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.
Join our illustrator-in-residence Eilidh Muldoon as she explores picture books in translation, their visual differences and how they can enhance our empathy with and understanding of other cultures. She's joined by Syrian illustrator of Nour's Escape,...
The landscape of global politics is never stable; yet in the digital age, uncertainty about the direction it will take is rich fodder for debate. Join director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, Martin Moore, with his book...
Hear enlightening insights and reflections on humankind and its relationship to the planet told through the lens of water, in all its forms. Printmaker and poet Nancy Campbell’s The Library of Ice is a hauntingly thoughtful non-fiction journey into a...
We’re delighted to welcome world-leading lawyer and academic John Sexton to the Book Festival. In Standing for Reason, Sexton uses his experience as president of New York University to mount an impassioned defence of the value of academic institutions...
A teenage girl is suddenly returned to the birth family she has never known in an intense English-language debut from Italian author Donatella Di Pietrantonio. A tale of responsibilities and traumatic rebirth, L'Arminuta (English language title: A Girl...
Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara is the author of the inspirational Little People, Big Dreams series all about characters from history and how they came to achieve their childhood dreams. To introduce you to some of these amazing people, Maria invites you...
Isadora Moon is proud to be different. With a fairy mum and a vampire dad, she combines magic and sparkle with a bit of bite! Harriet Muncaster introduces you to her totally unique heroine and otherworldly family as she presents the latest two tales in...
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...
Davy Żyw began his wine career in Edinburgh before becoming a sommelier in Mayfair and is now a champagne and wine buyer for Berry Bros & Rudd. There’s no better man to deliver the definitive guide to champers and sparkling wine. Whether your tipple...
Could you abandon the online world and get back to nature for good? Mark Boyle, founder of the online Freeconomy community and author of The Way Home, tried leaving behind his car, phone and electricity to build a new life with his bare hands. Also a...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
