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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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Ash Sarkar: Immigrants Aren’t Eating Your Pets

Ash Sarkar: Immigrants Aren’t Eating Your Pets

One of the left’s most prominent commentators, Ash Sarkar wades right into the middle of the culture wars in Minority Rule in hyper-intelligent, acid fashion…

Paul Mendez & Derek Owusu: Thorny Intersections (2020 Event)
Paul Mendez & Derek Owusu: Thorny Intersections (2020 Event)

How do you get the upper hand on a world you don’t yet understand? That’s the burning question at the heart of two striking debuts that scrape away the coming-of-age clichés…

Kirstin Innes: Who is Clio Campbell? (2020 Event)
Kirstin Innes: Who is Clio Campbell? (2020 Event)

Written from the perspective of those who loved (and hated) Clio Campbell most, and taking in everything from Top of the Pops to IndyRef along the way, Scabby Queen will have you…

The Ascent of Woman
The Ascent of Woman by Bruce Pascoe

You climb the mountain in silence. Each member of the group is introduced to the mountain with a single clap of the sticks. There is a lyrebird listening and he will repeat the number of those claps exactly…