Welcome to the Book Festival

Set in a specially created tented village in the heart of Edinburgh, the Edinburgh International Book Festival offers something for just about every age and interest, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. We are expanding our bustling Festival Village onto the west end of George Street this year with two new venues and lots more opportunities to be entertained.

The Book Festival welcomes around 1000 authors in over 800 events this year including novelists, poets, scientists, philosophers, sportsmen, illustrators, comic creators, historians, musicians, biographers, environmentalists, economists, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.

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Why not try? Christine Otten & The Last Poets Christine Otten & The Last Poets Meet the Poets who Changed America Wed 23 Aug 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Why not try? Abdulrazak Gurnah & Chibundu Onuzo Abdulrazak Gurnah & Chibundu Onuzo African Stories Thu 17 Aug 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Why not try? David Olusoga David Olusoga Black and British Thu 17 Aug 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Why not try? Isla Fisher Isla Fisher Age 5-8 Sat 19 Aug 11:45am - 12:45pm
Why not try? Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga Bowled Over by Mumbai Sat 12 Aug 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Why not try? Nalo Hopkinson, Ken MacLeod, Ada Palmer & Charles Stross Nalo Hopkinson, Ken MacLeod, Ada Palmer & Charles Stross Rockets to Utopia? Fri 18 Aug 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Why not try? Juliana Buhring Juliana Buhring The Cycle of Life for a Record-Breaker Sat 26 Aug 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Why not try? Yiyun Li Yiyun Li A Remarkable Memoir Thu 17 Aug 8:30pm - 9:30pm
Why not try? Leonie Orton with Jake Arnott Leonie Orton with Jake Arnott Keeping an Artistic Legacy Alive Tue 22 Aug 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Why not try? Paul Auster at 70 Paul Auster at 70 Spirit of '47 Mon 14 Aug 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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