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2025 Festival:
9-24 August
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2025 Festival:
9-24 August
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Book Festival Family Highlights

Book Festival lanterns

Book Festival lanterns

Families enjoying Charlotte Square Gardens in the sunshine © Helen Jones

  • Book Festival lanterns | Families enjoying Charlotte Square Gardens in the sunshine © Helen Jones
  • Gates open to the Book Festival | The first visitors arrive at the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival © Alan McCredie
  • Hugless Douglas | Hugless Douglas came out to meet his fans at David Melling's Book Festival © Helen Jones
  • Enjoying an ice-cream | Getting stuck into an ice-cream during the sunshine in Charlotte Square Gardens © Helen Jones
  • Happy Birthday Miffy | This year Miffy turned 60! She joined us in Charlotte Square Gardens to celebrate.
  • Enjoying a book in the Baillie Gifford Children's Bookshop | Little girl enjoys one of Debi Gliori's books in the Children's Bookshop © Helen Jones
  • Enjoying Julian Clary & David Roberts | Audience enjoying Julian Clary & David Roberts at the Book Festival © Helen Jones
  • Enjoying some Di Rollo ice-cream | Little girl enjoys some Di Rollo ice-cream in the sun at the Book Festival © Helen Jones
  • Alan MacDonald | Author of the Dirty Bertie books, Alan MacDonald, causes some mischief at the Book Festival © Alan McCredie
  • David Roberts & Alan MacDonald | Dirty Bertie fun with a young Book Festival audience © Alan McCredie
  • Debi Gliori | Our Illustrator in Residence Debi Gliori reads from Alfie in the Bath at the Book Festival © Alan McCredie
  • Illustrator in Residence Debi Gliori | Illustrator in Residence Debi Gliori gives her young audience the tools to get creative themselves © Alan McCredie
  • Are You Sitting Comfortably? | A young audience enjoy Jo Williamson's drawings and stories in her Book Festival event © Helen Jones
  • Clare Foges' Kitchen Disco | Clare Foges introduces a new pal to the Kitchen Disco in her Book Festival event © Alan McCredie
  • Balloons and bunting | Little ones have been getting crafty, making beautiful balloons to adorn our walkways © Helen Jones
  • Children getting crafty | Young ones get crafty in our drop-in Story Box sessions © Helen Jones
  • Children getting crafty | Young ones get crafty in our drop-in Story Box sessions © Helen Jones
  • Nick Sharratt | Lots of silliness unfolding at Nick Sharratt's Book Festival event © Helen Jones
  • Boy giving it laldy in Nick Sharratt | Lots of silliness unfolding at Nick Sharratt's Book Festival event © Helen Jones
  • Nick Sharratt | Lots of silliness unfolding at Nick Sharratt's Book Festival event © Helen Jones
  • Ben Cort's Monster in Underpants | Illustrator Ben Cort's lovable Monster in Underpants comes to greet his fans at the Book Festival © Alan McCredie
  • Reading in the sunshine | Families enjoying the sunshine in Charlotte Square Gardens © Alan McCredie
  • Story Box | Families getting creative in the Baillie Gifford Story Box © Helen Jones
  • The Dormouse | The Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland entertains children at the Book Festival © Helen Jones
  • Colouring workshop | Children get involved in one of our free Colouring workshops © Helen Jones
  • The Gruffalo | Who says there's no such thing as the Gruffalo? © Robin Mair
  • Children's Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Story Box | Gooey fun in Story Box © Alan McCredie
  • Children's Bookshop | Lovely scenes in the Baillie Gifford Children's Bookshop © Alan McCredie
  • Julia Donaldson with The Gruffalo! | Festival favourite Julia Donaldson back with more singing, dancing and rhyming fun © Helen Jones
  • The Big Friendly Willow Sculpture | Willow artist David Powell is joined by Story Box helpers to create a giant willow sculpture of Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant © Robin Mair
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Instrument Armoury | Musical fun in Story Box with teh Scottish Chamber Orchestra © Helen Jones
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Instrument Armoury | You're never too young to come and join the fun in Story Box © Helen Jones
  • Charlotte Square Gardens | A beautifully sunny day at the Book Festival © Robin Mair
  • Charlotte Square Gardens | Having fun in the Gardens © Robin Mair
  • A happy child in our Story Box | Our Story Box events are free for children to enjoy every day of the Book Festival © Helen Jones
  • Alex T Smith | Our 2016 Illustrator in Residence brings live drawing to our Imagination Lab © Helen Jones
  • Ehsan Abdollahi leads a 'Big Draw' |
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Instrument Armoury |
  • There's lots for young and old at the Book Festival |
  • Hugs with the Tiger Who Came To Tea | © Robin Mair
  • Fun in the Baillie Gifford Story Box | © Robin Mair
  • Sensory Space Adventures | © Alan McCredie
  • Family reading time | © Robin Mair
  • Juno Dawson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Julian Clary reads from 'The Bolds' | © Robin Mair
  • Jarvis's Big Draw | © Alan McCredie
  • Getting crafty in the Baillie Gifford Story Box | © Alan McCredie
  • Meeting Hugless Douglas | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Horrible Histories with Terry Deary | © Alan McCredie
  • Guy Bass | © Robin Mair
  • Enjoying an ice cream in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
  • David Walliams | © Alan McCredie
  • Create Your Own Comics workshop | © Robin Mair
  • Chris Hoy | © Alan McCredie
  • Friends chatting over a book in the Book Festival | © Robin Mair
  • Andy Stanton | © Robin Mair
  • The Gruffalo meets young fans | © Robin Mair
  • School group in the Gardens | © Suzanne Heffron
  • A young reader gets a reading prescription from Doctor Book | © Suzanne Heffron
  • David Almond & Michael Morpurgo | © Alan McCredie
  • Baillie Gifford Schools Gala Day | © Robin Mair
  • Ade Adepitan | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Girl reading in the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Eating ice cream | © Robin Mair
  • Harry Hill | © Robin Mair
  • Shoo Rayner | © Robin Mair
  • Baby and adults playing | © Robin Mair
  • 365 Stories installation | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Malorie Blackman | © Simone Padovani
  • Children's activities | © Suzanne Heffron
  • The Gruffalo & Julia Donalson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Julia Donalson | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Cerrie Burnell | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Kids' Corner Sunflowers | © Simone Padovani
  • Kids' Corner | © Simone Padovani
  • Petr Horáček | © Simone Padovani
  • Andy Stanton | © Simone Padovani
  • Playing in the Kids' Corner | © Robin Mair
  • Shopping for Childrens' Books | © Robin Mair
  • Elmer the Elephant | © Robin Mair
  • Kids' Corner | © Robin Mair
  • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
  • Playing in the Bookshop | © Robin Mair
  • Cartwheels in the Gardens | © Robin Mair
  • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
  • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
  • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
  • The Super Power Agency Bus | © Robin Mair
  • Francesca Simon | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Citizen Drop-in | © Robin Mair
  • 30 Years of Elmer the Elephant | ® Suzanne Heffron
  • 30 Years of Elmer the Elephant | ® Suzanne Heffron
  • 25 Years of Rotten Romans with Martin Brown | ® Simone Padovani
  • Schools Gala Day: Intergalactic Alpacas | © Pako Mera
  • Schools Gala Day: Little Mole | © Pako Mera
  • Schools Gala Day: The Gruffalo | © Pako Mera
  • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
  • Schools Gala Day | © Pako Mera
  • Weave Your Way to the Moon | © Suzanne Heffron
  • Weave Your Way to the Moon | © Pako Mera
  • Little Mole | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Little girl reading in the Bookshop | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • The kids' corner | © Roberto Ricciuti
  • Sharing stories | © Pako Mera
  • Sharing stories | © Pako Mera
  • The children's area in the Garden Bookshop | © Pako Mera
  • Playing in the kids' corner | © Pako Mera
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