Support us

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a charity, and we rely on gifts and donations from generous supporters to make our work possible, from August’s big event to our year-round community engagement programmes.

Without those who go the extra mile to support our work, we simply couldn’t reach the number of people and breadth of communities we do - and we want to reach more.

We know how transformative a love of reading and writing can be to expand people’s understanding of the world around them, to empathise with the experiences of those unlike them, to escape the everyday into fantastic worlds and moving words which offer entertainment, joy, and relief - and, crucially, to write their own stories.

We want to make sure the Book Festival is accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of location, age, tastes, or income level. But we can’t do this with money raised from ticket sales alone. We need additional funding from generous donors to keep us thriving now and far into the future.

So why not help us bring Book Festival joy to current and future fans?

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Make a one-time donation

As a charity, every penny you donate goes towards helping us reach even more individuals and communities and sharing the power of words to change lives and perspectives.