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.
In 1975, military historian Max Hastings boarded a helicopter out of Saigon during the Final Evacuation. He chronicled the controversial conflict in his bestselling Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, a compelling account foregrounding the personal stories of...
Layla AlAmmar was signed by her US agent after an open call for Muslim writers following President Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Her debut, The Pact We Made, traverses family, duty and freedom in contemporary Kuwait. The revelatory Sea Monsters by Chloe...
Discover the legends that dwell within Scotland's ancient castles. Multi award-winning author Theresa Breslin and CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal-longlisted illustrator Kate Leiper bring you the highly anticipated third volume in their much-loved Illustrated...
Francesca Simon’s darkly humorous novel The Monstrous Child, about a teen Goddess of the Underworld finding her place, has been adapted into a stunning theatrical spectacle by The Royal Opera. Today is your chance to hear some of the music performed...
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...
For The Frayed Atlantic Edge, historian David Gange took a kayak journey through nature and language along Britain's coasts from Shetland to Cornwall. Along the way, he will certainly have used some of the words in Amanda Thomson’s gorgeous A Scots...
Lubna and Pebble are best friends. Even when life gets scary in the camp where they live, Pebble always listens – but perhaps the other children need Pebble’s help too. Bestselling author Wendy Meddour delivers a gentle but powerful lesson for...
Good food should be affordable for everyone. Jack Monroe is an active anti-poverty campaigner and her recipe books – including Cooking on a Bootstrap and Tin Can Cook – are about making simple yet delicious recipes on a shoestring, based on her own...
This special event celebrates the life and works of the late John Burningham, who won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal twice for Mr Gumpy’s Outing and Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers. Catherine Rayner, herself a CILIP Kate Greenaway...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
