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2025 Festival:
9-24 August
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2025 Festival:
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20240810.Chris.Scott.032.IMG_2869 2024 Book Festival Highlights Reading 10 - RM 2023 Book Festival Highlights The Gruffalo 2022 Book Festival Highlights Watching the Big Screen 2021 Book Festival Highlights Marian Keyes and Jenny Colgan 2020 Book Festival Highlights Tom Fletcher signs book for young fan: © Robin Mair Tom Fletcher event, December 2019 Sandi Toksvig and Ruth Wishart Sandi Toksvig event, November 2019 First crowds in the Gardens 2019 Book Festival Highlights Angie Thomas event, March 2019 Rose McGowan 2018 Book Festival Highlights ReimagiNation: Glenrothes - Thursday 17 May ReimagiNation: Glenrothes Festival, May 2018 Colouring workshop Book Festival Family Highlights First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reads from 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' Muriel Spark: Crème de la Crème event, Jan 2018 Orhan Pamuk Orhan Pamuk event, Sept 2017 Judy Murray 2017 Book Festival Highlights First Minister Nicola Sturgeon - schools event ReimagiNation: Irvine Festival, Aug 2017 Arne Dahl & Michel Bussi Aberdeen Booked! Festival, Aug 2017 East Kilbride Unbound! ReimagiNation: East Kilbride Festival, Aug 2017 Utopia to Carbuncle: Town Centre Walking Tour ReimagiNation: Cumbernauld Festival, May 2017 Kate Tempest 2016 Book Festival Highlights Celts and Vikings with Allan Burnett schools event Aberdeen Booked! Festival, Aug 2016 Inverclyde Booked! Festival Hub Inverclyde Booked! Festival, Aug 2016 Tim Warnes event for Early Years children Borders Booked! Festival, Aug 2016 LandWords Festival team! LandWords Festival, Falkirk, April 2016 Irvine Welsh & Robert Carlyle photocall Irvine Welsh & Robert Carlyle event, April 2016 Marilynne Robinson 2015 Book Festival Highlights George R R Martin at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014 Book Festival Highlights A Story Shopper takes to the stage 2013 Book Festival Highlights Ewan Morrison 2012 Book Festival Highlights Alexei Sayle photoshoot 2011 Book Festival Highlights - Week One Robert Coover 2011 Book Festival Highlights - Week Two 2011 Book Festival design 2011 Book Festival Programme Launch event Mark Watson reads to the audience in 2008 Authors who have appeared at the Book Festival Creative workshop 2010 Book Festival Highlights Frank Skinner and his banjo 2009 Book Festival Highlights Alan Bissett 2008 Book Festival Highlights Andrew Marr chats with readers 2007 Book Festival Highlights Aileen Paterson book signing 2006 Book Festival Highlights Alan Bissett 2005 Book Festival Highlights Activity Corner fun! 2004 Book Festival Highlights Dusk in the Gardens 2003 Book Festival Highlights Relaxing in Charlotte Square Gardens 2002 Book Festival Highlights
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