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2022 Book Festival Highlights

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© Robin Mair

Val McDermid & Ali Smith
Fintan O'Toole
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Relaxing in the Courtyard
Central Hall
Audience: © Robin Mair
  • The Gruffalo | © Robin Mair
  • Rob Biddulph | © Robin Mair
  • Book Signing Tent | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Luke Winter | © Robin Mair
  • Book Festival Entrance | © Robin Mair
  • Martha Wainwright | © Simone Padovani
  • Martha Wainwright | © Simone Padovani
  • Georgia Pritchett | © Simone Padovani
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Simone Padovani
  • Fiona Lumbers | © Simone Padovani
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Adam Tooze | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Baillie Gifford Storytime Yurt | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Central Hall | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Mohsin Hamid & Daniel Hahn | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Central Hall | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Jonathan Freedland | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Joseph Coelho & Val McDermid | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Val McDermid & Ali Smith | © Robin Mair
  • Fintan O'Toole | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Central Hall | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Helen Rutter | © Simone Padovani
  • Pankaj Mishra | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Malika Booker | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Lemn Sissay | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Claire Askew, Salena Godden & Marjorie Lotfi | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Xavier Leopold | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Lemn Sissay | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Adam Kay | © Robin Mair
  • Hear No Evil | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Nadia Shireen | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Scran Academy | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Robin Mair
  • Janey Godley | © Robin Mair
  • Staff | © Robin Mair
  • Justin Webb | © Robin Mair
  • Howard Jacobson | © Robin Mair
  • Patrick Radden Keefe | © Simone Padovani
  • Audience | © Simone Padovani
  • John Hegley | © Simone Padovani
  • Stories and Scran | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Louise Welsh | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Nicola Sturgeon & Louise Welsh | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Dr Book | © Simone Padovani
  • Festival Bookshop | © Simone Padovani
  • Marlon James | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Marlon James | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Stuart Cosgrove | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • James Runcie | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • One Day Ticket | © Robin Mair
  • Mieko Kawakami | © Robin Mair
  • Yvette Fielding | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Nadifa Mohamed | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Entrance | © Robin Mair
  • Serhii Plokhy | © Simone Padovani
  • Damon Galgut | © Simone Padovani
  • Audience | © Simone Padovani
  • Damon Galgut | © Simone Padovani
  • Helen Mort | © Simone Padovani
  • Anna Fleming | © Simone Padovani
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Sign Posts | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Kevin Bridges | © Robin Mair
  • Kevin Bridges | © Robin Mair
  • Vashti Bunyan | © Robin Mair
  • Monica Ali | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Sanjeev Sahotz | © Robin Mair
  • Frankie Boyle | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Vanessa Onwuemezi | © Simone Padovani
  • Patrick Barkham | © Simone Padovani
  • Watching the Big Screen | © Simone Padovani
  • Karla Suarez | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Nancy Campbell & Siri Helle | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Central Hall | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Simone Padovani
  • Chris Brookmyre | © Simone Padovani
  • Esa Aldegheri | © Simone Padovani
  • Patrick Gale | © Simone Padovani
  • Jarvis Cocker | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Simon Woolley | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Christopher de Bellaigue | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Kate Molleson | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Ricky Ross | © Robin Mair
  • Jenni Fagan | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Village | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Denise Mina & Sam Baker | © Simone Padovani
  • Central Hall | © Simone Padovani
  • Charlie Higson | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Mary Gaitskill | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Raymond Antrobus | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Jakuta Alikavazovic | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Bar | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Central Hall | © Robin Mair
  • Armando Iannuchi | © Robin Mair
  • Director Nick Barley | © Robin Mair
  • Clive Staffford Smith | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Abdulrazak Gurnah | © Simone Padovani
  • Emily St John Mandel | © Simone Padovani
  • Richard Holloway | © Simone Padovani
  • Raymond Antrobus | © Simone Padovani
  • Sinéad Burke | © Simone Padovani
  • Rosie Jones | © Simone Padovani
  • Kathleen Jamie | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Don Paterson | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Omar Musa & Monika Radojevic | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Jarvis | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Jarvis | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Having Fun in the Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Pip & Posy | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Michael Ignatieff & Allan Little | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Geetanjali Shree | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Dapo Adeola | © Robin Mair
  • Nathan Bryon | © Robin Mair
  • Mick Herron | © Robin Mair
  • Mark Gillingham | © Robin Mair
  • Jarvis | © Robin Mair
  • Gulbahar Haitiwaji | © Robin Mair
  • Jason Reynolds | © Pako Mera
  • Watching the Big Screen in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Gulbahar Haitiwaji | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Audience | © Robin Mair
  • Alan Cumming | © Simone Padovani
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Chitra Ramaswamy | © Pako Mera
  • Edwin Morgan Poetry Award | © Simone Padovani
  • Jessie Burton - NAJ_1193 | © Simone Padovani
  • Ian Rankin | © Robin Mair
  • Edwin Morgan Poetry Award | © Simone Padovani
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Nikita Gill | © Pako Mera
  • Anthony Horowitz | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Catherine Rayner | © Robin Mair
  • Imogen Binnie | © Simone Padovani
  • Ottessa Moshfegh | © Simone Padovani
  • Diana Gabaldon | © Simone Padovani
  • Jeffrey Boakye & Sinéad Gleeson | © Simone Padovani
  • Philip Miller | © Pako Mera
  • Ryan O'Connor | © Pako Mera
  • Gabriel Krauze | © Pako Mera
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Scottish Spoken Word Showcase | © Pako Mera
  • Thomas Harding & Kojo Koram | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Dean Atta | © Robin Mair
  • Watching the Big Screen | © Robin Mair
  • Hollie McNish | © Robin Mair
  • Joelle Taylor | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Village | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Village | © Robin Mair
  • Diana Gabaldon with Director Nick Barley | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Richard Coles | © Robin Mair
  • Lea Ypi | © Simone Padovani
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Nell Stevens & Sarah Winman | © Pako Mera
  • Noam Chomsky | © Pako Mera
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Hannah Lavery's 'Blood Salt Spring' | © Pako Mera
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Liz Lochhead | © Pako Mera
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Oliver Bullough | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Val McDermid | © Simone Padovani
  • Jack Monroe | © Simone Padovani
  • Ever Dundas | © Pako Mera
  • Gerda Stevenson | © Pako Mera
  • Sinéad Gleeson | © Simone Padovani
  • Ottessa Moshfegh | © Simone Padovani
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Colm Tóibín | © Pako Mera
  • Audience | © Robin Mair
  • Michael Pedersen | © Robin Mair
  • Jeffrey Boakye | © Robin Mair
  • Harry Josephine Giles | © Pako Mera
  • Candice Carty-Williams | © Pako Mera
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Audience | © Pako Mera
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Elle McNicoll | © Robin Mair
  • Aisha Bushby | © Robin Mair
  • Ross Montgomery | © Robin Mair
  • The Last Colony | © Simone Padovani
  • Jamaica Kincaid | © Simone Padovani
  • Lennie Goodings | © Simone Padovani
  • Julian Clary & David Roberts | © Simone Padovani
  • Douglas Stuart | © Pako Mera
  • Watching the Big Screen | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Festival Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Ocean Vuong | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Lola Olufemi | © Robin Mair
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Robin Mair
  • Julia Donaldson | © Simone Padovani
  • Mama G | © Simone Padovani
  • Mama G | © Simone Padovani
  • Elmer | © Simone Padovani
  • Sprog Rock | © Simone Padovani
  • Jackie Kay | © Pako Mera
  • Michael Rosen | © Pako Mera
  • Adam Rutherford | © Pako Mera
  • Gavin Francis | © Pako Mera
  • Festival Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Watching the Big Screen | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Festival Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Festival Bookshop | © Pako Mera
  • Festival Bookshop | © Simone Padovani
  • Relaxing in the Courtyard | © Simone Padovani
  • Festival Courtyard | © Simone Padovani
  • Tabitha the Cat | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Festival Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Audience | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Book Signing | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Festival Courtyard | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Maggie O'Farrell | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Doug Johnstone | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Brian Cox & Nicola Sturgeon | © Robin Mair
  • Irvine Welsh | © Robin Mair
  • Maria Ressa | © Robin Mair
  • Claire Fuller | © Simone Padovani
  • Alan Parks | © Simone Padovani
  • Mariana Mazzucato | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Maggie O'Farrell | © Roberto Ricciuti
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