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  1. 1 October 2021

    Taking the Book Festival to Scottish Prisons

    While our long-term work with Scottish prisons takes place the whole year round, every August we plan a series of special, stand alone…
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  2. 22 September 2021

    Citizens Events at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2021

    While our Citizen programme operates all year-round, August is always a particularly busy time for us as it gives us a chance to showcase…
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  3. 30 July 2021

    Spotlight on our Communities Programme in August

    Preparing for the August Book FestivalThis year we are hosting four Citizen events in the August Festival programme, and using our Story…
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  4. 28 May 2021

    Snapshots from Spartans

    Explore the Spartans ZineLeyla Josephine has been working with the young people at Spartans Alternative School to produce a Zine which…
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  5. 12 May 2021

    Storytelling at the new Royal Hospital for Children & Young People

    As part of our Story Nation project, writer, performer and professional storyteller Andy Cannon helped take the joy of the Book Festival to…
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  6. 21 December 2020

    Reflecting on 2020: Community, Covid and Courage

    "It was such a joy to see people face-to-face"Our Communities Programme Director, Noëlle Cobden, reflects on her first 12 months leading…
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  7. 21 October 2020

    Looking back: Spotlight on Citizen Events

    If back in the summer you didn't get the chance to see all three of our Citizen events, you can catch up with them online now. Themes…
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  8. 16 September 2020

    "A Citizen Is..." - Your responses in poetry

    A collective poem which explores what it means to be a citizenAt our Stories & Scran event in August, we asked participants to complete…
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  9. 25 August 2020

    Stories and Scran: A Special Citizen Event

    Tune in on Thursday 27 August at 7pm for Stories & Scran, an event with a three course meal catered by Scran Academy. If you'd like to…
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  10. 15 July 2020

    Teaching Children to Fail

    A Guest Blog from Leyla JosephineLeyla Josephine is a poet, performer, facilitator and award-winning theatre maker from Glasgow. Since…
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  11. 2 June 2020

    Announcing Story Nation

    Our new Communities Programme in Prisons, Hospitals and Care HomesWe are delighted to introduce our long-term engagement project, Story…
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  12. 17 December 2019

    Muirhouse: Where Dandelions Go

    '...perhaps there was a little bit of magic, for just a moment'
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