Cover image of 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

The Book Festival welcomed hundreds of authors from countries across the world to take part in over 900 events. Literary heavyweights joined popular bestsellers and talented newcomers in the Book Fest... Read more

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Jess Phillips (2017 Event)

Jess Phillips (2017 Event)

Telling the Truth Journalist Julie Burchill calls her 'a breath of fresh air, with a dirty laugh'. In Everywoman, Labou... Read more

16 Feb 2019

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Sebastian Barry (2017 Event)

Sebastian Barry (2017 Event)

Love Amid the Carnage of War Anyone who has heard Sebastian Barry read from his work knows he’s one of the best in the b... Read more

16 Feb 2019

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Outriders: Harry Giles & Katherena Vermette (2017 Event)

Outriders: Harry Giles & Katherena Vermette (2017 Event)

Canada: Montreal to Hudson Bay As part of our project to explore the Americas, poet Harry Giles travelled across Canada... Read more

16 Feb 2019

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Harriet Harman (2017 Event)

Harriet Harman (2017 Event)

GENDER POLITICS When Harriet Harman was elected in 1982, she notes in her memoir A Woman’s Work, the House of Commons w... Read more

16 Feb 2019

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Jemima Foxtrot, Iona Lee, Sabrina Mahfouz & Sophia Walker (2017 Event)

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Harry Baker (2017 Event)

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Robert Webb (2017 Event)

Robert Webb (2017 Event)

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Conor Gearty & Douglas Murray (2017 Event)

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