There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Over 900 authors appear in around 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.
The Salisbury poisoning of Sergei Skripal was one of the strangest stories of 2018. The Kremlin’s presumed involvement turned the case into a circus, but broadcaster Mark Urban has solid evidence, drawn from interviews Skripal gave pre-attack. The...
Baillie Gifford Prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter turns his attention to a key idea in 20th century political history: the cult of personality. How to Be a Dictator is his magisterial account of strategies used by dictators, including Hitler,...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
