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During January’s cold winds, we came together at the warm and cosy Ratho Library, where we developed four weeks of Intergenerational…

We're aware of scam emails inviting authors to our August Festival, from email addresses which are not associated with the Book Festival.…

It takes ten months to cook up the Festival, and you're invited to the feast. We're getting ready to reveal the nearly 600 events we've…

We're delighted that that Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 0 - our acclaimed original production created by Hamish Hawk and…

In November and December 2025, we completed a series of exciting Zine-Making workshops with S1 students at our Paper Trails partner,…

Two of Scotland's most dynamic festivals are joining forces to create ambitious new work at the intersection of literature and music. We're…

In October 2025, we welcomed a brand-new group of avid writers and book readers from schools around Edinburgh to form our new Citizen…

The Edinburgh International Book Festival invites expressions of interest from leaders of book, multi-artform, and ideas festivals across…

Paper Trails is our ambitious multi-year libraries project, celebrating the work that these vibrant cultural hubs do in the local…

We are now recruiting for our next year of The Citizen Collective. If you're aged 15-18, live in or close to Edinburgh and are passionate…

We’re thrilled to have wrapped up a landmark year, celebrating a two-week long ‘Repair’ themed programme of events for all ages and…

We’re delighted to announce our 2025 programme, with close to 700 events featuring 641 writers from 35 countries, across 6 continents.…