John Burnside
The finest contemporary Scottish writing commissioned especially by the festival. We asked four of our most highly acclaimed writers (John Burnside, Janice Galloway, A L Kennedy and Don Paterson) to create new work - poetry and prose - for this 2008 event. And what a fantastic showcase it was.
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Alain de Botton
Julian Barnes (2015 Event)
Lucy Hawking
Richard Ford with Kirsty Wark (2017 Event)
Caroline Criado Perez talks to Sally Magnusson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
John Burnside (2017 Event)
Robin Robertson (2018 Event)
Ruth Jones (2018 Event)
Arthur Smith
Gavin Francis (2018 Event)