • Tasty treats | ® Robin Mair
    • Carrie Gracie | ® Robin Mair
    • Lilja Sigurdardottir | ® Robin Mair
    • Matt Haig | ® Robin Mair
    • Matt Haig | ® Robin Mair
    • John Burnside | ® Robin Mair
    • Associate Director Roland Gulliver | ® Robin Mair
    • Typewriter in the Bookshop | ® Robin Mair
    • Executive Director Sophie Moxon | ® Robin Mair
    • Marina Warner | ® Robin Mair
    • James Acaster | ® Robin Mair
    • Rob Auton | ® Robin Mair
    • Doddie Weir | ® Robin Mair
    • Reding Mary Robinson | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Salman Rushdie | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Rory Stewart | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Meena Kandasamy | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Nitasha Kaul, Meena Kandasamy & Talat Ahmed | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Talat Ahmed | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Thomas Keneally | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Audience asking questions | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Mary Robinson | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Kerry Hudson & Sarah Smarsh | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Sarah Smarsh | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Audience | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Heir of the Cursed, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Clara Farmer, Margaret Busby & Lennie Goodings | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Frank Gardner | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Frank Gardner | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Anita Anand | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Nadine Aisha Jassat & Anita Anand | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Audience | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • A C Grayling | ® Roberto Ricciuti
    • Schools Gala Day: high fives! | © Robin Mair
    • Schools Gala Day | © Robin Mair
    • Madcap Storytelling with Steve Cole | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day: Intergalactic Alpacas | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day: Little Mole | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day: The Gruffalo | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day: face painting | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day: Intergalactic Alpacas | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
    • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
    • Schools audience | © Pako Mera
    • Adam Baron Making a Splash | © Pako Mera
    • Weave Your Way to the Moon | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Weave Your Way to the Moon | © Pako Mera
    • Weave Your Way to the Moon | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Radical Practice: The Fifth Social Revolution | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Radical Practice: Hilary Cottam | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Mike Berners-Lee | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Mike Berners-Lee | © Suzanne Heffron
    • James Morton & Tom Morton | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Mark Urban | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Kirsty Wark | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Kirsty Wark | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Keith Hartley | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Keith Hartley & Typex | © Suzanne Heffron
    • Browsing the Bookshop | © Simone Padovani
    • The Bookshop on George Street | © Simone Padovani
    • Spark Theatre on George Street | © Simone Padovani
    • Reading in the Gardens | © Simone Padovani
    • The kids' corner | © Simone Padovani
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    • The Garden Bookshop cafe | © Simone Padovani
    • Charlotte Square Gardens in the sunshine | © Simone Padovani
    • Last Lines | © Robin Mair
    • Last Lines | © Robin Mair
    • Gordon Brown | © Robin Mair
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    • Women Talking by Miriam Toews | © Robin Mair
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    • Ece Temelkuran | © Robin Mair
    • Carrie Gracie | © Robin Mair
    • Yuan Yang | © Robin Mair
    • Steven Erlanger | © Robin Mair
    • Little Mole | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • The Info Desk and team | © Roberto Ricciuti
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    • Enjoying an evening drink | © Roberto Ricciuti
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    • Author portraits on the walkways | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Browsing the Bookshop | © Roberto Ricciuti
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    • Little girl reading in the Bookshop | © Roberto Ricciuti
    • Enjoying a beer in the Gardens | © Roberto Ricciuti
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    • Giant books on George Street | © Roberto Ricciuti
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