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Edinburgh International Book Festival

The festival for literature fans everywhere returns to its picturesque location in the West End of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature for another celebration of the written word. Expect events featuring writers of all genres and many countries, from debut novelists to old masters.

We don't have details of any future performances, if you know of some please let us know.

Kitchin Confidential

Tom Kitchin - From Nature to Plate

Kitchin confidential

6 Aug 2009

All cookbooks reveal something of their author; first cookbooks are often most revealing of all as chefs justify their status by retelling formative experiences. As with the opening of their own restaurant, it’s both a statement and a landmark. Tom…

Alistair MacLeod, Libby Purves and more Carol Ann Duffy

Alistair MacLeod, Libby Purves and more Carol Ann Duffy

New events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

4 Aug 2009

New events added to the Edinburgh International Book Festival line-up include Alistair MacLeod on Fri 28 Aug, who arrives to discuss No Great Mischief and renowned broadcaster and novelist Libby Purves. Following great demand, more tickets are also up…

Edinburgh International Book Festival and Edge Festival add to line-up

Edinburgh International Book Festival and Edge Festival add to line-up

25 Jun 2009

From a Poet Laureate to cult TV show writers, this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival launched in style, with a programme boasting writers, poets, politicians, photographers and artists from 45 countries. Highlights of the August line-up…

Party On

Party On

28 May 2009

Our love of a good festival is by no means new. The desire to recharge – or more often, decharge our batteries – goes back to prehistoric times when people felt confused and scared by the forces of nature, so tried to keep on their good side by…

5 Literary Festivals

5 Literary Festivals

28 May 2009

FEKP (Festival of the European Short Story) Expand your horizons at this laid-back, youthful and polylingual Croatian festival happening in and around the cafes, nightclubs and bars of Zagreb, often finishing up with a riotous night of gigging, and…

Capital - Edinburgh Festivals

Capital - Edinburgh Festivals

28 May 2009

Not for nothing has Edinburgh garnered a reputation for producing some of the finest festivals in the world. Although Manchester and Melbourne are coming hot on its heels, the Fringe continues to dominate the festival calendar as the self-styled…

The Man with the Golden Gun

Bound for glory - James Bond

Edinburgh International Book Festival

22 Jul 2008

With a new Bond movie on the way in the creator’s centenary year, 007 fever is rising. David Pollock flicks through an exhibition celebrating the cover designs of Ian Fleming’s pulp novels With Daniel Craig now installed as an updated, reinvigorated…

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