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Tickets go on sale for the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Tickets go on sale for the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Fri 28 June 2013

Tickets for the Edinburgh International Book Festival went on sale this morning with a huge volume of traffic on the website, phone lines and box office in the Roxburghe Hotel…

30 Years Back, 30 Years Forward: Edinburgh International Book Festival Celebrates An Astonishing Generation of Talent

30 Years Back, 30 Years Forward: Edinburgh International Book Festival Celebrates An Astonishing Generation of Talent
Thu 20 June 2013

In 1983, the inaugural Edinburgh International Book Festival was only the third literary festival in the UK and while 30,000 visitors enjoyed events with 120 author…

Explosion of children’s literature reflected at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Explosion of children’s literature reflected at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Thu 20 June 2013

From the very first event in 1983 children’s books and writers have been at the heart of The Edinburgh International Book Festival. In this, its 30th year, the Baillie Gifford Children’s Programme offers over 200 events for all ages…

Book Festival Celebrates Graphic Novels with Stripped - Graphic Novels and Comics Laid Bare

Book Festival Celebrates Graphic Novels with Stripped - Graphic Novels and Comics Laid Bare
Thu 20 June 2013

Superheroes, comic book characters and even Don Quixote swoop into Charlotte Square Gardens this August as the Edinburgh International Book Festival celebrates comics, graphic novels and the people who create them in Stripped, a major new strand for 2013…

2013 Adult Programme Highlights

2013 Adult Programme Highlights
Thu 20 June 2013

New for 2013, a series of Reading Workshops, where leading authors and critics take the audience through a close reading of one of their favourite books…

2013 Baillie Gifford Children's Programme Highlights

2013 Baillie Gifford Children's Programme Highlights
Thu 20 June 2013

There are new books from Julia Donaldson who launches the Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat, Betty Birney brings the new adventures of Humphrey the Hamster and Robert Muchamore introduces his latest CHERUB recruit……

2013 Press Pack

2013 Press Pack
Thu 20 June 2013

Download the Press Pack for the 2013 Book Festival…

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