Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Global Ink 2026 welcomes 20 international festival leaders
2026-05-22
Now in its third year, Global Ink will in 2026 span five continents for the first time – bringing seniorContinue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival and Celtic Connections unveil major new partnership
2025-12-11
The Edinburgh International Book Festival and Celtic Connections announce a multi‑year partnership spanning 2025–2027, featuring a series of original commissions designedContinue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024 celebrates huge success
2024-08-27
Over 100k visits were made to Edinburgh International Book Festival’s new home at the newly opened Edinburgh Futures Institute fromContinue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 PROGRAMME OUT NOW
2022-06-09
All Together Now is the rallying call from the Edinburgh International Book Festival which returns from 13 – 30 AugustContinue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival gets a NEW home in 2024
2022-05-10
The Edinburgh International Book Festival today announced it will present the 2022 and 2023 Book Festival at the Edinburgh CollegeContinue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival CALLS for Scotland’s Stories NOW
2022-02-15
Edinburgh International Book Festival announced a new project gathering and creating stories from and for people across Scotland in responseContinue Reading
Edinburgh Book Festival 2021 MOVES to the city’s College of Art
2021-01-27
Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival today confirmed that the 2021 Festival will take place from Saturday 14 toContinue Reading
Edinburgh Book Fest ONLINE Opening Weekend ATTRACTS Global Audiences
2020-08-20
The opening weekend of the Edinburgh International Book Festival online was always going to be a leap of faith –Continue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival OPENS 140 ONLINE events in August
2020-08-01
The Edinburgh International Book Festival invited authors and audiences from around the world to Keep the Conversation Going as organisersContinue Reading
Edinburgh International Book Festival GO Online August 2020
2020-06-11
Organisers of the Edinburgh International Book Festival announced today that they will be presenting the 2020 Book Festival online fromContinue Reading
REVIEW: Salman Rushdie – A Comic Writer?
2019-08-27
I’d always thought of Salman Rushdie as a rather serious writer, tackling big issues like religion and being treated withContinue Reading
REVIEW: Rory Stewart – Is Failure Liberating?
2019-08-27
In his first talk since losing the Tory leadership election, Rory Stewart seemed quite liberated. He wasn’t in the BookContinue Reading
REVIEW: China: The Land that Failed to Fail
2019-08-24
On a sweltering August day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, former China editor for BBC News Carrie Gracie chairedContinue Reading
REVIEW: Paul Mason – Man vs Machine
2019-08-23
Despite its links to the investment management firm Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has always been rather left-of-centre,Continue Reading