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Hundreds of events for adults, teenagers and children feature authors, illustrators, musicians, poets, policians, thinkers, prize-winners and rising stars every August.
One of a generation of Chilean writers who grew up under the brutal dictatorship of General Pinochet, Nona Fernández offers new perspectives on history. She appears at the Festival for the first time, discussing her novel The Twilight Zone –...
Imagine trying to escape from Auschwitz as a teenager, hiding for three days, while 3,000 SS and their bloodhounds search for you. This is the story of Rudolf Vrba, whose report on the atrocity of Auschwitz reached Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope,...
If graphic novels have historically been overlooked by the literary establishment, then Nick Drnaso’s work is changing things. Sabrina was the first graphic novel to be longlisted for the Booker Prize. Now Acting Class confirms Drnaso as one of...
Join Joseph Coelho as he shares Our Tower, the story of three children who discover a magical world beneath their tower block, shedding new light on their home. Learn about where Joseph grew up and discover how to create your own magical world using the...
Acclaimed writer, theatremaker and performer Travis Alabanza is used to cutting their own path. Taking their first theatre show on a tour of clubs, venues and bookshops aged just 20, they have never waited for culture to catch up. Join them in...
Mohsin Hamid joins us on our opening day to discuss The Last White Man. This blistering novel sees Anders, a white man, wake up to find he has turned a ‘deep and undeniable brown’, with clear echoes of Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Hamid’s previous...
Children’s author Maudie Smith introduces her brand-new picture book My Must-Have Mum, a wonderfully warm story about love, misunderstandings and recycling! Meet Jake and his amazing mum who can turn junk into treasure. Test your knowledge with...
Can writers give us a fresh perspective on global and local issues? Each afternoon a leading writer discusses books, research and ideas confronting this time of uncertainty and change.
Andrés N Ordorica’s debut collection, At Least This I Know, heralds the arrival of a fully-formed poetic talent onto the Scottish literary scene. Constructed around his identity as a queer, Latinx immigrant to Scotland, Ordorica’s poems offer a...
The line-up for the 2022 Book Festival is revealed 
