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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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Joe Boyd: Bringing It All Back Home

Joe Boyd: Bringing It All Back Home

Responsible for the sound on the night Bob Dylan went electric, and producer of Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and R.E.M, few know the 20th century’s most popular music better than the legendary Joe Boyd – or are more familiar with the global……

Samantha Power with Allan Little: What One Person Can Do (2020 Event)
Samantha Power with Allan Little: What One Person Can Do (2020 Event)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, former policy advisor to President Obama and Professor of Human Rights talks with Allan Little in our annual Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture…

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…

Freedom... We do not know it unless we practice it
Freedom... We do not know it unless we practice it by Joud Al-Mabaydin

In the Qur’an, the Lord of the Worlds says: ‘We sent Our Messengers with clear evidence (to support their truthfulness), and sent with them the Book and the Balance so that people would maintain justice.’…