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Edinburgh International Book Festival Announce Celebration of Muriel Spark

Edinburgh International Book Festival Announce Celebration of Muriel Spark
Thu 23 November 2017

Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival today announced a special event to take place in January 2018 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Muriel Spark, one of Scotland’s greatest writers…

Turkish Author Wins 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award

Turkish Author Wins 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award
Wed 01 November 2017

Turkish author, Ece Temelkuran, was today announced as the winner of the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s First Book Award for her first novel translated into English, Women Who Blow on Knots, the story of four women on a journey from Tunisia to Lebanon…

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