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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.
Each day, a Festival author shares an unexpected inspiration or passion. Join them to crack open the curiosity cabinet, revealing the stories behind their books or side projects.
Multi award-winning author Elle McNicoll talks about Like a Charm, her third unputdownable novel championing marginalised voices. Ramya Knox has the power to see the real-life mythical creatures that exist in Edinburgh. She meets a vampire in the...
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...
You’re invited to Alem’s birthday party! But where will he be celebrating? Maybe bear, fox, treefrog or bulldog know? But don’t ask the dragon… or he just might eat you! Join Lemn Sissay for a fun, interactive reading and colouring activities...
Since Scotland’s independence referendum and Brexit, the United Kingdom has felt far from united. Into this context, former editor of the Times Sir Simon Jenkins offers a timely analysis of Celtic identity, from its mysterious origins to its...
Thanks to tireless advocates like Daniel Hahn, literary translation has begun to enjoy a higher profile. Now, Hahn shines a new light on the process in Catching Fire – a diary of his work reimagining Diamela Eltit’s Spanish-language novel Never Did...