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.
Thirteen years since his multi-million bestseller The Book Thief, Markus Zusak joins us for his first Book Festival appearance with his much-anticipated follow-up, Bridge of Clay. In a conversation with author and presenter Janet Ellis, Zusak discusses...
How It Was is the second novel from former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis. A haunting exploration of a woman’s interior life as she sits at the bedside of her dying husband, it will delight fans of Elizabeth Strout. In My Coney Island Baby,...
Wallis Simpson remains a controversial figure in British history. Was she an opportunistic social climber? Or did she simply fall for the wrong man who finally gave up his throne for her? Anna Pasternak – the great-niece of Boris Pasternak, author of...
Are friendships worth the pain of losing them? In Scottish writer A L Kennedy’s new fable The Little Snake, this question hangs over the bond between young Mary and a golden snake who becomes her best friend. Kennedy’s tale of war, resilience and...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
