Book Festival News

This August we're very excited to be welcoming 20 festival directors from 17 countries to Edinburgh as part of Global Ink 2026. In its…

Today, Mon 18 May, sees our first public Paper Trails events at the shiny new Ratho Library, in partnership with Edinburgh Libraries.To…

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce our very first 2026 Festival events with this year’s The Front List line-up, presented in partnership…

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…

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

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

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.…