We'll be launching Victor & Barry's Kelvinside Compendium with Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson 💙 at Edinburgh International Book Festival on Saturday 10th August, and hope to see you there. Tickets on sale next week. ✌️

The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie delivers a powerful account of the attempt on his life on August 12th 2022 in “Knife”.

Salman will be appearing virtually alongside Mishal Husain at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024 on Saturday August 17th!

The Edinburgh International Book Festival (Edinburgh International Book Festival) has corralled some hugely popular authors for its new programme The Front List, with Richard Osman and Salman Rushdie among the best-sellers due to appear at McEwan Hall

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Do you have a story about the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary? Submit to Edinburgh International Book Festival's Words from the Wards project! The project celebrates the heritage of the Book Festival's new home at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Find our more and submit ▶️ edin.ac/441EL6C

Cheeky sneak peak at the first strand of events from our 2024 programme. We're calling it 'The Front List'

The shortlist for the International The Booker Prizes was announced this week covering 6 languages, 6 countries, and 3 continents. The list gets trimmed from six to one on Tues 21 May at Tate with the big announcement of this year's winner. Tough choices ahead for the judges!

More great writing opportunities:

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Words from the Wards is fantastic project by Edinburgh International Book Festival that will see a collection of stories about the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, celebrating the festival's move to its new home at the Edinburgh Futures Institute! Submit your story🔽

Tune in to STV News tonight to hear our incredible Communities Programme Director, Noëlle Cobden talk about our exciting new project, 'Words from the Wards'

Attention deaf performers and artists❗
Interested in applying for the Keep It Fringe fund? Join the #EdFringe webinar to find our how to apply. Tomorrow, 9 April, BSL interpreted 👇

“We want to disrupt the hierarchy of the expert being on stage and the audience being quiet for 45 minutes until they’re allowed to ask questions.” Jenny Niven talks programming, partnerships, and public funding with The Bookseller

Come join the 65+ Friday club in welcoming Eleanor Thom to the Ripple hub on Friday 19th April from 1-3pm! Thanks Edinburgh International Book Festival for making this possible! If you want to know more contact Todd at: [email protected] or call 0131 554 0422. We hope to see you there! #BookWorm