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.
Is there a mathematical equation for love? What can be retrieved from life’s catastrophes and wounds? Martin Figura’s debut spoken word show Whistle was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and received standing ovations all over the UK. Today he...
The UK’s longest-running literary prizes are awarded at this special centenary event as Sally Magnusson hosts a celebration of the best works of fiction and biography. Shortlisted authors include Will Eaves, Jessie Greengrass, Olivia Laing, Nafissa...
Glasgow alt-folk musician Beerjacket (aka Peter Kelly) has played with some of the biggest names in music, from Frightened Rabbit to The National, thanks to his rich songwriting style. With new album-book combination Silver Cords, he has paired each...
Join 2019 Illustrator-in-Residence Eilidh Muldoon for a hands-on workshop in making wordless picture books. Learn how she brought Glasgow to life with only her artwork in The Colouring Book of Glasgow, and be inspired to get folding and sketching under...
A radical poet, political visionary and popular reggae artist, Benjamin Zephaniah has travelled the world promoting peace, humanitarianism and animal welfare – concerns prominent in his writing too. With new autobiography The Life and Rhymes of...
A chance to travel and write abroad led Basque superstar Bernardo Atxaga to reflect on life back home. Nevada Days is a lightly fictionalised account of a writer-in-residence stint in Reno, brimming with odd events and eccentric characters; it inspired...
In a time of heightened Islamophobia, racism and the misrepresentation of Muslim people, writer and activist Mariam Khan lets Muslim women speak for themselves. It’s Not About The Burqa is the stunning result: a landmark anthology of essays by and...
Scotland has a polarised food culture: our products are lauded around the world, yet many Scottish people don’t have reliable access to quality food. How can we resolve this discrepancy? Can food create a stronger society? Food campaigner Jack Monroe...
From rural Nigeria to Mount Olympus, Inua Ellams’s verse novel The Half God of Rainfall interweaves ancient and urban myths to tell a story of pride, power and revenge. Forward Prize-winner Kei Miller explores legends, histories and landscapes on the...
Crime-writing duo Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman introduced the shadowy streets of 1840s Edinburgh in The Way of All Flesh last year. Now they launch the sequel, The Art of Dying. Will Raven is a qualified medical practitioner but becomes embroiled...
2019 Programme Launched: We Need New Stories 
