The
Edinburgh International Book Festival, is a
book festival that takes place in the last three weeks of
August every year (in the midst of the general
Edinburgh Festival) in
Charlotte Square, in the centre of
Edinburgh,
Scotland’s capital.
The largest festival of its kind in the world, the Book Festival hosts a concentrated flurry of cultural and political talks and debates, along with its well-established children’s events programme. It coincides with the
Edinburgh International Festival and the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as the other festivals which comprise the
Edinburgh Festival.
History
The Book Festival originally took place in a tent in Edinburgh in 1983. At first a biannual event, the Festival became yearly in 1997. It is now a large (ever-growing) international event, central to Edinburgh's acclaimed August arts celebrations. Perhaps as a result of this,
Edinburgh was named the first
UNESCO City of Literature in 2004.
Programme
There are over 700 events for both adults and children in the three weeks that the Book Festival runs. They range from writing workshops, education events, panel discussions, to talks and performances by international writers, poets, musicians and thinkers.<br />Recent festivals have featured the likes of:<br /><br />
Running alongside the general programme is the
Children's programme. Incorporating workshops, storytelling, panel discussions, author events and book signings,...
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