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Edinburgh International Book Festival

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The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the largest Book Festival of its kind, with over 700 world-class writers and thinkers taking part in more than 800 events.

Thousands of visitors of all ages visit the Book Festival in August to debate, discuss and discover new horizons, take part in creative workshops and, of course, to meet favourite and new authors. The Book Festival’s acclaimed discussion and debate series has developed into something of a speciality, with topics as diverse as globalisation, religious fundamentalism, evolution, the politics of food and the environment.

Unlike many other Festivals everything at the Book Festival takes place in one, central location: a magical tented village in a beautiful, New Town square, creating a unique Festival environment.

Festival Dates

2008: 9 – 25 August
2009: 15 – 31 August
Steven Berkoff 
Steven Berkoff

Stunning performer and actor Steven Berkoff commands the stage and film sets he has inhabited for forty years. His books have covered theatre and travel. Meet him in a Book Festival event like no other.
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Alex James 
Alex James

Alex James' witty, engaging guide to the mad goings-on behind the scenes of 1990s Britpop recounting the highs and lows of life in one of the most successful British bands of all time.
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Irvine Welsh 
Irvine Welsh

A chance to come face to face with one of Scotland’s most iconic novelists; still full of the energy and humour which made Trainspotting such a cultural phenomenon.
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A L Kennedy 
A L Kennedy

Winner of Britain’s most prestigious awards for her breathtaking fiction. Here, her black wit ranges over the many absurdities of a writer’s existence with dazzling humour and brilliance.
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