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The Edinburgh International Book Festival takes place from 15-30 August 2026. The programme will be available in June 2026. Sign up for our ebulletins or follow us on social media to hear announcements and updates.

In the meantime, you can enjoy watching nearly 150 events from the 2025 Festival on our website. 

2024 Book Festival Highlights

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Judy Murray: See You in Court

Judy Murray: See You in Court

Judy Murray needs no introduction: former tennis professional and coach, and of course mother of Those Tennis Brothers, she’s an icon of the game. Latterly, she’s become a figurehead for women in sport and has also subjected herself to the rigours of Strictly…

Val McDermid & Jo Sharp: Shaping a Better Future (2020 Event)
Val McDermid & Jo Sharp: Shaping a Better Future (2020 Event)

At last year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, bestselling author Val McDermid and professor of geography Jo Sharp were inspired by the festival theme, We Need New Stories…

Anne Enright with Vicky Featherstone: Mothers and Daughters (2020 Event)
Anne Enright with Vicky Featherstone: Mothers and Daughters (2020 Event)

‘You were always sitting in character, you were just never sure which one.’ So says Norah to the memory of her mother in Actress, the new novel by Anne Enright. The mother in…

At Sea
At Sea by Karen Lord

I was born in an independent nation. I have always been a Barbadian, expecting no more nor less than these four hundred and thirty square kilometres of land. I did not experience the moment when our borders shrank from outpost of empire to microstate…