Highlights of the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival
In August 2016, the Edinburgh International Book Festival welcomed over 800 writers, illustrators, poets, politicians and philosophers from 55 countries to Charlotte Square Gardens in a packed programme of passionate ideas, engaged debates and pure entertainment. Here we feature some of the highlights, along with what authors and audiences had to say about their time at the Festival.
You can view events from the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival in full here in our Video Gallery, or find events and author interviews on our YouTube channel.
Book Festival News
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Craig Brown: The Slippery Art of Biography
Kit de Waal: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood
Stuart Cosgrove: The Soul Of Muhammad Ali
Lucy Hawking
Interview - Diana Gabaldon (2014)
Interview - Elif Shafak (2015)
Interview - Helle Helle (2015)
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Doireann Ní Ghríofa: A Ghost in the Throat
Selva Almada: Giving Voice to the Victims of Femicide